In spite of assertions by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and others that the age of privacy is over, new research commissioned by civil liberties campaign group Big Brother Watch has revealed that over three quarters of consumers globally ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
What's the difference between Consumer Reports'best and worst gas grills?For starters,the best preheat quickly and evenly,and when it comes to evenly cooking food on high-and low-temperatures,they're superb.But the worst didn't deliver even ...
Tags: gas grills, Barbecue, temperatures, cooking
We had the opportunity to spend some time(and miles)with the new Fiat 500L—the first new four-door Fiat to grace these shores in decades.With its proportions and appearance,it comes across as cool or odd.Either way,it makes an ...
Tags: Funky, proportions, appearance, cars
From January to May, the industrial profits of enterprises above designated size achieved 2,081.25 billion yuan, an increase of 12.3 percent over the same period last year. Of which, the industrial profits from principal business achieved ...
Tags: Industrial Profits, Principal Business, January, May
Over three quarters of Android threats are malicious apps that send SMS messages to premium rate numbers and could be mitigated by a protection feature present in Android 4.2, according to researchers from networking vendor Juniper ...
Tags: Android Threats, Apps, Android 4.2
Wanda Hotels & Resorts, the hotel management unit of Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group, expects to become the biggest five-star hotel investor in the world in 2015. Bao Bo, vice president of it, said in an interview on June 13 that it was ...
Tags: Wanda Group, 5-Star Hotel
Microsoft is set to invest almost $700m (£455m) in a new data centre to support cloud-based services offered by its upcoming Xbox One games console and Office 365. Known as ‘Project Mountain', the data centre will be based in ...
Tags: Microsoft, Xbox One, Cloud-Based Services, Office 365
The ‘Internet of Everything’ (IoE) is expected to enable global private-sector businesses to generate at least $613 billion in global profits in 2013, according to a study by Cisco. The IoE Value Index report — ...
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Rising energy costs are driving food and drink processors towards green solutions, with a 53% jump in the number of on-site renewable electricity projects in the sector last year, SmartestEnergy has claimed. The company, which claims to ...
Switzerland-based Zurich Insurance Group is said to have a plan to buy into Chinese property insurance firm Sinosafe General Insurance Co., Ltd. Sources said recently that the Swiss insurance group was looking for a stake in a Chinese ...
The Lite-On Group predicts 2013 revenues of its LED business will exceed NT$20 billion (US$671 million) while revenues for automobile electronics will reach NT$10 billion, according to group chairman Raymond Soong. Lite-On Technology ...
Tags: 2013 chairman LED lighting, Lite-On revenues, Lighting
It is reported that Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed silicon substrate green and yellow nitride semiconductor LEDs. Details of the development were published in the May 29th issue of IEEE Electronic ...
Tags: HKUST, Lighting, Semiconductor, LED
The German DIY-store group Praktiker is withdrawing from a number of loss-making markets. Armin Burger, chairman of the board, reported in his speech at the annual general meeting on 29 May that the company had decided on 11 February to ...
Tags: Praktiker, Construction&Decoration
In China's cities and the countryside, New Year pictures are closely linked with the Spring Festival (the Chinese New Year). Pasting up New Year pictures is a part of the festive celebrations. The aim of pasting up New Year ...
Tags: New Year pictures, Spring Festival, festive celebrations
From time to time I hear from readers who are convinced the Affordable Care Act will ruin us all financially. Not happening so far. Instead, it has already saved consumers billions. Exhibit A: In 2012, the law directly saved consumers ...
Tags: Obamacare, Health&Medicine