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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[CES: LG booth preview reveals LG Revolution, Optimus]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[LG booth setup reveals new phones(Credit:CNET)LAS VEGAS--We managed to get a sneak peek at the booth that LG is setting up in preparation for CES here at the Las Vegas Convention Center, and it looks like the company will be unveiling at least two new phones here in the next couple of days. One of them looks to be the LG Revolution, and it seems it's headed to a 4G network, most likely Verizon's LTE. It looks very similar to the LG Optimus 2X, which will also be at the booth. Another phone that caught our eye is the Optimus Black, which we don't know too much about aside from its supposed thinness and display clarity. LG definitely has plenty to parade around here at CES, and we're looking forward to it.Here are a few more photos we managed to grab from the LG booth as they were setting up:LG Revolution sneak peek(Credit:Kent German/CNET)LG Revolution sneak peek(Credit:Kent German/CNET)<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[iPhone beats RIM, others in satisfaction survey]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>compling</dc:creator>
<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[(Credit:Apple)Apple'siPhone is one of the most sought-after devices on the market, and according to a new survey, it also has the highest customer satisfaction rating among smartphone buyers.The survey, conducted by market research firm ChangeWave, asked 1,212 consumers who had purchased a smartphone in the last six months how satisfied they were with their purchase.Apple's iPhone topped the list of customers who said the were very satisfied, with a 77 percent approval rating. Motorola came in second with 71 percent, followed by HTC (63 percent), Samsung (45 percent), and RIM (44 percent).All four models of iPhones surveyed received high marks. In fact, even the lowest-scoring iPhone model had higher customer approval ratings than the highest-rated phones from competing manufacturers.The iPhone 4 (32GB) had an satisfaction rating of 84 percent, while the iPhone 4 (16GB) came in at 78 percent. The iPhone 3GS (32GB) was the second highest rated iPhone with 81 percent satisfaction, followed by the iPhone 3GS (16GB) with 77 percent.Just as interesting were the low satisfaction ratings among consumers for a few of RIM's recent releases. The highest rated BlackBerry, the Torch, had a &quot;very satisfied&quot; rating of 64 percent. Other RIM phones didn't fare as well. The BlackBerry Bold garnered a 48 percent satisfaction rating, followed by the Curve at 40 percent.(Credit:ChangeWave)Of course, the iPhone is only available from AT&amp;T in the U.S., and ChangeWave wanted to see how hardware choices might be affected by what carrier people are on. What if the iPhone was available from other carriers Would that affect the decisions people make about what smartphone they buy According to the survey it would--at least for some.ChangeWave asked non-AT&amp;T customers whether they would still buy their current smartphone if the iPhone had been a choice on their current carrier. Overall, 46 percent said they would keep their current phones, while 34 percent said they would have bought an iPhone if it were available.Getting a bit more specific, HTC customers were least likely to give up their current smartphone for an iPhone, with 54 percent of HTC customers saying they would keep their current model. Fifty percent of Samsung users said they'd keep their current phone. Things got a bit closer with the BlackBerry. Overall, 45 percent of BlackBerry buyers would have kept their devices. Motorola fared the worst among respondents. Thirty-nine percent would have kept their Motorola devices, but 37 percent would have chosen an iPhone instead.ChangeWave's findings match those of J.D. Power and Associates released in September, which put Apple on the top of its smartphone satisfaction list.In October, a new report from Strategy Analytics showed that Apple had shipped more smartphones than RIM in the third quarter. According to the report, Apple shipped 15.4 million smartphones compared to RIM's 12.3 million.Perhaps customer satisfaction is affecting sales figures more than some companies would like to admit.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The best of Day 2 of the LA Auto Show]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>compling</dc:creator>
<category>Gaming</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The Cadillac ULC was one of the many visually striking concept cars on display at the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show.(Credit:Daniel Terdiman/CNET)LOS ANGELES--If you've never been to a major auto show, you've probably never seen quite as many all-newcars and beautiful concept vehicles as attendees feast their eyes on.Of course, over two full days of carmaker press conferences, it can be quite exhausting, but for enthusiasts, it is also a treat to get to see many of the very latest vehicles on the road, and those that will be gracing highways around the country in the next year or two.Now, the 2010 Los Angeles Auto Show is over. But keep your eyes peeled for some of the many vehicles that showed here (see full photo gallery below).Day 2 at the LA Auto Show (photos) <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Android gets fashionable]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Samsung&amp;39's newest Armani phone is part of the Galaxy S series.