Wireless charging stations for electronics have been a heated topic since the introduction of the Powermat and the establishment of universal wireless charger standard. With the advance in technology, charging your electronic device is becoming increasingly easier.
The new wireless charging station ElectroHub is specially designed to work with almost all kinds of electronic devices. Basically this new charging station works similarly to the way the Powermat does. However, instead of requiring the electronic device to be complaint, ElectroHub batteries come in standard sizes such as AA and AAA.
Via simply swapping the device’s original battery for an ElectroHub battery, you’ll turn it into one that’s ElectroHub-compatible, and then you can charge it simply by putting it on top of ElectroHub.
Wireless Charger Comes To Market.
E-book Sales Soar 20% in a Year
In the modern society, the business sector of electronic publishing or digital publishing is booming like never before. The number of people that buy and download electronic books from online sources is growing at an impressive rate.
According to the Publishers Association, it is indicated that led by the popularity of the Amazon Kindle and Apple’s iPad, there is a dramatic increase in the popularity of e-reading devices. Figures show that the sales of the e-book rising by 20% to £180 million in 2010; while sales of paper books dropped by 3% compared to the previous year.
TomTom Selling Customer Driving Data to Police
GPS manufacturing–TomTom just became the latest company to admit that it’s been collecting and selling information including consumer location and driving data to police. The device the company is selling help aggregate customers’ driving and traffic conditions to provide the drivers with commute estimates and alternative routes as accurately as possible.
According to TomTom, it is argued that the company’s passing the tracking data to the police in Netherlands meant to help track down drivers breaking the speed limit. It sounds it is for the good purpose. Though the issue here isn’t so much TomTom systems collecting data as the sale of it is, having a device that detects the location is definitely bad news for people who care about their own privacy.
Suppliers Face iPad Hurdle
Asian electronics companies stand to benefit from a surge in the new iPad but will see their already battered ambitions to make their own tablets challenged further.
Companies including Japan’s Toshiba Corp. and South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Display Co. supply key components, such as memory chips and screens in the new version of the Apple Inc. tablet. But LG Display‘s parent company, LG Electronics Inc., as well as Toshiba and Samsung also make their own tablets.
Analysts say that if the new version of the iPad is as successful as the original version, these component makers stand to benefit from an increase in sales.