The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has revealed more information about its forthcoming low-energy technology - Bluetooth Core Specification Version 4.0 – which is expected to be available this summer. Following this, devices running Bluetooth 4.0 are likely to go on sale at the end of the year.
It says Bluetooth v4.0 combines classic Bluetooth technology, Bluetooth low energy technology and Bluetooth high speed technology. Each function can be combined or used separately depending on the device and its planned use.
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Motorola has appointed Mark Shockley as 'senior vice president, Global Go-to-Market' for its Mobile Devices business. This means he'll be responsible for overseeing all aspects of Motorola’s Mobile Device sales operations globally and will report to Sanjay Jha, the Motorola Co-CEO who runs Motorola’s Mobile Devices and Home Business.
Mr Shockley joined Motorola over thirty years ago; his most recent roles have been within Motorola's Mobile Devices organisation.
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Mark Bridge writes:
Cash is still king… but its days are numbered. That’s the message from a new report published this week by the Payments Council.
The Payments Council, which is a group of financial institutions that sets strategy for UK payments, has released ‘The Way We Pay 2010’. It shows how the last decade has seen a fall in the percentage of transactions using cash, from 73% in 1999 to 59% in 2009. In just five years time, cash transactions are expected to represent less than 50% – and a further fall to 45% is expected by 2019. Meanwhile, debit card spending in the UK rose from £65 billion in 1999 to £264bn in 2009.
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