(Credit:Women&amp;39's Wear Daily)Samsung and Giorgio Armani are making another go at creating a designer cell phone, reports Women's Wear Daily. Like their original collaboration, the Samsung Armani, the new handset will offer a touch screen and multimedia features, but it will ditch Windows Mobile 6.5, Armani's operating system of choice on last year's Samsung smartphone, in favor of Android. Say goodbye also to the full keyboard and tilting design.Though the new model is part of the Galaxy S series--it's a dead ringer for AT&amp;T's Captivate--we weren't expecting it to be so understated. With the black color and small Armani logo, it lacks some of the gold embellishments found on its predecessors.The feature set, on the other hand, isn't surprising. Inside you'll find the standard Galaxy S offerings including a 5-megapixel camera, a multimedia player, e-mail, a 1Ghz processor, and 16GB of internal memory. And, of course, the 4-inch display is super-AMOLED. We don't know which version of Android it will run, but Eclair (2.1) is the most likely candidate.Starting next month the handset will debut in Giorgio Armani boutiques and other retailers in Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Dubai, China, Hong Kong, Spain, Russia, and the Netherlands. Be warned that it carries a hefty price tag of 700 euros, or about $965. No one ever said fashion came cheap.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Yahoo, Microsoft using common paid search]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 07:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Mobile &amp; Electronics</category>
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<description><![CDATA[ Microsoft and Yahoo said today that they have completed the shift to using Redmond's AdCenter tools to power paid search in the U.S. and Canada on Yahoo and its partner sites.&quot;As of today, AdCenter powers 100 percent of paid search advertisements on both Bing and Yahoo!, partner sites and publisher networks in the U.S. and Canada,&quot; the companies said in a joint statement. It's part of the companies' massive 10-year deal aimed at joining forces in search to better rival market leader Google.(Credit:Yahoo/Microsoft)Although the companies had a goal of doing so by the end of this month, they had said they were willing to push things back so as not to interfere with business in the all-important holiday shopping season.&quot;The transition comes after months of testing and collaboration between Yahoo! and Microsoft, with strict attention being paid to protecting the quality of experience for publishers and advertisers during the upcoming holiday season,&quot; the companies said.Yahoo made the shift to using Bing for organic (non-paid) search results in August.The companies still plan to move Yahoo's mobile search advertising to Microsoft's engine by the end of October. The international move will take more time, with the complete work not expected to be complete until early 2012. On the organic front, the companies plan to shift Spanish-speaking Latin America in the first quarter of next year. For paid search, the first countries will be the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, and India, which are slated for the second quarter. <br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[High-end calculators for rent to students - Springwise]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Education</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Ita4a4s a testament to the ubiquity of niche software that hand-held calculators are now a rarity in the enterprise and scientific worlds. Theya4a4re still used in college classes, however, which is why Canadian Renac has been able to build a business on renting them out to students.Rather than buy a graphic or financial calculator for use in just one or two classes, students can save more than 70 percent of the devicesa4a4 retail price by renting one instead, Renac says. Six calculators are available on the Renac site, with prices beginning at CAD 1.25 per month for a BA II Plus financial device, for example. Monthly, semester, 10-month, 12-month and two-year plans are available, with lower rates for longer rental periods. When the student is done with the rented calculator, he or she simply puts it in a prepaid return envelope and mails it back to Renac.Launched last month, Renac currently serves transumers on Canadian campuses. Who will bring something like this to the rest of the ownership-averse world... (Related: Green car-sharing by the hour at Hawaii hotels a4&quot; Toy rental service targets businesses with waiting rooms a4&quot; Rental service for kids'' video games a4&quot; Designer dresses for rent (back-up size included) a4&quot; Clothing rental for size-changing dieters.)Website: www.renac.caContact: support@renac.caSpotted by: Heather Buist<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Will Diapers.com buy prove taxing for Amazon.com]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Amazon.com is reportedly poised to buy household-goods retailer Quidsi, the parent of Diapers.com, on Monday for $540 million in cash and debt.In so doing, the giant online retailer looks set to fend off its most convincing challenger in years. Buying Diapers.com&amp;'s operator will keep it away from Walmart, which was reportedly interested &amp;8212' arguably worth the price by itself. And Amazon, long a master cost-cutter, may learn something from Quidsi&amp;'s highly automated robotic warehouses.Quidsi, backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Accel Partners, and New Enterprise Associates, among others, has a loyal following among young parents for Diapers.com&amp;'s baby supplies, and has been expanding into other drugstore-aisle categories with its Soap.com and BeautyBar.com sites.Amazon had launched two recent salvos against Diapers.com: a free-shipping and discount program, Amazon Mom, and more recently an all-out price war in diapers, which some speculated was a tactic to force Quidsi to the negotiating table. The price is 67 percent more than Quidsi&amp;'s most recent financing round in October 2009, which valued the company at $300 million.Quidsi&amp;'s founders, Marc Lore and Vinnie Bharara, will reportedly remain with the company after the buy with long-term contracts. That move, as well as the fierce discounting in the runup to the buy, is reminiscent of Amazon&amp;'s prolonged courtship of Zappos and its charismatic CEO, Tony Hsieh, who still runs the online shoe retailer for Amazon.There&amp;'s just one hitch I see: Will Amazon have to start collecting sales tax in Quidsi&amp;'s home state of New Jersey Already, Quidsi collects sales taxes in several northeastern states where Amazon doesn&amp;'t. Internet and mail-order retailers can&amp;'t be forced by states to collect taxes on most interstate purchases' consumers