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Wednesday: March 10, 2010

Popular Today:
World's first jetpack for consumers officially on sale over in New Zealand.
World's first jetpack for consumers officially on sale over in New Zealand.

Welcome to the future, here is your jetpack. Oh, we'll need to make sure that your check in the amou nt of $86,000 clears before we can let you just fly away. Buy now and get a free a ballistic parachute with purchase.

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Monday: March 8, 2010

Popular Today:
Announcement from Cisco on Tuesday promises to 'forever change the Internet'.
Announcement from Cisco on Tuesday promises to 'forever change the Internet'.

Cisco has clearly stated is designed to bring the company's highly acclaimed enterprise Telepresence video system into consumer living rooms, there may be enough of the sewing done to talk now about exactly how Cisco will deliver new end-to-end Web 2.0 capabilities...

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Interesting @ 1:58 PM | Tags (10) | announcement | change | cisco | consumers | enterprise | forbes | internet | interwebs | livingroom | web20 |  | Discuss  |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 6 Clicks


Thursday: December 10, 2009

Popular Today:
Turns out that we gobble up about thirty-four gigabytes on a daily basis.
Turns out that we gobble up about thirty-four gigabytes on a daily basis.

The first is raw hours of consumption, which counts time spent multitasking—browsing the Web while watching TV, for example—twice. All told, US consumers spend nearly a dozen hours a day immersed in some sort of media.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Interesting @ 7:52 AM | Tags (5) | consumers | ars | gigabytes | 34 | daily |  | Discuss  |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 13 Clicks


Tuesday: December 8, 2009

Popular Today:
Yahoo decides to launch an online privacy tool for all of us consumers
Yahoo decides to launch an online privacy tool for all of us consumers

In the past, users were able to rejected targeted ads, but they weren't able to edit and modify their personal preferences — for instance, saying 'no' only to ads for video games or ads with a health focus.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Security @ 5:22 AM | Tags (7) | yahoo | security | privacy | launch | ftc | consumer | tool |  | Discuss  |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 5 Clicks


Thursday: August 6, 2009

Popular Today:
CNET would like you to know why consumers won't be buying tablet computers.
CNET would like you to know why consumers won't be buying tablet computers.

While a tablet may be great for browsing the Web and viewing media, it's too big to replace a phone and too limited to carry around as a work computer. People will need their keyboarded Netbooks and notebooks for real work.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Technology @ 6:32 AM | Tags (7) | cnet | computers | consumers | laptops | purchasing | tablet | trends |  | Discuss  |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 13 Clicks


Friday: July 10, 2009

Popular Today:
A graph depicting how the average U.S. consumer spends their paycheck.
A graph depicting how the average U.S. consumer spends their paycheck.

An interesting visualization of a data survey provided by Department of Labor.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Interesting @ 6:40 AM | Tags (6) | average | consumer | data | graph | paycheck | survey |  | Discuss  |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 31 Clicks


Tuesday: June 30, 2009

Popular Today:
Consumer confidence reaches highest level in over a year.
Consumer confidence reaches highest level in over a year.

Why are you reading this? You should be out shopping.

Posted to Weekdaily filed in Life @ 6:48 AM | Tags (3) | confidence | consumer | shopping |  | Discuss  |  | del.icio.us | digg | facebook | stumbleupon | technorati | twitter | 2 Clicks


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