Nathan Eddy

Consumers are experiencing challenges in the purchase, installation, configuration and support process for smart home devices and systems, according to a report from Argus Insights. The survey indicated that even before purchasing connected devices, consumers are already expressing concerns about having to return products or being able to install and configure devices before the return […]

Businesses nationwide are increasing their cyber security budgets and exploring alternative authentication techniques to passwords, according to a SecureAuth survey. Commissioned in conjunction with Wakefield, the responses surveyed more than 300 IT security professionals in the U.S., and found a whopping 59 percent of professionals surveyed said their company experienced a data breach in the […]

There are clear benefits and opportunities linked to increased communication between people who take prescription medications and their health care professionals, as well as to the use of tools that make it easier to adhere to medications, according to a Greenberg Quinlan Rosner (GQR) survey of 2,200 U.S. adults. The surveys in the six pilot […]

Chief financial officers (CFOs) need to rethink how they measure the health of their corporations in the digital age, according to an Oracle and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) survey of 744 executives in 34 countries. The survey found just 25 percent of respondents had access to the right data to gauge customer sentiment, […]

Apple’s use of Force Touch technology in the Apple Watch and 3D Touch in the iPhone 6s line is leading to growth in force sensing and other touch-panel enhancements in mobile devices, according to an IHS report. Other brands and integrated-circuit (IC) makers are now responding by preparing their own force sensing solutions, mainly for […]

From employees working remotely to employees being careless during holiday celebrations, IT teams that are on call must deal with all the frustrations that occur over the holidays. This is according to the results of an Ipswitch survey of 378 IT professionals in the United States, which found that up to 56 percent of IT […]

Consumers are increasingly relying on mobile and other technology to better manage their busy holidays—even allowing them to get more rest, according to a survey of more than 1,000 U.S. consumers by Sequence, a San Francisco-based independent agency. The survey found that classic holiday traditions continue to be important across generations, while at the same […]

Of the 74 percent of online American adults who are likely to purchase health and fitness technology in the next 12 months, one in three (35 percent) plan to buy a smartwatch, according to a report from the Consumer Technology Association (CTA). The study found that consumer purchase intent in the health and fitness technology […]

FiscalNote, a provider of a real-time legislative and regulatory tracking, analytics and workflow platform, announced the release of its mobile application, FiscalNote Mobile. The app offers government affairs professionals the ability to track, analyze and proactively act on legislation across all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Congress directly from their mobile device. The platform aggregates […]

While widespread knowledge of cloud computing benefits has led most to believe that all businesses today live in the cloud, many firms are still in the early stages of adopting the technology, according to a Financial Force-sponsored survey of nearly 150 IT pros. The survey, conducted by ThinkJar and Beagle Research Group, found that 40 […]

Shipments of connected wearables soared to 72.5 million in 2015, up from 25.3 million devices in the previous year, according to a report from Berg Insight. Showing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 25.8 percent, total shipments of smartwatches, smart glasses, fitness and activity trackers, people monitoring and safety devices and medical devices as […]

In spite of their own digital dawn, 61 percent of Millennials believe that technology introduced in the last 10 years has changed the way they interact with other people—more than any other generation, according to an Adobe survey of 12,000 consumers worldwide. More than a quarter (26 percent) of U.S. consumers have cleared their browser […]