App usage soars as smartphones take hold
Global app usage soared in 2015 as a growing base of smartphone users found new ways to use their devices, a study showed Tuesday.
Software
Jan 5, 2016
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News tagged with media consumption
ZiiLABS unveils 100-Core ZMS-40 processor: Double the performance, half the power consumption
ZiiLABS, a pioneering media processor and platforms company (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Creative Technology Ltd), today unveiled its ground-breaking 100-core ZMS-40 StemCell Media processor optimized for Android. The ZMS-40 ...
Hardware
Jan 5, 2012
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Study finds 18- to 24-year-old group more politically active, but not more knowledgeable
A study by three Kansas State University graduate students finds that the 18- to 24-year-old demographic became more politically active during the 2008 U.S. election season through the use of new media, but that the young ...
Social Sciences
Aug 13, 2009
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Energy use in the media cloud
The increased availability and access of broadband around the world has meant a rise in global demand for online media services and this could have implications for a society that is living within environmental limits. New ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 3, 2010
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Verizon and Motorola to Trial Energy-Efficient Set-Top Box for Digital Video Recordings
Verizon and Motorola have teamed up to create and trial set-top boxes that are up to 30 percent more energy efficient than current models, with one new model offering double the amount of storage capacity for digital video ...
Hardware
Apr 16, 2010
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US media consumption to rise to 15.5 hours a day—per person—by 2015
A new study by a researcher at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, says that by 2015, the sum of media asked for and delivered to consumers on mobile devices and to their ...
Internet
Nov 6, 2013
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Social media data provides first glimpse at increased popularity of air conditioning worldwide
With temperatures rising worldwide, more and more people globally consider air-conditioning an essential element of living with climate change. However, air-conditioning units are also rather power-hungry and are likely to ...
Environment
Apr 21, 2023
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Social media greenwashing by fossil fuel interests 'rampant': study
A commercial plane photoshopped with the tail of a shark, hashtags that misleadingly evoke sustainability, tokenistic use of minorities to distract and to signal virtue: a Harvard report published Tuesday highlights rampant ...
Environment
Sep 21, 2022
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Study: Media everywhere, bathroom included
TV viewers increasingly are watching programs on their own schedule, according to a Nielsen company media study released Monday.
Telecom
Feb 10, 2014
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Samsung buys music-movie streaming firm mSpot
Samsung Electronics announced it is buying mSpot to take advantage of the Silicon Valley company's prowess at streaming music and films to smartphones or tablet computers.
Business
May 10, 2012
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