May 18 2016
HookLogic Expands Network That Lets Brands Bid for Online Clout
E-commerce remains a small part of packaged-goods sales, but it's growing fast enough to drive around half of industry growth. That's also driving rapid growth of HookLogic, which is helping reinvent trade promotion for CPG e-commerce by turning it into more of a pure advertising play.... Read more
May 16 2016
Microsoft closes in on Apple as top tablet maker
Microsoft’s smartphone business may be a flop, but the company is really taking it to Apple in the area of laplets, a new category somewhere between laptops and tablets. It's for devices with a detachable screen to be used as a tablet, but with a bigger screen than your average tablet.... Read more
May 16 2016
Apple Still Leads Tablet Market but Microsoft Has Significant Increase in Share
In the highly competitive tablet category for Q1 2016, Apple’s dominance is being challenged from a number of companies, with Microsoft as the top contender. In a recent report by 1010data Apple remained the #1 tablet brand sold online, however, Microsoft increased share year-over-year with increasing sales for its Surface Pro and Surface Book. ... Read more
May 16 2016
Detachable tablets such as the Surface Book and the iPad Pro are on the ascent
Multiple industry trade reports point at a decreasing trend in tablet sales, with a parallel increase in the performance oriented detachable tablet sales. Surface sales have exceeded expectations in the past year, while Apple tablets have surpassed even Surface sales.... Read more
May 14 2016
Laplets vs Tablets – which is the future?
May 13 2016
Microsoft’s Surface Makes the iPad Feel Outdated, Research Shows
Microsoft has invested billions of dollars in making the Surface successful after the first RT model failed to stir up interest, and it turns out that all these efforts are already paying off.
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May 13 2016
The Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality Relationship
This week, Datamation offered an overview of the Silicon Valley Virtual Reality (SVVR) conference. The overall theme was upbeat.... Read more
May 12 2016
Surface Book Market Share At 25% And Going Up Fast
That’s more like it! Microsoft certainly has a hit on their hands with the SurfaceBook, which according to the latest market share data is sitting at 25% and gaining fast.... Read more
May 12 2016
Microsoft’s Surface Book at 25% share and gaining fast, says new report on tablet sales
The Surface 3, Surface Book, and Surface Pro 4 all share one thing in common— they are all considered hybrid tablets. New research which was done by 1010data, and obtained by ComputerWorld, shows off that Microsoft’s hybrid tablets (and tablets in general) are making gains this year.... Read more
May 12 2016
It’s official: Laplets like the Microsoft Surface Book are trumping tablets
Still using a tablet? That iPad or Android model is starting to look like a Model-T. According to new research by 1010data -- a Big Data company that looks at consumer spending habits to determine market share -- laplets are making big gains this year. The full report is due out next week.... Read more
May 10 2016
Amazon Is leading In Tablet Sales But losing share To Best Buy, Apple, and Microsoft
Amazon Is leading In Tablet Sales But losing share To Best Buy, Apple, and Microsoft according to a new survey. Microsoft is working to beat Apple in online tablet sales in 2016.... Read more
May 06 2016
Is There Life After the Mall for Sbarro?
May 06 2016
Amazon recently introduced the Tap, a voice-activated portable speaker that’s $50 more affordable than the company’s existing home speaker/personal assistant, the Echo... Read more
May 03 2016
How e-commerce is changing the packaging landscape
With e-commerce sales of grocery products predicted to grow to $18 billion by year-end 2018, CPGs struggle to understand its impact on traditional packaging supply chains... Read more
May 03 2016
Condé Nast Entertainment Signs Deal With Comcast; AOL Goes Live
AOL Build, a live celebrity interview show, is getting a public-facing street level studio in Manhattan's Greenwich Village this fal... Read more
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