All the stories tagged with: european commission
Could Europe’s iPhone sport a micro USB interface?
09/29/2011, Most, if not all phones in Europe use a micro USB interface (pictured above circled in red) to charge and sync, but Apple has stubbornly held on to their 30-pin dock connector design. Back in 2009 the European Commission managed [...]
Toshiba And Sharp Among Other Display Manufacturers Sued For Price Fixing
06/17/2011, If you’ve been wondering how is it that most LCD displays you come across don’t really differ that much in price, and some will point out “price fixing” as a cause. In the news today Toshiba and Sharp were named [...]
Europe wants conventionally fueled cars to be out by 2050
04/11/2011, The European Commission wants to bring green to another level in their latest white paper which details ambitious plans to turn Europe’s transport infrastructure upside down by the time our calendars turn the page at 2050. Sounds rather ambitious, don’t [...]
European Commission receives first universal phone chargers
02/09/2011, There is nothing quite like having a universal standard for everyone to follow – it makes life a whole lot simpler, don’t you think so? One aspect that we can think of would be chargers of modern devices – how [...]
European Commission suggests maximum MP3 volume levels
12/13/2009, The European Commission has suggested that maximum volume levels on MP3 players as well as portable media players be set so that users’ hearing can be protected. This would mean even the iPod will have to fall under the same [...]
iPhones could see ban in Europe
09/29/2009, Word has it that there has been a handful of iPhone explosions in Europe, where whispers abound of the European Commission asking Apple for information on the alleged iPhone explosions. In fact, the European Commission also tipped Apple off that [...]
