It's oh so quiet...
Mark Bridge writes:
It was a relatively quiet time for tech news last week, with many companies taking a day off to celebrate Thanksgiving in the USA and then planning for a present-buying retail frenzy on ‘Black Friday’. Today the focus on Christmas shopping moves online; a day that’s called either ‘Cyber Monday’ or ‘Mega Monday’ if you work for a news organisation.
Yet it wasn’t an entirely newsless week.
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Battery life is the biggest problem for mobile phone owners, according to a new report.
The survey was carried out amongst 3,500 consumers in the UK, Germany, USA and the UAE for Bullitt Mobile, which produces rugged phones using the Cat brand.
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Made in Mind, the UK company behind the award-winning Mu folding smartphone charger, has signed a production and distribution agreement with Hong Kong-based Tektos.
It’ll enable Made in Mind to expand distribution beyond the UK.
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Mercedes-Benz says it’ll soon be fitting its cars with smartphone and tablet charging panels that use the Qi wireless standard.
The announcement follows a recent decision by the Consumer Electronics for Automotive association (CE4A) to endorse Qi.
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Apple has announced a ‘USB Power Adapter Takeback Program’ to help reassure customers about the safety of iPhone chargers.
A number of recent media reports have suggested that some counterfeit chargers or third-party chargers may be dangerous, with a woman in China reportedly killed and a Chinese man seriously injured in separate incidents last month.
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