Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Real-Time Data to Reduce Electric Use
Still, according to Parks Associates, a consumer research firm, about 60 percent of homes will have some form of home energy management network by 2022. This is good news for the companies that make these devices and the retailers who sell them.
From the article, "Real-Time Data to Reduce Electric Use" by Jim Witkin
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Nintendo Says the 3DS Holds Its Own Against Game Apps
Some game industry experts agree that the game is hardly over for video game companies like Nintendo and Sony. In fact, rather than hurting the handheld gaming industry, mobile handsets and tablets may be stimulating the market by introducing games to people who normally wouldn’t play them, said Pietro Macchiarella, a research analyst for Parks Associates.
A Parks Associates survey found that the United States gaming population grew from 56 million gamers in 2008 to 135 mill ...read more