Woodstock Wire: Industry News

CNN - Top Stories -- Chipmakers are scrambling, and companies like Boeing could take heat.

Tech -- The Verge - Today, President Trump announced an aggressive new set of tariffs against China, setting a 25 percent import tax on $50 billion worth...

Tech -- The Verge - AT&T has completed its acquisition of Time Warner, just two days after a federal judge ruled the merger could clear despite the objections...

Tech -- TechCrunch - This year has been a rough one for Sphero. The Colorado-based toy robotics startup kicked off the year with dozens of layoffs, a...

Think -- MIT Sloan Management Review - The art of bian lian - or "face changing" - is integral to Sichuan opera: A main character changes masks to...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - China/Taiwan Update;

U.S. April Shipments, Orders & Inventories;

Global Semiconductor sales increased 20.2% y/y to $37.6 billion...

Business Wire -- myDevices' IoT in a Box enables resellers to offer turnkey, prepackaged remote monitoring IoT solutions, creating recurring revenue...

Tech -- TechCrunch - There have been two major developments in Chinese equities this month that have the potential to rewire the world financial system....

Tech -- The Verge - ZTE will soon be able to buy parts from the United States again after reaching a deal with the Trump administration, the Commerce...

Enterprise -- Network World News - According to the McKinsey Global Institute, IoT will have a total potential impact of up to $11.1 trillion a year by 2025....

Think -- HBR.org - As uncertainty is increasing and competition is becoming more fierce, executives need to have a broader understanding...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - Global Manufacturing Growth Slows but Still Positive; World Server Vendor Revenue increased 38.6% in 1Q'18; World Smartphone...

Think -- MIT Sloan Management Review - "Coming of Age Digitally: Learning, Leadership, and Legacy," the 2018 global report on digital transformation...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - "Flash" May Purchasing Manager Indices; Global Industrial Production Continues to Climb; World Electronic Supply Chain 1St Quarter...

VentureBeat - dev -- Mary Meeker released her annual Internet Trends Report today to highlight a broad range of subjects influencing the future of technology, ranging...

Tech -- The Verge - Microsoft has reportedly acquired GitHub, and could announce the deal as early as Monday. Bloomberg reports that the software giant...

Distribution -- Industrial Distribution - U.S. employers extended a streak of solid hiring in May, adding 223,000 jobs and helping lower the unemployment rate...

Tech -- TechCrunch - Disrupt San Francisco 2018, TechCrunch's flagship technology conference, is back this fall on Sept. 5-7, and it's bigger and bolder...

Tech -- TechCrunch - Want to understand all the most important tech stats and trends? Legendary venture capitalist Mary Meeker has just released the...

Denver Post -- President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he would proceed with tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese imports and introduce new limits on Chinese...

Enterprise -- ZDNet News - Just days after the new law comes into force, privacy activists add more tech giants to their list of GDPR targets.

DigiTimes -- Taiwan's on-year GDP growth for first-quarter 2018 is estimated at 3.02%, 0.02p lower than the 3.04% preliminarily estimated in April 2018, according...

Digital Trends -- Europe's data protection law went into effect on Friday and technology giants Facebook and Google are already facing multi-billion dollar lawsuits for failing to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation.

Components in Electronics -- Hardware Pioneers, will be hosting an 'IoT and Connected Hardware' showcase in central London on the 7th June 2018. Innovative IoT and hardware...

PR Newswire: Aerospace and Defense -- Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), a global science and technology leader, announced Vicki Schmanske, Deputy Group President for Leidos Heath, was honored...

Think -- Gartner Blog Network - At long last, GDPR takes effect tomorrow, Friday, May 25th. Gartner clients in Europe, North America and across the globe...

Think -- HBR.org - Many mature industries are experiencing significant technological disruption. The automotive industry...

Think -- HBR.org - M&A is central to many companies' growth strategies. But you can't grow by acquisition alone. Companies...

Think -- HBR.org - Believe it or not, bureaucracy was once a progressive innovation. Its hierarchical authority, specialized...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - U.S. Historical Data Revisions; Global PC Shipments continuing Annual Fall of 3-5%; World Silicon Wafer Shipments Increased 7.9%...

Tech -- TechCrunch - South Korean electronics conglomerate LG Group announced this morning that the company's longtime chairman Koo Bon-Moo has passed...

Business Wire: Software -- Women in Technology (WIT) Washington D.C. Metro honors 10 women at the 19th Annual Leadership Awards.

Think -- HBR.org - A brick-and-mortar retailer buys an e-commerce platform. An internet technology company picks up a mobile...

Think -- HBR.org - The UK will exit the European Union on March 29, 2019, and many companies...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - China/Taiwan Update; European Semiconductor Distribution Market; 1Q'18 Global Electronic Supply Chain Growth Update; Global Server...

EMSNow - Outsourcing Insights -- Association Connecting Electronics Industries, the global industry association representing the $2 trillion global...

Tech -- TechCrunch - In a remarkable development, President Trump has thrown an olive branch to controversial Chinese telecom firm ZTE .

The company,...

Electronics Purchasing Strategies -- Smart organizations know that a laser focus on ethics and compliance does a lot for the corporate brand and for the bottom line alike. Good practices...

Think -- MIT Sloan Management Review - Artificial intelligence (AI) and cognitive technologies are burgeoning, but few companies are yet getting value...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - Global Purchasing Manager Index Improves Slightly but Manufacturing Growth Varies by Country; First Quarter Global Electronic...

Think -- Big Think - Should businesses foster diversity just because of the political climate, or are there other inherent advantages in having diversity...

Enterprise -- CIO - Millennials are driving major changes in B2B commerce. Empowered by technologies they've known for most of their lives, millennial buyers...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - First Quarter 2018 Global Electronic Supply Chain Growth;

March U.S. Electronic Supply Chain Shipments, Orders & Inventories;...

Think -- MIT Technology Review - A survey by EY, conducted at the EmTech Digital conference on March 27, 2018, produced by MIT Technology Review Insights,...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - Japan Update;

Taiwan IC Designers being asked to Defer Shipments of Mining Chips;

D/A/CH (Germany/Austria/Switzerland) Region...

SupplyChain -- EBN Online - If the auto industry hits expected sales growth, it will be a boon to the electronics industry, as the number of cars with electronic...

SupplyChain -- EBN Online - This week in his final letter as publisher of ASPENCORE, Victor Gao reflects on a recent dinner with IEEE Fellow and former Portuguese...

SupplyChain -- EBN Online - Component shortages, which plagued the industry last year, are likely continue and even get worse.

Enterprise -- TechNewsWorld - Rising tensions between China and the U.S. have led to growing concerns that a tariff war will have a negative impact on...

Distribution -- TTI MarketEye - Europe Update;

Taiwan/China Update;

Top 50 EMS Providers Sales up 11.4% to $300 billion in 2017;

Chip Demand from China Handset...