#consumer-electronics

#consumer-electronics

It's pretty clear that Apple will further adopt USB-C for future devices, considering the pressure from the European Union's legislation that requires a mandatory USB-C standard across consumer electronics.Apple's entire MacBook lineup switched to USB-C starting in 2015.The new 10th-generation iPad - the only iPad with a horizontal FaceTime camera - has a USB-C port.

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Staying alive is an ongoing struggle for media companies.To stave off revenue decreases, which have averaged a 9% decline every year over the past six years, according to Brian Wieser's Madison and Wall Substack, publishing has tried assorted tactics.From paywalls to a clumsy scramble toward video, publishing is trying to make its $18 billion business survive and remain relevant.

Retail media networks have surged in recent years as retailers leverage first-party data to establish robust media and advertising businesses for brands.While RMNs are most broadly adopted among brands in the consumer packaged goods industry, non-retail and specialty brands are increasingly turning to RMNs for effective performance marketing in a brand-safe environment.

Renowned analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is confident that Apple's highly-anticipated AR/VR headset will be unveiled at June's WWDC.He notes that Apple is 'well prepared to release' the new device.He also notes that the headset's release will greatly benefit Apple's supply chain partners, boosting the entire VR industry.

Back in November of last year, I attempted to unpack the then-nascent mass proliferation of advertising networks in a piece titled Everything is an Ad Network.In the article, I suggest that the unshakable grip that Facebook especially but really all social media has on digital display advertising is loosening as a result of a changing privacy landscape.

Back in November of last year, I attempted to unpack the then-nascent mass proliferation of advertising networks in a piece titled Everything is an Ad Network.In the article, I suggest that the unshakable grip that Facebook especially but really all social media has on digital display advertising is loosening as a result of a changing privacy landscape.

The big gamble by the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association (APMA) is playing out in Las Vegas this week.Project Arrow, the high-tech concept vehicle produced with content from 50 parts suppliers in Canada, was unveiled at the consumer electronics show known as CES on Thursday."It came out exactly the way we wanted it to and we think we finished on the exterior end, on the technology, the way it operates, and how all those systems operate together have come according to plan on budget and on time," said Flavio Volpe, president of the APMA.

In the past, scientists thought of the deep ocean as a cold, dead place.While the region-generally considered to be everything between 200 and 11,000 meters in depth-is undoubtedly cold, it actually holds unexpected biodiversity."Back in the 1970s, there was this myth of the deep sea as this empty desert wasteland with nothing alive.

China has exerted pressure on Taiwan including the possibility of using force' to achieve its goals, says the US Secretary of State.China had altered a decades-old understanding between Washington and Beijing on dealing with issues related to the status of Taiwan and is now holding up the possibility of using force, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.

Every iPhone owner wants Apple to switch the charging port from Lightning to USB-C.But Apple has refused to budge on its reversible (and super slow) proprietary port.With EU legislation requiring all consumer electronics to adopt USB-C, all eyes are on Apple to make the switch for iPhones.However, the devil is in the details of Apple senior vice president of worldwide marketing Greg Joswiak's phrasing during a Wall Street Journal Tech Live talk.

Apple will ditch the Lightning connector on its iPhones, the company has confirmed, after European regulators decided all smartphones should have USB charging as standard in two years' time.New EU rules require all phones sold after autumn 2024 to use the USB-C connector for their charging ports.The oval-shaped plugs are already standard on other consumer electronics such as e-readers, games consoles, laptops and the vast majority of new Android phones.