Audio News for October Two, 2015
Wal-Mart is Largest Retailer in the World, Followed by Amazon – If you take CE e-tailers into account, Amazon is No. 1, but that stronghold may be lessening. Wal-Mart remains the largest all around.
Apple Redesigns Its Web Site – The ‘Store’ tab has been eliminated in favor of blue ‘Buy’ buttons which suggest direct purchase links for each product. The aim was to produce one plain distination for consumers, and several of the features on the site have been improved with lighter shopping in mind.
Be Your Own Vinyl Guru – Vinyl and turntables have all of a sudden become hot again after all these years. But there’s little help out there on setting them up decently. Here’s a useful article on getting your fresh turntable in the best possible form for playing records.
Consumers Are Slow to Use Apple Pay – Apple may have a problem getting their Apple Pay to ring the cash register for themselves. It enables those with an iPhone six and Apple See to have a contactless debit card, but is having trouble persuading consumers that the wise technology is worth the time and effort. It has only two million regular users so far. The largest challenge is wooing people they should be excited to use their phones instead of their wallets. People find the attraction of mobile technology is the fresh level of freedom it brings, and Apple has take a narrow view of limiting mobiles to being just another way of pay at the cash register. The future lies with companies actually switching our day-to-day lives, such as PowaTag, which turns any medium into a virtual shop and permits people to buy products anywhere in the world with any digital device. That’s the future of mobile.
Wireless Charging Surges – Juniper Research forecasts that almost 40% of U.S. households and 20% of European households will adopt wireless charging by 2020. More mobile devices are implementing wireless charging including smartphones, tablets, wearables and soon laptops. Charging stations are being spinned out. An analyst says “The capability to pinpoint device location thru data excahnge enables all kinds of location-based activation functions around the home, car and leisure industry.”
Stereo Headphone Sales – Despite concerns that consumers have become saturated with headphones and the trend in lifestyle-focused premium headphones has run its course, the market proceeds to thrive. Sales have grown 18%, quicker than they did last year. There is a 13% growth in smartphone sales but consumers are buying fewer tablets.
Audio News for October Two, two thousand fifteen – Audiophile Casting
Audio News for October Two, 2015
Wal-Mart is Largest Retailer in the World, Followed by Amazon – If you take CE e-tailers into account, Amazon is No. 1, but that stronghold may be lessening. Wal-Mart remains the largest all around.
Apple Redesigns Its Web Site – The ‘Store’ tab has been eliminated in favor of blue ‘Buy’ buttons which suggest direct purchase links for each product. The aim was to produce one ordinary distination for consumers, and several of the features on the site have been improved with lighter shopping in mind.
Be Your Own Vinyl Guru – Vinyl and turntables have abruptly become hot again after all these years. But there’s little help out there on setting them up decently. Here’s a useful article on getting your fresh turntable in the best possible form for playing records.
Consumers Are Slow to Use Apple Pay – Apple may have a problem getting their Apple Pay to ring the cash register for themselves. It enables those with an iPhone six and Apple Observe to have a contactless debit card, but is having trouble persuading consumers that the clever technology is worth the time and effort. It has only two million regular users so far. The largest challenge is wooing people they should be excited to use their phones instead of their wallets. People find the attraction of mobile technology is the fresh level of freedom it brings, and Apple has take a narrow view of limiting mobiles to being just another way of pay at the cash register. The future lies with companies actually switching our day-to-day lives, such as PowaTag, which turns any medium into a virtual shop and permits people to buy products anywhere in the world with any digital device. That’s the future of mobile.
Wireless Charging Surges – Juniper Research forecasts that almost 40% of U.S. households and 20% of European households will adopt wireless charging by 2020. More mobile devices are implementing wireless charging including smartphones, tablets, wearables and soon laptops. Charging stations are being flipped out. An analyst says “The capability to pinpoint device location thru data excahnge enables all kinds of location-based activation functions around the home, car and leisure industry.”
Stereo Headphone Sales – Despite concerns that consumers have become saturated with headphones and the trend in lifestyle-focused premium headphones has run its course, the market resumes to thrive. Sales have grown 18%, swifter than they did last year. There is a 13% growth in smartphone sales but consumers are buying fewer tablets.