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Concern for identity theft and rise of social networking and mobile applications have changed view of online safety and driven the development of comprehensive security suites.
Westford, MA, January 20, 2009 — Trender Research™ Inc. (www.trenderresearch.com), a market research and consulting firm that combines expert analysis with the voice of everyday people, announced a new Trender Thought Leaders report for the digital security industry. The “Digital Security Trends” report analyzes the evolution of real and perceived security threats and the technology that aims to protect consumers and workers against them. The 25-page report is invaluable for policy-makers, industry professionals, researchers, technology vendors, and investors trying to understand the challenges and opportunities in digital security.
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Healthcare Thought Leaders Predict the Impact of Technology in a New Report by Trender Research
Amidst major policy reforms, industry luminaries and a focus group of everyday people are optimistic that technology can substantially reduce costs and improve patient care.
Westford, MA, November 24, 2009 — Trender Research™ Inc. (www.trenderresearch.com), a market research and consulting firm that combines expert analysis with the voice of everyday people, announced a new Trender Thought Leaders report for the healthcare industry. The report, entitled “Impact! When Healthcare and Technology Collide”, analyzes major healthcare trends and specifically how technology is spurring a major transformation in the way healthcare organizations are managed and patient care is delivered. The report is invaluable for policy-makers, healthcare professionals, researchers, technology vendors, and investors trying to understand the challenges and opportunities in healthcare. (read more)
Hulu, Netflix, TiVo, and Roku score high Trender Dashboard ratings in comprehensive analysis of the online video industry and its impact on the Pay TV market.
Westford, MA, October 1, 2009 — Trender Research™ Inc. (www.trenderresearch.com), a consumer technology market research and consulting firm that combines expert analysis with the voice of everyday people, announced a new strategic analysis of the over the top (OTT) video industry and its impact on the Pay TV market. The report, entitled “Pay TV and the Growing Over the Top Video Threat”, analyzes the major trends of online video consumption and how they are changing the business models for cable, satellite, and IPTV service providers as well as the video rental market. (read more)
Trender Awards™ Announced: Apple, VidTel, and Sling
Media Lead Honors with Nods in Multiple Categories
Iconic Apple iPhone wins "Mega Trender Award"; Microsoft Windows Vista wins "Trender Pretender Award"
Westford, MA, March 5, 2009 — Trender Research™ Inc. (www.trenderresearch.com), a unique market research and consulting firm that combines expert analysis with the voice of everyday people, announced today the winners of the Trender Awards™ “Best of 2009”. The Trender Awards were created to honor gadgets and services that are not only novel and technologically advanced, but also improve people's lives in some way and have appeal to everyday folks. (read more)
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Celebs suit up for DirecTV Beach Bowl (AP)
AP - Deion Sanders said he wasn't worried. Joe Montana went in with his game face on and Jordin Sparks just hoped sand did not end up in her eyes.
NFL Kicker! iPhone game gets you ready for the Super Bowl (Appolicious)
Appolicious - NFL Kicker! is the sort of game you download innocently enough looking to kill a few spare minutes; then, by the time you finally look up, you’ve spent half an hour devoted to kicking digital field goals. That’s far from a bad thing; rather it feels exciting to have a sports game on a mobile platform feel so immediate and gratifying.Four of the Strangest New Video Game Controllers (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - Back when home video games were still new, every new console's controller was an experiment. And before people settled on things like the Atari 2600's joystick and the Nintendo Entertainment System's gamepad, which influenced everything that came after them, they tried out some ... unusual form factors. Like the Fairchild Channel F's hybrid paddle-joystick, or the Mattel Intellivision's disc-and-touchpad arrangement.For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life (AP)
AP - Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker.
Hackers apparently hit Swedish government site (AP)
AP - A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous says it has attacked the Swedish government's website and shut it down by overloading it.Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call (AP)
AP - Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet.
Micron CEO dies in plane crash, industry stunned (Reuters)
Reuters - Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash on Friday, a major loss for a U.S. memory chipmaker already struggling with sluggish computer sales and declining prices.
Apple, Motorola in patent struggle in Germany (AP)
AP - Apple Inc. has temporarily blocked Motorola Mobility's attempt to have it withdraw several iPhone and iPad models from its Internet store in Germany, the latest twist in an extended legal duel over patents between the companies.Are Apple, Google and Facebook Natural Monopolies? (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | They may not be the power company, but you won't find too many threats to their dominance. All three are not only at the top of their game, they have few, if any, competitors. And the law helps keep newbies out of the market.Facebook Timeline feature unpopular, especially among Baby Boomers (Yahoo! News)
Yahoo! News - The new mandatory Facebook Timeline is a surprisingly controversial feature. You either love it, or you hate it. And according to a new poll, it appears that almost all of you hate it. Overall, only 20% of those surveyed said they liked …© 2012 Created by Brian Mahony.
