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Broadcom ships one billion Wi-Fi 6 and 6E chips

Computing, Mobile Devices, Player, Wearable Devices / By Peter Cooney / May 16, 2022 / Broadcom, Desktop PC, High End Smartphone, Laptop, Low Cost Smartphone, Mid Range Smartphone, Monitor, Virtual Reality Controller, Virtual Reality Headset

An amazing achievement by Broadcom, which clearly demonstrates the appetite for improved Wi-Fi connections. The inclusion of the 6GHz band (as well as other improvements) has led to “six times faster upload speeds, four times faster download speeds, four times better coverage and seven times better battery life than the previous Wi-Fi standard”, according to …

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Meta to open first brick and mortar store

Computing, Mobile Devices, Player, Wearable Devices / By Joe Murray / May 3, 2022 / Apple, Desktop PC, Facebook, High End Smartphone, Laptop, Low Cost Smartphone, Meta, Mid Range Smartphone, Monitor, Virtual Reality Controller, Virtual Reality Headset

Meta has officially announced the Meta Store, a brick and mortar location for consumers to test our their most recent hardware. The announcement seems to be coupled with Meta’s push for its vision of the future of the MetaVerse. Similar to the Apple Store, consumers will be able to test the latest AR/VR technology that …

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NFC Forum wireless charging included in active stylus specification

Computing, Technology / By Ross Denyer / March 9, 2022 / Laptop, Monitor, NFC Forum

The NFC Forum’s wireless charging specification (WLC) has been incorporated into the Active Stylus Specification from the Universal Stylus Initiative (USI), allowing enabled stylus’ to be charged by compatible smartphones and other NFC devices at a rate of up to one watt. NFC wireless power transfer is ideally suited to these kinds of low power …

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