China online mobile phone sales soar
September 21st, 2012 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Sep 21 (IANS) About 10 percent of Chinese consumers now buy mobile phones online and their number is rising rapidly, a study has found.About 30 million mobile phones are ... Read more...
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Ma Foi acquires Axis-V e-learning company
July 26th, 2012 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 25 (IANS) City-based Ma Foi Strategic Consultants operating in the field of strategic consulting, market research and management education ventured into e-learning domain by acquiring 51 percent stake ... Read more...
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New US commercial services centre opens
February 23rd, 2012 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 23 (IANS) US Under-Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco J. Sanchez Thursday opened the new US Commercial Service Trade Information Centre at the American Consulate here.The ... Read more...
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Smartphones eating into camera sales in US
December 25th, 2011 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 25 (IANS) Smartphones are eating into sales of basic cameras and camcorders in the US, BBC reported citing a market research.The NPD Group said in a study that ... Read more...
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Airtel launches online payment system in Africa
September 15th, 2011 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Kenya/New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) Bharti Airtel Wednesday said that its African-arm has launched an online payment system -- PayOnline that will allow its mobile subscribers to use handsets to ... Read more...
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Top Speak Asia official detained by police for questioning
July 29th, 2011 - 5:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 29 (IANS) The chief operating officer of Speak Asia, a Singapore-based firm that conducts online surveys for clients using its own registered members, was detained Friday by the ... Read more...
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Apple pushes BlackBerry to third spot in smartphone market
July 6th, 2011 - 1:37 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, July 6 (IANS) There is more bad news for slipping BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM). According to the latest smartphone market data, BlackBerry is at third place as ... Read more...
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Unused phones worth 2.7 bn pounds lying in British homes
June 3rd, 2011 - 3:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 3 (IANS) British homes have a huge number of unused mobile phones that could be worth around 2.7 billion pounds, a new market research has revealed.The research by ... Read more...
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EmSense’s new gadget tracks brainwaves as you watch TV
April 18th, 2011 - 5:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 18 (ANI): US neuromarketing firm, EmSense, has launched what it describes as the first ever scalable, non-invasive psychological and brainwave measurement technology - made specifically for market research.The firm is ... Read more...
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83 pc women annoyed by their ‘obnoxiously mum friends on Facebook’
April 1st, 2011 - 7:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 01 (ANI): A survey has revealed that parents on Facebook annoy many of their friends on the social networking site.According to Eversave, a daily deals website, a majority of ... Read more...
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Now, melt-in-the-mouth passion pill for impotence
March 22nd, 2011 - 5:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 22 (IANS) A new melt-in-the-mouth passion pill promises to be an ideal remedy for impotence.
Market research by Bayer, makers of the new pill, found that four in ... Read more...
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Brit couples’ favourite time for sex -10.12 on Saturday night
January 22nd, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 22 (ANI): Saturday night is Brit couples' favourite time to have sex, says a new survey.The survey of 3,000 Brits found that couples' preferred nookie deadline, which is 10.12, almost ... Read more...
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3 out of 4 women don’t like to purchase ‘dry clean only’ clothing
January 16th, 2011 - 3:53 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jan 16 (ANI): Do you avoid buying clothing that requires dry cleaning? Well, you are not alone.A market research has revealed that most women avoid buying clothing that requires dry ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Now, vending machine that suggests drinks based on your age, gender!
November 16th, 2010 - 3:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 16 (ANI): Want to get a drink that goes well with your age and gender? Well, you can do it now as Japanese scientists have developed a new vending machine ... Read more...
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Smokers puff away more than a year of their working lives on breaks
September 28th, 2010 - 2:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sep 28 (ANI): People who smoke puff away more than a year of their working lives on breaks, says a new UK study.The average nicotine addict takes four 15-minute breaks every ... Read more...
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1 in 3 men feel unsafe when their partners drive: UK study
July 20th, 2010 - 4:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 20 (ANI): A new UK study has found that one in three men do not feel safe when their partners are driving.The study, which was conducted among 3000 men by ... Read more...
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Dad’s no pushover, mum is: Brit kids
July 17th, 2010 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 17 (ANI): British kids think that they can get away with things when mum is around, but the same doesn't hold true with dad.A poll of 1,000 youngsters revealed that ... Read more...
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12 Rashees, 12 Actors, One Family On SAB
July 1st, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
July 1, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):In the endeavor to be different, TV producers often end up churning out the same ol' thing. Scripts are tweaked here and there, but in the end, ... Read more...
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Mums do compete to prove theirs is the perfect family
June 15th, 2010 - 6:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 15 (ANI): If a new survey is to be believed, then mothers are in constant competition with each other to prove that theirs is the perfect family.In the survey, it ... Read more...
