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Visible Light Communication Market to Grow at 64% CAGR to More Than $8bn in 2019
Feb 12, 2016The global visible light communication (VLC) market will post a remarkable compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of close to 64% to more than $8bn in 2019, according to the report 'Global Visible Light Communication Market 2015-2019' by ...
Tags: LED market, Visible Light
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Global Luggage Market Has Been Forecast to Hit a Market Value of Us$50 Billion by 2018
Sep 5, 2014he global luggage market has been forecast to hit a market value of US$50 billion by 2018, driven by the recovery in travel and tourism around the world. Growth is likely to be fuelled by emerging economies, owing to the increase in both ...
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The Number of People Who Develop Lung Cancer Continues to Drop
Jan 13, 2014As fewer Americans smoke, the number of people who develop lung cancer continues to drop, U.S. health officials report. Between 2005 and 2009, lung cancer rates went down 2.6 percent each year among men, from 87 to 78 cases per 100,000, ...
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Facebook Must Pay out $20m in Damages
Aug 27, 2013Facebook must pay out $20m (£13m) in damages following a lawsuit about targeted advertising breaching users' privacy, a US Judge has ruled. The case, first brought about in 2011, was based around the fact Facebook's "Sponsored ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Dapper Company Is Developing an Application to Assist Men with Fashion Decisions
Aug 22, 2013Dapper Company, a soon to launch men’s fashion advice company, is developing an application to assist men with fashion decisions. The new app will allow men to share fashion choices, and let other individuals guide app users ...
Tags: Dapper Application
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Comply with Children's Privacy Rules Took Effect in The U.S. Monday
Jul 3, 2013Some websites and mobile app developers are confused about how to comply with revised rules governing the online collection of personal information from children that took effect in the U.S. Monday, critics said. The U.S. Federal Trade ...
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DuckDuckGo Achieved a New Benchmark of Three Million Direct Searches in a Single Day
Jun 19, 2013Search engine DuckDuckGo, which allows users to search the web anonymously – crowdsourcing its results from other sites such as Wikipedia – has achieved a new benchmark of three million direct searches in a single day. The ...
Tags: Google, Duckduckgo
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Many U.S. Residents Were Concerned About Privacy Violations
Jun 13, 2013Even before bombshell disclosures of the U.S. government's massive collection of Internet and cellphone data, many U.S. residents were concerned about privacy violations. In a survey conducted just days before reports surfaced about ...
Tags: NSA Scandal, Privacy Breaches
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The Use of Facebook in The UK Has Declined by Nine Per Cent Year-on-Year
May 28, 2013According to a report by market research firm YouGov, the use of Facebook in the UK has declined by nine per cent year-on-year. This fall coincides with the social media site's advertising push, which has seen promotions jump over the ...
Tags: Facebook, Computer Products
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Yahoo Has Confirmed Widespread Reports,It Will Acquire The Popular Blogging Service Tumblr
May 22, 2013Yahoo has confirmed widespread reports that it will acquire the popular blogging service Tumblr, and also promised not to "screw it up." The deal is worth about US$1.1 billion, nearly all in cash, and is expected to close in the second half ...
Tags: Computer Products, Yahoo, Tumblr
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Google's Android Operating System Have Filed an Amended Version of an Earlier Lawsuit
May 20, 2013Several users of devices running Google's Android operating system have filed an amended version of an earlier lawsuit accusing the company of illegally collecting, and allowing others to collect, extensive amounts of mobile user data ...
Tags: Google, Computer Products
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Online Advertising Industry Has Not Lived up to a Promise to Stop The Online Tracking
Apr 27, 2013The U.S. online advertising industry has not lived up to a promise to stop the online tracking of Internet users who ask advertisers to do so, a senior U.S. senator said Wednesday. Senator John "Jay" Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, ...
Tags: Senator, Computer Products
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Internet Users Overwhelmingly Enjoy Free Web Content Supported by Advertising
Apr 23, 2013Internet users overwhelmingly enjoy free Web content supported by advertising, and they'd rather see advertisements targeted toward their interests than random ads, according to a survey released this week by the Digital Advertising ...
Tags: Computer Products
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To See What Facebook Has Become, Look No Further Than The Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer
Apr 7, 2013To see what Facebook has become, look no further than the Hutzler 571 Banana Slicer. Sometime last year, people began sharing tongue-in-cheek online reviews of the banana-shaped piece of yellow plastic with their Facebook friends. Then ...
Tags: Facebook, social network
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A Federal Court Granted Class Action Status to a Lawsuit Accusing comScore
Apr 4, 2013A federal court in Chicago this week granted class action status to a lawsuit accusing comScore, one of the Internet's largest user tracking firms, of secretly collecting and selling Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, passwords ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
