The revenue derived from in-app purchases for mobile video game apps are set to increase to 5.6 billion dollars (4.28 billion Euro) according to estimates from IHS, more than the money brought in by the actual sale of those apps.The freemium business model is rapidly becoming the fastest growing of the smartphone mar... |
18 January 2012
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Scientists at the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam, Germany, led by Stephan Richter, believe that Kinect controllers may be used with a high degree of efficiency for counting customers making their way into stores.
The system, which produces an infrared laser beam grid to measure depth, may also have applic... |
9 January 2012
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In a reverse of the trend towards more digital distribution, video game publisher Electronic Arts has announced that it is developing a new retail chain that will be dedicated to selling the sports simulations launched by the EA Sports division of the company.It seems that the first shop in the chain is already being... |
15 June 2011
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UK mobile phone carrier Everything Everywhere, the joint venture created through the merging of Orange and T-Mobile UK, has just announced plans to launch a number of 30 new stores in the country before the end of the ongoing year.The company already operates a number of over 720 stores around the UK, but plans on e... |
9 June 2011
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While HP is, in fact, one of the world's best-known and largest companies in the field of IT (they're not the numero uno computer manufacturer for nothing), its direct presence in the European retail space has been rather limited up until now, the company preferring the tried and true system of sales via va... |
5 November 2010
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One of the major inconveniences in today's shopping malls is the queue at the end of the run. People spend a large amount of time waiting at the check-out stands, as those in front appear to be purposefully moving slower. But this hassle could soon become history, thanks to a new device invented by an internatio... |
19 March 2010
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A new investigation has determined that areas which feature more bars and liquor stores than the average experiences a lot more violence as well. The work was conducted using statistical data collected from the US state of Cincinnati, which covered crime information and the number of liquor licenses available for a n... |
22 February 2010
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The T-Mobile Sidekick Slide will be available from now on in the operator's stores across the US after a long period of waiting. The device will expand to other countries as well in the near future.T-Mobile Sidekick Slide is the most compact mobile phone to work on Danger's software and services. It is 25 p... |
8 November 2007
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Big day for Apple and AT&T stores today. The frenzy over the launch of the iPhone has managed to eclipse other carriers these days, not only other phone models. Verizon has announced that they will close stores later than usual today in order to provide an extra amount of service time for customers.Apple's firs... |
29 June 2007
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