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Sesame Street Augmented Reality Dolls Will Blow Your Mind [VIDEO]
Qualcomm has worked closely with Sesame Street to develop augmented reality technology with these Sesame Street dolls. After placing the dolls and the setting in front of the tablet, the dolls came to life on the screen. No release date is available for this yet. [The Next Web]
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Qualcomm Expects Atheros To Be Rolled Out Smoothly On Next-Gen WiFi
Qualcomm Atheros is expecting that the next-generation of WiFi wireless networking will roll out in a smoother manner than the past industry transitions according to VentureBeat. Qualcomm president of Internet services and SVP Rob Chandhok said in an interview that the 802.11ac technoloy will likely see a simultaneous rollout for both access point chips and end-use devices. The first wireless networking 802.11ac chip sets are expected to debut late this year or early next year. “The adoption is going to be much faster once it’s ready,” stated Chandhok. “We’re going to drive this into the market.”
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Qualcomm Launches Fifth Iteration Of Gobi Platform
Qualcomm has announced yesterday morning that they have launched the fifth-generation Gobi reference platform. The fifth generation Gobi platform offers up to LTE speeds via FDD and TDD networks. It also works with HSPA+ and EV-DO networks. The platform was designed to work with Windows 8 and Android devices along with a number of processors including Qualcomm’s own dual- and quad-core Snapdragon processors. Press release is below:
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Microsoft Expects Windows Phone 7 Manufacturing Costs To Drop More Than Half Next Year
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) expects the production costs of handsets that uses Windows Phone 7 software to drop by over half next year. Qualcomm Inc. will allow phones that run on the Windows Phone 7 operating system to be produced for under $200. This is a substantial drop from the $400 manufacturing cost from when the mobile operating system was introduced last year. This announcement was made by Windows Phone head Andy Lees. Microsoft works exclusively with Qualcomm for chip development. [BusinessWeek]
The Mobile Patent War’s Suits [INFOGRAPHIC]
This graphic from Thomson Reuters shows just who is suing whom in our current patent wars.
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Game Streaming Company Gaikai Raises $30 Million In Third Round
Mobile Video Sharing Company Viddy Raises $1.6 Million
Viddy is a mobile video sharing start-up company that has raised $1.6 million in a first round of funding. Viddy had launched a mobile video creation and sharing application for the iPhone. This round of funding was provided by Battery Ventures, Bessemer Ventures, Qualcomm, Jarl Mohn, and early YouTube employees. Viddy said that they are creating a “Twitter-style feed of videos from friends, family, celebrities.” Viddy was founded by JJ Aguhob and Brett O’Brien. [soCalTech]
ChaCha Raises $3 Million From Qualcomm
ChaCha.com is a question and answer service that has raised $3 million in funding from Qualcomm Venture Partners. This puts ChaCha at a total of $75 million in funding. ChaCha CEO Scott Jones said that Qualcomm’s “experience and insight into the global wireless ecosystem will help ChaCha continue to expand its service worldwide.”
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Categories ChaCha, Qualcomm, Qualcomm Ventures, Scott Jones
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Microsoft Announces Next Version Of Windows Supports System On A Chip (SoC)
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) made an announcement today that the next version of the Windows operating system will support the System on a Chip (SoC) architectures, which include ARM-based systems from their partners: NVIDIA Corp., Qualcomm Inc., and Texas Instruments. Intel and AMD will continue work on low-power SoC designs that support Windows on the x86 architecture. Below is the full press release:
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Qualcomm Close To Acquiring Atheros For $3.5 Billion
QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM) is nearing a deal to buy out Atheros Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATHR) for $3.5 billion ($45 per share). A deal is expected to be announced tomorrow. The talks are currently in final stages, but nothing is confirmed yet. This deal would be about a 22% premium to what Atheros was trading at mid-day today. This would be Qualcomm’s largest acquisition ever. [NYT]
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