I used to really enjoy going grocery shopping with my parents, especially since it was where all the food was. Another thing I found interesting was the many different brands found there. Obviously, we have the highly marketed brands, which are all under major umbrella corporations like PepsiCo, Kellogg's, or Unilever. On the other hand, my parents would often select the generic brands sold in these grocery stores. Since we did most of our...
If there is one thing I have learned over the years in standing out from the crowd, there are good ways to stand out and there are bad ways to stand out. Let me explain it to you with a real estate analogy. Say you are house shopping and you come across a designer place with all the latest craze like 10-foot ceilings, granite countertops, recessed LED down lights, and a staircase with glass railings. Then you come across another dwelling with a...
From The Verge: Samsung’s mobile phone sales have been taking a hit this year. It’s a downward trend that started during last year’s holiday quarter and has persisted throughout 2018. Both IDC and Strategy Analytics report that Samsung’s smartphone sales have dipped around 13 percent in the recent...
From PC Mag: Amazon is continuing its expansion offline this week with the introduction of the company's second 4-Star bricks-and-mortar store, this time located in Colorado.
The first 4-Star store appeared back in late September when the New York neighborhood of SoHo got one. Inside, you'll find a...
From CNET: The US Justice Department on Thursday swung hard at China with a one-two punch intended to counter industrial espionage.
First, the agency unveiled charges against Chinese and Taiwanese companies and individuals for allegedly stealing trade secrets related to semiconductor technology...
From QNAP Press Release: QNAP® Systems, Inc. introduces the brand-new TS-2888X AI-Ready NAS, an all-in-one AI solution combining robust storage and a ready-to-use software environment that simplifies AI workflows with high cost-efficiency. Built using next-gen Intel® Xeon® W processors with up to 18...
From The Verge: A WhatsApp VP says the messaging service will start showing ads alongside its popular Status feature, reports The Economic Times. Speaking at an event in New Delhi, WhatsApp Vice President Chris Daniels said that the ads would be the service’s “primary monetisation mode for the...
From PC Mag: Google decided to celebrate Halloween and the final day of Cybersecurity Awareness Month by introducing a new risk assessment every time you try to log in to your Google account. The knock-on effect being, JavaScript is now required to sign in. No JavaScript? No access.
Attempting to...
From CNET: Spotify wasn't spectacularly unprofitable in the third quarter. And it has a big Chinese streaming service to thank for that.
The world's biggest subscription streaming music service by members, Spotify routinely reports wide losses in the hundreds of millions of euros, primarily...
From Gigabyte Press Release: GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd announced the release of the Z390 DESIGNARE motherboard with full support for the newest 8-core Intel® Core™ i9-9900K processors. The newest addition to the GIGABYTE DESIGNARE series is a feature-packed motherboard that provides content...
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