Other Social Networks Can Compete With Facebook
Contrary to common perceptions, Facebook is not the only social networking service (SNS) in town, especially in the Asia-Pacific, where local, gaming-based social networks receive strong support.
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Wireless Lifeline Helps Transition Americans From Welfare to Work
A wide cross section of consumer, senior and low-income groups are joining "Keeping Americans Connected to Opportunity" (KACO), a Facebook-based campaign at http://www.keepingamericansconnected.org devoted to supporting the federal wireless Lifeline program.
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PC Shipments to Slow to 3.8 Percent Growth in 2011; Units to Increase 10.9 Percent in 2012
Worldwide PC unit growth is on pace to total 352 million units in 2011, a 3.8 percent increase from 2010, according to the latest preliminary forecast by Gartner, Inc.
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Smart TV Growth
According to a recent release from Park Associates, worldwide sales of smart TVs and connected Blu-ray players, consoles, and digital video players will grow from 95 million (2010) to more than 360 million (2015).
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Smartphone Adoption Trends
Forty (40) percent of mobile consumers over 18 in the U.S. now have smartphones, according to July 2011 data from Nielsen.
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USA Projected to Become Largest PV Market by 2013
The US photovoltaic (PV) market will become the largest market for annual PV installations in 2013, overtaking Germany, Italy, and Japan.
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Microwave Market Heats Up
Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its second quarter (2Q11) Microwave Equipment vendor market share and forecast report, which tracks high- and low-capacity Ethernet, hybrid, and TDM microwave equipment used in backhaul, transport, and access networks.
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The Quick Pace of the STB Market Competition
Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its second quarter 2011 (2Q11) Cable, Satellite, IPTV, and OTT Set-Top Boxes and Subscribers.
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Rice University – Tower Breakthrough
The days of waiting for smartphones to upload video may be numbered. Rice University engineering researchers have made a breakthrough that could allow wireless phone companies to double throughput on their networks without adding a single cell tower.
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$39.5 Billion Will Be Spent on Smart City Technologies in 2016
While $8.1 billion was spent on smart city technologies in 2010, by 2016 that number is projected to reach $39.5 billion. A smart city is determined by 6 dimensions: smart economy, environment, governance, lifestyle, transportation, and community. There are currently 102 smart city projects worldwide.
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Cha-Ching
Consumers spend about $300 per purchase via mobile devices, according to Bon Mercado, mobile ads product specialist at Google.
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Implementation of Online e-Government Services Worldwide Could Produce Savings of $114 Billion in 2016
Governments worldwide are making "citizen services" available online. ABI Research forecasts that in 2016, as much as $114 billion could be saved worldwide through implementation of online e-government services.
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Service Providers to Push Home Automation System Shipments to 12 Million by 2016
While approximately 1.8 million home automation systems were shipped globally in 2011, ABI Research projects that number will increase to over 12 million shipments by 2016, largely due to the fact that service providers are entering the managed home automation market.
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NECA Releases Telecommunications Grounding and Bonding Standard
The National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) recently published NECA-BICSI-607-2011, Standard for Telecommunications Bonding and Grounding Planning and Installation Methods for Commercial Buildings (ANSI). The new standard was jointly developed between NECA and Building Industry Consulting Service International (BICSI).
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Survey Highlights Consumer Fatigue With Social Media
There are signs of maturity in the social media market, as some users in certain segments are showing "social media fatigue", according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. The survey reveals continued localization of usage, whereby certain country-specific social characteristics dictate preferences.
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