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European & Japanese Consumers: Little Trust in Driver-less Cars

European & Japanese Consumers: Little Trust in Driver-less Cars
Cisco recently polled 1,500 consumers from all over the world to understand their feeling towards new technologies in the car and it appears people from emerging markets have much more confidence in driver-less cars than countries such as Japan, Germany, UK and France. it is interesting to see that...

Container Tracking Business: Early Stage But Fast Growing  €

Container Tracking Business: Early Stage But Fast Growing
"The market for container tracking solutions is still in its early stage," according to market research firm Berg Insight in a report published this week. The number of active tracking units deployed on intermodal shipping containers was 137,000 in the Fourth quarter of 2012, up from 89,000 a...

Smart Glasses Market Forecast: 6.6m Shipments in 2016

Smart Glasses Market Forecast: 6.6m Shipments in 2016
Shipments of smart glasses such as Google Glass could reach up to 6.6 million units in 2016 according to the most optimistic scenario developed by market research firm IHS. This would make a total of 9.4 million units sold within the five-year period 2012-2016. However the market research firm...

GPS Watches Sales Forecasts Until 2015  €

GPS Watches Sales Forecasts Until 2015
During their product launch presentation in Amsterdam TomTom management shared with us the estimates of ABI Research regarding the GPS watches market until 2015.

IDC: Smartphone Market Up 41.6% in First Quarter 2013

IDC: Smartphone Market Up 41.6% in First Quarter 2013
On Friday Market research firm IDC said that smartphone vendors shipped 216.2 million units in the first quarter 2013, which marked the first time more than half (51.6%) the total phone shipments in a quarter were smartphones. The market grew 41.6% compared to the 152.7 million units shipped in...

Study: Trading Location Privacy for Shopping Rebates

Study: Trading Location Privacy for Shopping Rebates
Commissioned by mobile company Swirl, a new report shows that female shoppers are keen on sharing their location with a shopping app as far as this app provides enough rewards. The study found that while 17% of women shoppers would not be willing to share their location with an app, most would,...

20% Smartphone Users Visit Store After Geotargeted Shopping Alert

20% Smartphone Users Visit Store After Geotargeted Shopping Alert
A new survey from CouponCabin.com reveals that 20 percent of smartphone owners in teh United States have visited a store after receiving notification that specials, coupons or deals were available nearby. Seventy percent of smartphone owners would be at least somewhat influenced to make an...

Global PND Market Down 15% to 28m Units in 2012  €

Global PND Market Down 15% to 28m Units in 2012
Swedish market research firm Berg Insight estimated that 28 million PNDs were sold worldwide in 2012 against 33 million the previous year a 15 percent decline. Furthermore the firm forecasts that this market will decline to about 17 million units in 2017. Berg Insight also estimates that the three...
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