With Thanksgiving now just days away, many of us are already thinking about turkey and football. But others—and you know who you are—are contemplating a different contact sport: Black Friday shopping. And this year the deals are ...
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Are you a disgruntled Netflix subscriber who used to get both discs and streaming as part of one low-cost plan? Well, here at CES we expect to learn more about a new hybrid disc/streaming service called Redbox Instant that promises to ...
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Predictive analytics helps firms to get "about three per cent better at guessing" what a consumer would like to buy, according to the founder and chief of Applied Predictive Technologies (APT), Jim Manzi. "Realistically, what predictive ...
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With less than a week to go before this year's International CES Show in Las Vegas commences, it's unclear which new products will generate the most buzz among attendees of the massive trade show. However, Ultra HDTVs, Windows 8 tablets, ...
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U.S. residents can save nearly $8,400 a year in entertainment, clothing, food and other expenses by subscribing to broadband, according to a study released Friday. Before factoring in the cost of a broadband subscription, broadband users ...
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The Isis joint venture of three wireless carriers announced the launch today of its new mobile wallet system in Salt Lake City and Austin using nine NFC-ready and Isis-ready smartphones sold by the carriers. Consumers interested in using ...
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MasterCard is testing new ways to make online transactions more secure with its PayPass application and a mobile phone, including using QR codes to secure the transactions. The card company is cooperating with Dutch bank ING Group on a ...
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Over a third of UK adults will leave Christmas shopping until Christmas Eve this year. Nearly 17.2 million - 36 per cent of UK adults - will leave their shopping to the last minute, according to a survey from ICM commissioned by ...
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Summer is almost over and school's about to start. That's why TonerBoss, one of the leading printer supplies retailers that specialize in compatible toner cartridges for HP printers and other major brands, is throwing one of their biggest ...
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Starbucks said Friday it will update Passbook in iOS 6 at the end of September, presumably meaning it will integrate its existing Starbucks digital payment card into the new app for users to pay for coffee. In a tweet, the company said: ...
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A panel of mobile wallet experts predicted a slow pathway to user adoption of technologies such as Near-Field Communication in the U.S. In fact, widespread adoption will take as long as eight years "at best," Dekkers Davidson, the head of ...
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While consumers may look forward to mobile coupons and touch-less payment, researchers at the University of Arkansas are examining these new technologies to address the potential for theft and fraud. The Sam M. Walton College of ...
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Major retail hypermarket chain REAL, part of Metro Group, worked with IBM to launch a new electronic coupon system throughout its 320 German stores. This first-of-a-kind digital coupon system, developed with IBM Research scientists, ...
CARACAS, VENEZUELA, August 24, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- CasinoBonusCenter.com has released this month its complete directory of bonuses and promotions in the Spanish language. One of the most comprehensive online portals, active since the ...
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Gold'n Plump Poultry, the Midwest's largest fully integrated chicken producer, announced a new line-up for fresh boneless, skinless breast lovers. Using feedback from a panel of consumers who said they were looking for both packaging ...
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