Trying to resist the urge to splurge? Ditch the smartphone
You are more likely to indulge in guilty pleasures when shopping online with a touchscreen versus a desktop computer, according to research from UBC's Okanagan campus.
You are more likely to indulge in guilty pleasures when shopping online with a touchscreen versus a desktop computer, according to research from UBC's Okanagan campus.
Economics & Business
Aug 16, 2017
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Some Twitter users had to do without early Tuesday after sporadic outages knocked the social media site offline in the U.S. and Europe.
Internet
Jan 19, 2016
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More than 80 percent of the 120 million Africans using Facebook access the site through their mobile phones, the social media group said Thursday.
Internet
Sep 10, 2015
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Google and Twitter announced Friday their partnership placing tweets in online search results has been extended to desktop.
Internet
Aug 21, 2015
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Lenovo, the Chinese firm that has bought up IBM's cast off PC business, has announced a miniaturised computer not much larger than a smartphone, which can be connected to any screen via an HDMI connection.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 29, 2015
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Premium channel Showtime said Wednesday it would launch a streaming service in July, offering movies, original series and sports programming to subscribers without cable subscriptions via desktop computers and Apple devices.
Telecom
Jun 3, 2015
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Apple is introducing an updated MacBook Pro and iMac and lowering the price for its top-end iMac.
Consumer & Gadgets
May 19, 2015
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A new report on the state of the media has some simple terms for how we learn about the world: mobile and social media.
Internet
Apr 29, 2015
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Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of technology that allows for virtual desktops with larger screens, without upgrading existing network infrastructure. Virtual desktops are being introduced to the factory ...
Software
Apr 28, 2015
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Weak demand for desktop computers caused PC sales to plunge again in the first quarter of this year, reflecting the industry's ongoing struggles with the shift to smartphones, tablets and other mobile gadgets.
Business
Apr 9, 2015
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