The company's space ambitions, which inspired the acquisition of Hughes Electronics' space and satellite business in 2000, have been an expensive flop.
While Ross and Setrakian both have their concerns about Apple shares, neither doubts that the company is still a juggernaut in the consumer electronics space.
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You can see how hard it must be for the government customer to sort out proficient players from also-rans in the military electronics space by perusing the annual reports of companies.
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The prospect of big declines in military spending has to raise doubts about whether all of the players currently operating in the military electronics space can survive over the long run.
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Now Sony will own a piece of that business as it helps rivals in the electronics space stream games via Gaikai directly to TVs, tablets and other devices without the need of a console.
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In the consumer electronics space, subject matter experts and trusted advisors might continue to focus on helping their clients develop new kinds of batteries in order to establish differentiation in that industry (as many start ups are currently trying to do).
To prevent the growth of inflexible bureaucracy, Lockheed has granted more autonomy to its four main divisions: space, information, electronics and aeronautics.
Just a few years ago this retailing behemoth ruled the consumer electronics and tech space.
"The 4K display market is still in its infancy but it was important for LG to claim a stake in this space, " said the chief executive of LG Electronics Home Entertainment, Havis Kwon.
Leave your shoes, phone, camera and any other electronics outside and enter the Zen-like space.
Best Buy, which already added musical instruments to its regular electronics inventories in an effort to fill floor space, is also getting into health and exercise equipment to better utilize its larger stores.
Materials such as platinum and rare earth elements are crucial to electronics, increasingly scarce on Earth and abundant in space.
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In addition to these two major planned campuses, Samsung Electronics is expanding its Open Innovation efforts with additional space that will allow for incubating and acquiring new technologies and working with early stage companies.
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Though more Americans are catching TV shows on mobile devices like tablets in bedrooms, kitchens, even bathrooms, according to the Consumer Electronics Association, people still want a big set in a big space like the living room for watching movies, sports or special events together.
But Boeing had also acquired North American Rockwell with its space business, and later gained satellite expertise by buying parts of Hughes's electronics business.
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This "space weather" can have a number of effects on modern infrastructure, from glitching electronics in orbiting spacecraft to increasing the interference heard on radio broadcasts such as those from the BBC.
However given the higher price point appeal of consumer electronics, competitors such as Wal-Mart have pushed aggressively into this space, and based on recent results, appear to be taking market share from Best Buy.
For those unfamiliar with the EMS space players include Flextronics (FLEX), Celestica (CLS), Jabil (JBL), Benchmark Electronics (BHE) and Sanmina (SANM) among others.
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