9 posts and columns on Philips

Don’t Look Now, But Vidyo Is Messing Up the Videoconferencing Business

in News on April 24 at 2:44 am PT

New Jersey-based start-up Vidyo continues to mess up the interests of established players in the videoconferencing equipment business.
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Picking the Brightest, Most Efficient Bulb

in The Digital Solution on January 17 at 3:41 pm PT

Katie offers a brief guide to the latest energy-efficient light bulbs.
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You Know You’re Going to Watch It: All About the Times Square Ball

in News on December 31, 2011 at 5:30 pm PT

It’s said a billion people watch the six-ton ball drop every year. Here’s more than you ever wanted to know about it.

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Intel Acquires Silicon Hive, a Spin-Out From Philips

in Enterprise on March 17, 2011 at 10:19 am PT

Silicon Hive, a start-up born and incubated inside the Dutch electronics concern Philips and spun out in 2007, has been acquired by chip giant Intel. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal was announced by New Venture Partners, a venture capital firm that specializes in spun-out companies and which led a $10 million Series A in Silicon Hive in 2007 with TVM Capital and Philips. Intel Capital led an additional $7 million round in 2008. Silicon Hive designs and licenses chips used in imaging, video processing and communications, aimed at smartphones and consumer electronics.

Meet "Kevin the Sad PR Guy," Our 2009 Booth Babe

in News on December 31, 2008 at 12:41 pm PT

The International Consumer Electronics Show will kick off next week shrouded in a nimbus of recessionary gloom. Show attendance is expected to be down eight percent this year, according to Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, who expects 130,000 attendees to flood the convention this year–11,000 fewer than last year.

Meet “Kevin the Sad PR Guy,” Our 2009 Booth Babe

in News on December 31, 2008 at 12:41 pm PT

The International Consumer Electronics Show will kick off next week shrouded in a nimbus of recessionary gloom. Show attendance is expected to be down eight percent this year, according to Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, who expects 130,000 attendees to flood the convention this year–11,000 fewer than last year.

Put Your Hands Up and Step Slowly Away From the Laptop

in News on May 23, 2007 at 1:30 pm PT

Much Like the Visual Artist, We Telecoms View 'White Space' as 'Negative Space'–in Our Earnings.

in News on May 23, 2007 at 11:30 am PT

Progress does march on, doesn’t it? The Federal Communications Commission has only just announced technical specifications for its upcoming auction of the airwaves in the 700-megahertz band, the last piece of prime real estate left in the nation’s radio-frequency spectrum, and efforts to develop the next-generation wireless technology that could supplant it are already heating [...]