News tagged with niche market

Video games depict religion as violent, problematized, study shows

In the past few years, the video game industry has grown from a niche market into a major part of mainstream media. This increase in popularity and use of technology has allowed video game developers to insert more detail ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 43

New research shows correlation between online shopping and keeping up with the Joneses

Online retailers have long wondered if trumpeting consumer-behavior statistics on their websites could hurt business. New findings from Binghamton University should ease their fears, just in time for Cyber ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Organic or local? What's on consumers' minds when it comes to produce?

The emerging trend toward healthier, fresher foods that are also gentle on the environment presents new dilemmas for conscientious consumers. Marketers tout the attributes of "organic" food, while the "local foods movement" ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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BlackBerry maker facing critical test this year

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, losing ground rapidly in the smartphone wars, needs to take bold steps to revive its fortunes and compete with iPhones and Android devices overwhelming the market, analysts say.

Technology / Business

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Converting cars to all-electric is catching on, but slowly

Does that old Honda in your driveway need a valve job? Transform it with an electric conversion. A team at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh has come up with a kit to make your 2001-2005 Civic a zero-emission battery ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 7

Days of 'one-size-fits-all' cloud contracts are numbered, report finds

Combined legal and market factors may force online companies to offer more flexible contract terms, suggests new research from Queen Mary, University of London.

Technology / Other

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Forensics ferret out fire beetle secret

Black fire beetles of the genus Melanophila possess unusual infrared sensors. Researchers from the University of Bonn and from the Forschungszentrum Julich have concluded that the beetles' sensors might even ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Spider guitar dazzles with style and sound (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Massey University mechatronics professor Olaf Diegel made his dream come true when he created a series of colourful 3D-printed electric guitars with latticed bodies adorned with spiders and butterflies. ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Facebook spawns ecosystem of startups

To get the true measure of what's often called "The Facebook Effect," look beyond the company. Generally ignored in the klieg lights focused on Facebook's IPO is a growing ecosystem of other startups that are using the social ...

Technology / Business

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

YouTube promotes channels, pledges $200 mil in ads

(AP) -- In a flashy presentation to advertisers, YouTube promoted its new channels of original programming, while pledging to spend $200 million to help market them.

Technology / Internet

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cornell releases two new raspberry varieties

With its two newest raspberry releases, Big Red is going gold and crimson. Double Gold and Crimson Night offer small-scale growers and home gardeners showy, flavorful raspberries on vigorous, disease resistant ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Online-only news outlets 'struggle to find funding'

The first report to assess systematically how online-only news websites across Western Europe are faring has found that new start-ups are struggling to find business models that can cover their operating costs.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Experts suggest grazing cows, sheep, ducks in forests

(Phys.org) -- Putting cows, sheep and other livestock into forests to graze could prove to be a valuable tool for New York woodland management, say Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) agriculture educators ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3


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