US general retailer Walmart has increased its share of the toy market. According to The NPD Group data for the three-month period ending December 31st, 2012, Walmart "improved market share in toys and the Walmart entertainment ...
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Samsung Canada, the leading supplier of mobile phones in the Canadian marketplace, today announced the launch of the world's first 8-inch tablet, the GALAXY Note 8.0. Unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the GALAXY Note ...
Direct Textbook, a college textbook buy-sell-rent search engine, today announced the launch of Flipsy.com, a free web service that helps consumers sell used iPhones, iPads, video game consoles and books for the highest possible prices. ...
Tags: Direct Textbook, search engine, Flipsy, Used Hardware
Microsoft's Azure cloud platform faced a worldwide outage in its storage services from Friday afternoon because of an expired SSL (secure sockets layer) certificate. The company also reported problems with its Xbox Music and Video Store ...
As the prognosis for the design and construction industry continues to improve, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) is reflecting its strongest growth since November 2007. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI ...
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Posted by Jenni Spinner, Senior Editor -- Packaging Digest, 2/25/2013 8:30:00 AM Delkor Systems opens new facility in St. Paul To accommodate its growth, Delkor Systems (a company that specializes in packaging equipment for cartoning, ...
Tags: cartoning, case, tray packing
Marian Watkins, the owner of MW Fiber Arts, loves the feeling of walking into a craft supply store and not knowing where to start. All of the color, texture and endless possibilities have been her favorite part of crafting supplies. ...
Mozilla has revealed that LG, ZTE, Huawei and TCL will all be producing handsets for its Firefox OS for mobiles. In an event at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, it also said that 18 operators, including Deutsche Telekom and ...
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"Five-Star Author is the only micro job website that caters to the book publishing industry," says Caroline Thomas, who with her staff, operates the site. Thomas states that authors in need of anything from a Kindle ebook to a website or an ...
Qualcomm has partnered with Deutsche Telekom to demonstrate an Internet of Everything (IoE) development platform, based on Qualcomm's Gobi QSC6270-Turbo chipset. The development platform, which has been designed to support rapid ...
FibeRio, the developer and manufacturer of Forcespinning® nanofibre production systems, has raised $13 million in capital from two global strategic investors. The investors are SABIC Ventures B.V., Saudi Basic Industries ...
US employee benefits-only agency Digital Insurance has completed acquisition of Massachusetts-based benefits firm, Group Brokerage Insurance Agency, in an effort to strengthen its presence in New England, US. As part of the acquisition, ...
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As the prognosis for the design and construction industry continues to improve, the Architecture Billings Index is reflecting its strongest growth since November 2007, according to the American Institute of Architects. The January ABI score ...
BBC CTO John Linwood has stated that the BBC feeds into Apple on its products and services – including the iPhone and iPad – though he admitted that he is unsure as to how much weight the organisation places on his views. In ...
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Pressure sensitive labels manufacturer Tapp Label Technologies has announced the acquisition of the assets of the US-based Ben Franklin Press & Label (BFP&L). BFP&L president and general manager Dennis Patterson said the acquisition ...