European Electronics Media News
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A press release that’s “nothing special”
I love the announcement that I’ve just got from Weka: it starts “There is nothing special in a trade publisher relaunching one of its websites.”…
Sensing an opportunity for another UK show
I’ve commented in the past about the difficulty of running shows in the UK, where enticing visitors to leave their offices to attend an event remains…
EPD returns to ABC audits
After a brief affair with the BPA, the next EPD audit will be from the ABC. This isn’t surprising: with some major titles no longer auditing…
EM&T to merge with EPD
EM&T, the production and test print title from IML is to merge with EPD. The EM&T content will be a section within EPD in print, although I…
ICC Media launches EmbeddedNews.tv
What do you do when you have created a pile of great video content? ICC Media, who have been building their library for some time, think that the…
Vicor/Picor Cool-Oring shortlisted for Selezione Innovations Award
The energy-efficient Cool-ORing solution for redundant power supplies from Vicor’s Picor division has been shortlisted in the power category for the…
Looking for good food? Just ask Freddy
People that know me won’t be surprised that finding good food is one of my top priorities when travelling on business. When you’re in an unfamiliar…
What’s New in Mobile closes
Sadly the online publication WhatsNewinMobile.com has closed. When I wrote about the launch, I liked the concept of a publication that covered topics…
Darnell power conference coming to Europe
The Darnell Group will be running their Digital Power Europe conference at the Holiday Inn Nuremberg City Center from 6th to 7th April 2010. Darnell…
Dispelling some digital magazine myths
At Embedded World I was able to have a chat with a few publishers about digital magazines. Digital distribution is still a new technology, and it was…