Letting Down Our Guard With Web Privacy
Consumers insist that they treasure their online privacy. But their mouse clicks tell a far different tale, as the experiments of a behavioral economist show. … Read More
View ArticleApple apologizes to Chinese consumers after state-run media expresses outrage...
Apple chief executive Tim Cook has apologised to Chinese consumers after the US technology giant was subjected to a barrage of criticism in state-run media over alleged “arrogance” and double...
View Article2 Deterrents to Robocalls Win F.T.C.’s Contest
The F.T.C. expressed hope that the winning proposals find their way to the marketplace soon to provide relief to millions of American consumers. … Read More
View ArticleHard to swallow: Supermarkets ‘trash planet’ with half UK food thrown away
Supermarkets and restaurants add fuel to fire embracing a throw-away culture and binning tonnes of perfectly good products each year.“At the moment we pay supermarkets and other food businesses to...
View ArticleSurvey: One screen isn’t enough for watching TV
American television viewers are increasingly finding that one screen won’t do: almost all have a second-screen device and 87 percent use it while watching shows, a survey said Tuesday. The NPD survey...
View ArticleBig Pharma made $711 bln overcharging seniors and disabled
Since Medicare is prohibited from purchasing drugs based on their cost, its prescription drug program has been making large payouts to drug companies that have overcharged the program for years,...
View ArticleG.E. Turns to the Crowd for Help in Creating Consumer Products
General Electric is announcing a deal with Quirky, a start-up that crowd-sources the development of products, in an attempt to turn industrial patents into Internet-connected devices for consumers. …...
View ArticleDana Rohrabacher Introduces (and Justin Amash Cosponsors) the Respect State...
Hours after his Republican colleagues in the House called for Pres. Obama to crack down on ;legal marijuana in Colorado and Washington, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Cali.) introduced H.R. 1523, ;a bill...
View ArticleScientists suggest ‘sustainable fish’ label actually misleads consumers
The world’s biggest scheme to certify that seafish come from sustainable sources has come under fire in a scientific journal, where researchers say the label is too generous and may “mislead”...
View ArticleA Never-Ending Game of Cat and Mouse
Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America, by Peter Andreas, Oxford University Press, 472 pages, $29.95. Before the Revolution, the British imposed tariffs, quotas, and regulations on the...
View ArticleDaily Report: As Unauthorized Fees Hit Cellphone Bills, U.S. Acts
The Federal Trade Commission announced its first cellphone cramming case, accusing a company of taking advantage of consumers by adding unauthorized charges to their mobile bills, Edward Wyatt reports...
View ArticleMicrosoft readies new mobile devices
NEW YORK (AP) -- Microsoft is working with manufacturers to produce a line of small touch-screen devices powered by Windows, apparently intended to compete with 7-inch tablets like the iPad Mini and...
View ArticleMonsanto doesn’t want you to know what you’re eating
The biotech industry, led by Monsanto, will soon descend on the state of Washington to try their best to defeat I-522, a citizens’ ballot initiative to require mandatory labeling of foods that contain...
View ArticleConsumer version of Google Glass is still a year-ish away
Consumers hoping to get their hands on Google Glass later this year can likely scratch the device off their holiday wish list. The commercial version of the augmented reality visor is still about a...
View ArticleThe Digital Ad Industry Gets Dressed Down in Washington
At a hearing in Washington on Wednesday, Senator John D. Rockefeller IV lambasted the digital advertising industry for failing to voluntarily honor privacy requests from online consumers called Do Not...
View ArticleLG to ship smartphone with flexible OLED screen later this year
LG vice president of mobile Yoon Bu-hyun recently told the Wall Street Journal that his company would be launching a smartphone featuring a flexible OLED display later this year. Specifically, the...
View ArticleEnd of the dollar menu?
“Value menus” increasingly seem a bad physical deal for consumers—and now perhaps a bum fiscal deal for fast-food purveyors. The cheap chow, long a target for nutrition-focused researchers and...
View ArticleJapan attempts to slay deflation dragon
Japan’s monetary base will increase at an annual rate of about 60-70 trillion yen, the Policy Board of the BOJ announced on Friday.Earlier this month, the central bank said it would start buying 60 to...
View ArticleGoogle CEO Schmidt: Google Glass for consumers will ‘take a while’
Consumers can expect to wait a while before they’re able to lay their hands on Google’s much-hyped Internet-connected eyewear, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt said Friday. Google recently began...
View ArticleLocal produce no climate change panacea: study
Swedish consumers worried about climate change should cut down on meat rather than put their efforts into buying local produce, according to a new Swedish study. … Read More
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