Forget about Google TV, Apple TV, Boxee, and all the other platforms trying to aggregate online content into an easily accessible interface that bypasses traditional providers of television programming. Their inability to access the amount of basic content available with a cable TV subscription is their Achilles heel. Announcements today at the 2011 Consumer Electronics [...]
CES 2011 is officially upon us. And although manufacturers aren’t expected to release anything dramatically unexpected, we do expect this year to offer several incremental improvements to last year’s technology. To get things started, Kodak has announced an upgraded version of its popular Playsport digital video camera. We reviewed the original Playsport here, and [...]
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Tags: camera, digital video camera, Kodak, Kodak PlaySport, pocket camcorder 
No Comments »Much of the hype surrounding mobile payments and the digital wallet of the future has focused on the means by which small retailers can accept credit card payments with a smartphone. Platforms from startups like Square give the smallest retailers a convenient and reliable way to tap into the ubiquity of credit cards as a [...]
Posted in Consumer Electronics, Internet, Phones Tags: AisleBuyer, credit cards, mobile payment, mobile payments, payments, smartphones, Square 2 Comments »Most retailers will likely be pleased with their overall 2010 holiday season sales figures. Unlike years past, preliminary tallies for 2010 reveal an increase in the average personal spending expectation by more than 10% – a significant improvement over 2009, but still below previous levels. Amazon.com today released several interesting statistics about its 2010 holiday [...]
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