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Myanmar firm to export organic medicines to Israel
April 22nd, 2010 - 4:29 am ICT by IANS
Yangon, April 22 (IANS) A pharmaceutical firm in Myanmar is planning to export organic medicines to Israel, Xinhua reported Wednesday.
To conduct a market research before the export by Fame, experts from company ... Read more...
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Disney to rebrand Rapunzel because of its “gender-specific” name
March 10th, 2010 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 10 (ANI): Disney is all set to rename Rapunzel, the much-loved fairytale, because it failed to appeal to boys.The studio's forthcoming version of the Brothers Grimm story will be renamed ... Read more...
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Canadian mag forced to change name over sexual connotation
January 13th, 2010 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 13 (ANI): Canada's second-oldest magazine, The Beaver, has been forced to change its name as it is putting off online readers owing to the unintended sexual connotation in title.The Beaver ... Read more...
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China to build world’s largest amphibious aircraft
June 25th, 2009 - 1:57 pm ICT by IANS
Zhuhai (China), June 25 (Xinhua) China has given the go ahead to the development and production of the world's largest amphibious aircraft, the Dragon 600, the manufacturing company has said.
The aircraft, which ... Read more...
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Companies recruiting UK school kids to market products to classmates
January 22nd, 2009 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 22 (ANI): A British Government-appointed consumer watchdog has round that large companies are paying thousands of children to test and promote food, drink, gadgets and video games to their ... Read more...
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Indians confident of keeping jobs this year: Survey
January 14th, 2009 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Dehi, Jan 14 (IANS) Sixty-two percent Indians feel they will be able to hold on to their jobs in 2009, notwithstanding the economic slowdown, says a survey released here Wednesday by ... Read more...
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Indian Grape Processing Board to be established in Pune
January 2nd, 2009 - 5:32 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 2 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for establishment of the Indian Grape Processing Board (IGPB) at Pune.
The total funds allocated by the Government over a ... Read more...
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Paris Hilton tops Forbes Most Overexposed Celebrity list
November 21st, 2008 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 21 (ANI): Paris Hilton has topped Forbes.com''s new list of Most Overexposed Celebrity.According to Los Angeles-based E-Poll Market Research, 65 percent of the U.S. population would use the term ... Read more...
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Even in tough economic times, Aussies cant get enough of beer!
November 16th, 2008 - 5:04 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, November 16 (ANI): Pint-loving Aussies spend 7.9 billion dollars on beer every year, which is nearly half of their overall alcohol expenditure, reveals a new survey.As per the market research ... Read more...
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11yr-old becomes second youngest Octochamp
October 14th, 2008 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 14 (ANI): An 11-year-old boy Broad Oak, East Sussex, has become the second youngest person to win the Octochamp crown in the 26-year history of the TV programme Countdown. ... Read more...
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Gen Y shells out $48bn-a-year on five hedonistic pursuits
June 26th, 2008 - 5:09 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 26 (ANI): Theyre young, in sync with latest fashion trends, love partying and in order to make sure that their hedonistic pursuits are fulfilled, the Generation Y shells out ... Read more...
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facestat.com showing 500 error
June 2nd, 2008 - 3:52 am ICT by admin
facestat.com is a service where anyone can upload their picture and get it judged by the public.
Currently the website shows 500 Internal Server Error and it is runing nginx version 0.6.24. Nginx ... Read more...
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More than a quarter of underage Brit kids flock to MySpace, Facebook
April 3rd, 2008 - 5:39 pm ICT by admin
London, April 3 (ANI): A new survey has found that more than a quarter of eight to 11-year-olds who are online in the UK have profiles on social networking sites despite ... Read more...
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Paris Hilton tops Most Overexposed Celebrity in America list
April 2nd, 2008 - 6:26 pm ICT by admin
Washington, April 2 (ANI): Paris Hilton has topped a new list of the Most Overexposed Celebrity in America.According to a survey by Los Angeles-based E-Poll Market Research, the hotel heiress has ... Read more...
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Forget about clothes, hair most important for Lankan women
February 22nd, 2008 - 9:56 am ICT by admin
By P.K. Balachandran
Colombo, Feb 22 (IANS) Beauty-conscious Sri Lankan women attach more importance to their hair than to clothes or make up and often judge others by the way they have dressed ... Read more...
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Britney tops Santa’s ‘Naughty List’ poll
December 25th, 2007 - 6:03 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Dec 25 (ANI): Pop star Britney Spears has landed the top spot in Santa's 'Naughty List' poll.More than 1,000 kids were polled by E-Poll Market Research to find the celebrity on ... Read more...
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