Sleep key to a healthy lifestyle

GfK asked consumers around the world what activities they regularly engage in to maintain their physical health – and getting enough sleep topped eating healthy food, exercising or taking vitamins. GfK surveyed 23 countries and found that two-thirds of global...

Acer brings Intel’s 5th generation to life

Acer will be including the 5th Generation Intel Core Processors across its mobile ranges, starting with its line of R 13 convertible notebooks and its award-winning S7 ultrabooks. The R 13 and S7 will also incorporate the newest 802.11ac wireless specification for...

Public display shipments show solid growth

Public display shipments grew 16% year-over-year in the third quarter (Q3) of 2014, and LCD public display shipments alone grew 18%. Plasma public display shipments were negligible as many plasma products were phased out. According to DisplaySearch, part of IHS ,...

Falcon fails to land on platform

Over the weekend, Elon Musk’s SpaceX succeeded in delivering supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), but failed to land its rocket on a platform designed to retrieve it and allow it to be re-used. In the early morning hours of Saturday, 10 January 2015,...

Quantum dot TV technology comes of age

LCD TV makers are responding to the challenge of OLED, with quantum dot (QD) technology, curved screens and other innovations. According to new information from DisplaySearch, part of IHS, in order to boost consumer value in the LCD television market, 4K...

Customer engagement key for business success

Weak mobile customer service is harming customer engagement, according to Gartner. No rallying principle in the enterprise matters more than the creation of superior customer engagement and IT leaders will need to innovate in engaging customers on all channels and...