Consumer Reports, weighing in on the Verizon iPhone 4, says consumers may be better served to wait for a newer version of the smartphone. – The
Verizon Wireless iPhone is nice enough, but if we were you, we’d hold off.
In
short, that’s the opinion being offered by trusted consumer watchdog
publication Consumer Reports. In
a Jan. 11 blog post, editors Paul Reynolds and
Mike Gikas offered a summary of the quot;good, bad and unkno…
Although the focus is on consumer brands, a number of companies that straddle the enterprise/consumer product fence will show products that can be used for home and/or the office. – Which electronics show is really the largest in the world: the annual CeBIT conference in Hannover, Germany in March, or the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas each January?
Both are certifiably huge. But CeBIT, which takes over up to 28
hangar-like exhibit halls in Hannover –…
News Analysis: The Linux developer community is poised for a number of changes in 2011 that will revamp the open source operating system with new versions and interface changes for the latest mobile devices and set-top boxes. – With all the excitement surrounding Android and other open
source projects like the MeeGo Linux-based mobile operating system project, the
Linux open source operating system seems to be getting less attention these
days.
Advocates have been predicting the “year of desktop Linux”
almost ten y…
Trade Minister Slobodan Milosavljević says the Law on Consumer Protection and Law on Trade came into force as of January 1.
He noted that they represent umbrella laws in the sector that employs over 400,000 people.
Microsoft’s 2010 saw a continued investment in Bing, its search engine, and the release of Kinect, a hands-free controller designed to increase the Xbox’s viability. – Microsoft made some substantial bets in 2010. In addition to pouring
millions of dollars into the development and marketing of its Windows
Phone 7, the reboot of its smartphone franchise, the company invested
in somewhat riskier endeavors.
One of those endeavors was Kinect, a hands-free control…
The price level of consumer goods and services purchased by household were up by 1.5 percent in November 2010 compared to October 2010. This is according to the Statistical Office data released on Monday.
Consumers are turning to smartphones and tablets PC to help them monitor their health. This is also leading to the consumerization of health care technology. – Consumers are increasingly using smartphone and tablet
PCs, such as the Apple iPad and the Samsung Galaxy Tab, to monitor their own
health. This, according to a Dec. 6 report from research firm Ovum, is leading
to the consumerization of health care technology.
The report quot;2011 Trends to Wat…
AT&T was ranked as the worst cell-phone service carrier in the U.S., according to a new Consumer Reports survey. AT&T said it is taking the survey seriously. – A Consumer Reports survey released Dec. 6 named AT amp;T quot;the
worst-rated cell-phone service carrier, quot; based on responses from 58,000
ConsumerReports.org subscribers. That represents a significant dip for AT amp;T
since the review firm’s 2009 survey.
quot;We take this seriously, an…
Consumers took the Black Friday sales opportunity to load up on electronics like notebooks and mp3 players, CEA found. – Electronics were among the most popular items purchased this weekend, as more consumers bought electronics this Thanksgiving weekend than last year, according to interim results from a survey from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and Caravan,
Consumer electronics (CE) were among the …
Phillip Securities starts Ziwo Holdings (I9T.SG) at Buy, $0.47 target pegged at 6x FY11 earnings.
Tips strong growth potential for China-based supplier of raw materials used for making various lifestyle consumer products, given rising consumer spending.
Says, while Ziwo has huge exposure to consumer market, it’s able to keep sales, marketing costs low as it doesn’t need to spend on creating brand awareness as supplier of intermediary products; “Product quality and consistency are more important. It has built on its R&D capability to emerge as one of the bigger players amongst its peers. Therefore its net profit margin is relatively high at above 20%.”
Share +4.5% at $0.35.
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Consumer prices in Singapore rose a tad slower than analyst estimates in October due to a smaller increase in food and housing costs.
The consumer price index — a measure of costs of goods and services — rose 3.5% in October from a year earlier, compared with a 3.7% increase in September, the Department of Statistics said in a statement Tuesday.
The median forecast from a Dow Jones Newswires poll of six economists was for a 3.7% rise from a year earlier.
The consumer today isnt the consumer of yesterday. They are very smart and savvy and are searching for the product or service which is of high quality, however, they also want to save money.
While the Apple iPad dominates consumer interest, in a new survey, the BlackBerry PlayBook garnered as much interest as all other options combined. – Research In Motion may have goofed with the Torch, which didn’t attract all
the consumer love or glowing
feedback RIM was surely hoping its intended iPhone killer would receive.
Its planned BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, however, may be a different story.
In an October survey from ChangeWave that …
This weekend in Anaheim, 30,000 fans will enjoy PC gaming geekdom at Blizzcon 2010. Intel and Blizzard have worked closely together for years to optimize franchise games such as Starcraft II and World of Warcraft, and this year’s Blizzcon sees over 1500 Intel Core i7 based PCs used by Blizzard for the festivities. Intel is teaming with Asus to host a rockin’ booth with all kinds of giveaways including blazing-fast Intel Solid State Drives. Come check us out!
The recession has changed people’s shopping habits
“WE WON’T let up,” insisted Bob McDonald, the boss of Procter & Gamble (P&G), at the annual shareholder meeting of the world’s biggest consumer-goods firm on October 12th. He promised that P&G was still on track to have 5 billion customers by 2015. But it is a struggle for the maker of Pampers nappies and Fairy washing-up liquid. “Many of the economies in which we operate are still recovering from recession,” Mr McDonald admits.
P&G and its archrival Unilever, another global consumer-goods firm, had a grim time last year: profits plummeted. This year has been only slightly better. Economies are still ailing, and the cost of raw materials is climbing. …
This weekend at Comic Con in New York City, Intel has lots of cool things for the computer geek at heart. The Intel Extreme Masters Championship Finals has top PC gamers duking it out for over $50K in prizes. MyIntelEdge.com, a cool “frequent flyer” rewards program for people interested in learning new ways to use their PC, launches. Intel’s most “extreme” PC motherboard engineers will be recruiting for their Extreme Team, and Intel “prize patrols” will also be scouring the show floor with all kinds of geek goods, so come check us out!
Cisco made another step into the consumer space with its Umi video communication product for the home. However, critics point to its high cost as a key liability. – Cisco Systems made its much-anticipated push deeper into the consumer space Oct. 6 with its Cisco Umi home telepresence system.
The pricey offering brings Cisco into closer
competition with video communication vendor Skype and its free service,
and with a host of low-cost webcam makers.
But Cisc…
What are the blessings and frustrations with keeping, or sharing secrets? Intel Design Researcher Ashwini Asokan shares her research on how technology is used to keep secrets in her home country of India. Intrigued? Learn more about Asokan’s observations of India’s relationship with technology in Scoop’s latest blog post “Hiding Behind Technology” at scoop.intel.com.
CNBC reports that iPad is the highest-scoring product the American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) has ever tracked.
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