by GFK Insights | Jul 31, 2017 | Consumer Products
The rise in streaming television viewing in the US continues apace with the frequent arrival of new “skinny bundles” of programming. But if you think there’s no difference between TV Cord Cutters—defined as viewers who eliminated their standard TV subscription—and...
by Cloud Musings | Jul 30, 2017 | Cloud Storage Technology
The AWS Marketplace is growing at breakneck speed, with 40% more listings than last year! This and more insights were revealed when CloudEndure used their custom tool to quickly scan the over 6,000 products available on AWS Marketplace. The top offerings are...
by GFK Insights | Jul 28, 2017 | Consumer Products
Connected Consumers face an avalanche of communications on a daily basis. Advances in connectivity, coupled with societal shifts, mean that we live in an age where media is “always on” – for both advertisers and consumers. This culture of relentless connectivity is...
by GFK Insights | Jul 27, 2017 | Consumer Products
I always like people-watching on my morning commute on the train. Not in a weird way you understand. There are people sleeping, reading, watching and listening. But nobody talks. There are several people staring vacantly into their mobile phones, scrolling and...
by GFK Insights | Jul 25, 2017 | Consumer Products
With several family members on the move this spring, my husband and I found ourselves temporary caretakers for a series of pets including our niece’s cat. She was a sweet houseguest, although our own two cats didn’t think so. Fortunately, we are empty nesters with...
by GFK Insights | Jul 24, 2017 | Consumer Products
*This blog post was co-authored by Wendy Wallner and Stephanie Scalice Just last month, Amazon announced its acquisition of Whole Foods Market for a whopping $13.4 billion. As the various hot takes rolled in, we looked to US consumers for their reactions, conducting...
by The Health Care Blog | Jul 20, 2017 | Healthcare Technology
Today’s HIStalk newsletter included a short piece from one of their often anonymous contributors -‘Expanding Paunch’ – who called into question the ‘worthiness’ of those who’ll be ranked among the #HIT100. [For those not familiar with what #HIT100 is all about,...
by iLearn Technology | Jul 18, 2017 | Academic Technology
What it is: Starting with Soil is a free app from the Whole Kids Foundation that teaches the importance of healthy soil and lets kids discover the harmonious roles that plants, animals, and people play in keeping it healthy. This high-quality, interactive app lets...
by Cloud Musings | Jul 14, 2017 | Cloud Storage Technology
Photo credit: ShutterstockRunaway cloud computing cost may be causing an information technology industry crisis. Expanding requirements, extended transition schedules and misleading marketplace hype have made “Transformation” a dirty word. Questions about how to...
by NEI Nuclear Notes | Jul 14, 2017 | Nuclear Energy
Nuclear plants occupy an unusual spot in the towns where they operate: integral but so much in the background that they may seem almost invisible. But when they close, it can be like the earth shifting underfoot.Lohud.com, the Gannett newspaper that covers the Lower...
by iLearn Technology | Jul 12, 2017 | Academic Technology
What it is: Today I was working on our inquiry block framework for the 2017/2018 school year and, as often happens with inquiry, fell down a wonderful rabbit hole that led me to this site. Mathigon is a fantastic *newish* math site (it’s still being built and added...
by GFK Insights | Jul 11, 2017 | Consumer Products
It’s safe to say that many of the first smartwatch devices to hit the market were seen by consumers as kind of ugly, a little bit clunky and certainly nothing you’d catch Miranda Priestly wearing on her wrist. And as discussed in Tech Trends, wearables on the whole...
by Health IT Buzz | Jul 11, 2017 | Healthcare Technology
Melissa Crawford is a mother from Concord, NH. Her two year old daughter, Ava, has a congenital heart defect and was recently diagnosed with epilepsy. Melissa loves Ava’s physician’s patient portal since it allows her to easily book appointments and refill Ava’s...
by The Health Care Blog | Jul 7, 2017 | Healthcare Technology
The popular 2017 #HIT100 backslapping contest started the other day on July 4th – Independence Day. How apropos! All those who’ve lived in healthcare, information technology and social media space for any length of time in the short world of social media,...
by GFK Insights | Jul 6, 2017 | Consumer Products
Built-in major domestic appliances (MDAs) like built-in hobs, cookers/stoves, dish washers, freezers, microwaves, tumble dryers and washing machines were the pacemaker in global sales growth in the market in 2016. Taking almost $1 of every $4 spent, sales of built-in...
by GFK Insights | Jul 5, 2017 | Consumer Products
Conquering today’s connected shopper is a battle. Consumers’ expectations of convenience, choice, price and experience are continually escalating. Whatever you make or sell, the true power rests in the palm of shoppers’ hands. The “always-on” culture of connectivity...
by GFK Insights | Jul 3, 2017 | Consumer Products
By 2020, 40% of consumers in Europe, the US and BRIC markets will be “iBrains”, or Gen Z. The first generation fully immersed in smartphones and social media, these digital natives will drive disruption in retail. Always connected, they live in the fast lane. If you...
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