are supposed to pay the tax themselves, but few do. The absence of sales tax often gives online retailers a price advantage over brick-and-mortar stores. If Amazon integrates Quidsi&amp;'s infrastructure to gain from its operating efficiencies, it may find it hard to avoid collecting taxes in states like New Jersey, where Quidsi is based.Online retailers, including Amazon.com, have long called for a rationalization of sales taxes. Perhaps Amazon&amp;'s betting that it&amp;'s worth more to corner the online-diaper market than to skimp on taxes. It&amp;'s just one more sign that Quidsi has come up with something Amazon can&amp;'t resist paying for.Next Story: &amp;''Data marketplace&amp;'' Infochimps raises $1.2M to build out its data offerings Previous Story: Microsoft&amp;'s Kinect gaming control gets hacked alreadyPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: BeautyBar.com, Diapers.com, e commerce, Soap.comCompanies: Amazon.com, QuidsiPeople: Marc Lore, Vinnie Bharara          Tags: BeautyBar.com, Diapers.com, e commerce, Soap.comCompanies: Amazon.com, QuidsiPeople: Marc Lore, Vinnie BhararaOwen Thomas is the executive editor of VentureBeat.VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[On the GreenBeat: Trilliant inks deal with British Gas, NRG Energy launches charging infrastructure]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Here are the top cleantech stories we&amp;'re following today on the GreenBeat:Smart grid communications company Trilliant announced it has inked a deal with British Gas to roll out one million smart meters by 2012. The deal could open up the door for more contracts with British Gas, which has 16 million customers. Earth2Tech points out that the British government has said it wants smart meters in every home by 2020.NRG Energy has launched the country&amp;'s first privately funded electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Houston, called eVgo (pictured). The company plans to invest $10 million in the city&amp;'s charging infrastructure and will offer flat-rate monthly packages for access to the fast-charge stations that it will build out along major highways and shopping centers.GM&amp;'s shares climbed 7.5 percent this morning to $35.46 after its $20 billion return to public trading, Bloomberg reports. But the U.S. government will have to sell its remaining shares at $53 apiece in order to earn back the $49.5 billion it invested in the company after bailing it out in the midst of the financial crisis. The Treasury looks to make about $13.6 billion from the shares it has sold so far.Toyota unveiled its electric Rav4 at the Los Angeles Auto Show, a car that will be produced with technology that is part of a $60 million agreement with electric car maker Tesla. Tesla chief executive Elon Musk told the Los Angeles Times he&amp;'d like to see the Rav4 built in Tesla&amp;'s new $42 million Fremont, Calif. factory.Toyota also plans to launch 11 new hybrid models by the end of 2012, Grist/AFP reports.Honda has unveiled its electrified Fit at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Like Toyota&amp;'s Rav4, the Fit will have a 100-mile range, the Wall Street Journal reports.Neste Oil has opened the largest biodiesel plant in the world in Singapore, the New York Times reports.The Electrification Coalition predicts there will be 200,000 electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids on the roads by 2015.Next Story: Dell loses mobile chief Ron Garriques as it repositions mobile group Previous Story: Stipple snaps up $2M to easily tag the web&amp;'s picturesPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: biodiesel, biofuels, charging infrastructure, electric cars, electric vehicles, eVgo, Fit, hybrids, plug-in hybrids, RAV4, Smart Grid, smart metersCompanies: Electrification Coalition, GM, Honda, NRG Energy, Toyota, Trilliant          Tags: biodiesel, biofuels, charging infrastructure, electric cars, electric vehicles, eVgo, Fit, hybrids, plug-in hybrids, RAV4, Smart Grid, smart metersCompanies: Electrification Coalition, GM, Honda, NRG Energy, Toyota, TrilliantIris Kuo is the VentureBeat's lead GreenBeat writer. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal in Hong Kong, Houston Chronicle, the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Dallas public radio. Iris attended the University of Texas at Dallas and lives in Houston. Follow Iris on Twitter @thestatuskuo (and yes, that's how you  pronounce her last name).VentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Directory of dog-friendly restaurants - Springwise]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<category>Food</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Given the USD 47.7 billion US consumers alone are expected to spend on their pets this year, it''s not entirely surprising to see the likes of the Sniff Dog Hotel and the many other pet-focused innovations we''ve seen emerge in recent months. Along the lines of Fido Factor, in fact, one more we recently spotted gives consumers a new way to discover the dog-friendly restaurants in their neighborhood.California-based Dining with Dogs is a free site that lets dog owners find restaurants in their area that allow dogs in their outdoor seating areas. Currently focusing on New York, Chicago, California, Arizona and Florida, the ad-supported site lets users submit and review restaurants as well as interact with other dog lovers online. Reviews can also be posted directly to Facebook and other popular social networks.Guides to pet-friendly hotels have been around for some time, but this new focus on restaurants adds a new point of differentiation for restaurateurs worldwide. Eateries around the globe: time to develop a dog-friendly policy, if you don''t already have one. Everyone else: how else can you help guide pet lovers to local establishments that will treat them a4&quot; and their pets a4&quot; right... (Related: Peer-to-peer petsitting service a4&quot; Social networking for dogs a4&quot; RFID collar tag helps dog owners meet new friends.)Website: www.diningwithdogs.comContact: diningwithdogs@gmail.comSpotted by: May Lam<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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