The world’s love affair with smartphones continues to blaze. Between April and June, worldwide smartphone shipments grew by 52.3 percent compared to the same period in 2012, according to a new report by market research firm IDC. ...
Tags: Smartphone Market, Android-iOS
A CITY of enchantment, Venice is also besieged with problems. It is threatened by rising sea levels, polluted lagoons and a grim economy. And glassmaking, its most famous industry, has long been sinking along with the city. Murano, an ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, glass
In Consumer Reports'latest laundry detergent Ratings,Wisk Deep Clean Free&Pure HE delivered superb results,rivaling the top-rated Tide Ultra Plus Bleach Vivid White+Bright.It actually earned the highest score of all detergents in our tough ...
Tags: Wisk, laundry detergent, winning formula, consumers
Every four years or so, text messages, church bells and sirens alert the Venetians to what they call an "Acqua Alta" or the imminent arrival of an exceptionally high tide. These are high waters of more than 140 cm, which cover around 54 ...
Tags: Packaging&Printing, Venice, Lagoon
Tide is a perennial powerhouse in Consumer Reports' laundry detergent Ratings. This year is no different, with the Procter & Gamble brand accounting for five of nine recommended detergents. But detergents from Wisk and Kirkland Signature, ...
Tags: Tide, Wisk, Laundry Detergent
Smartphone maker BlackBerry, which enjoys a particularly strong niche in the enterprise due to its security claims, has defended itself against allegations that its security was penetrated by the spies at GCHQ. According to the Guardian, ...
Tags: Blackberry, Computer Products, Smartphone
This year, the Ceramics of Italy Tile Competition, an annual awards program sponsored by Confindustria Ceramica (the Italian Association of Ceramics) and the Italian Trade Commission, attracted the most competitive pool of projects in the ...
Tags: Ceramics, Construction, Decoration, Tile
With the increasing emphasis on environmental issues, the demand for LED lighting gradually rise, compared with the demand caused by the replacement of home lighting consumers independently conducted, the demand caused by the government-led ...
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The European Commission (EC) announced on June 4 a punitive tariff rate of 11.8% on China-made solar panels and main components such as solar cells and wafers, according to The Wall Street Journal. The tariff rate is lower than expected ...
To get an idea of how American coastal waters might look just before they succumb to all the degradations they have suffered these past five centuries, it would be worth taking a July trip to Mobile Bay, an Alabama inlet that feeds into the ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Worldwide semiconductor revenues decreased by 2.2 percent year over year to $295 billion in 2012, according to the latest version of the International Data Corporation (IDC) Semiconductor Application Forecaster (SAF). The industry witnessed ...
Tags: Semiconductor, Revenue Growth, 2013
A strong stock market could open the floodgates for more tech IPOs in the wake of Friday's solid debut of Marketo and Tableau, but not all segments of IT may be able to ride the wave. Marketo, which sells cloud-based marketing software, ...
A prototype of an upcoming Ram pick-up truck was temporarily lost at sea off the coast of California during a recent press shoot, US media are reporting. According to industry journal Automotive News, the 2014 Ram Power Wagon was being ...
Tags: Auto, Transportation, car
Many U.S. tech companies are pushing hard this year for an increase in the number of high-skill immigrants allowed into the country, but many veteran IT workers question their motives for wanting to increase the number of visas under the ...
Tags: Tech Firms, iT Veterans
At 8.02 am April 20, a 7.0 earthquake occurs in Lushan County, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province. Baosteel International West Corporation and Chengdu Baosteel Auto Steel Parts Processing and Distribution Co., Ltd., located in Chengdu, Sichuan ...
Tags: Baosteel, yaan, Earthquake Insichuan