Tampa Bay Times

It’s no secret that Tampa Bay residents are "cutting the cord" and moving away from cable. But last month, when the Tampa Bay Times asked readers to reach out about the non-cable entertainment services they used, a common theme emerged — antennas.

The share of American households using digital antennas for TV has risen from 15 percent in 2015 to nearly 20 percent, according to March data from Parks Associates.

From the article "Looking to ‘cut the cord’? Consider an ante ...read more

But thermostats collecting personal data is not a hypothetical. In fact, by 2017, more than half of the thermostats sold in the United States will be of the "smart" variety, according to market research firm Parks Associates.

From the article "Can You Place A Price On Privacy?" by tampabay.com

It's been a few years, but this holiday shopping season again features a pair of brand-new video game consoles for consumers to quibble over in the form of Sony's PlayStation 4 and Microsoft's Xbox One.

These are the first new consoles from either company since 2005, when the Xbox 360 came out a full year before the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii. That time window broke the traditional five-year development cycle, thanks in part to the Great Recession and life-extending ge ...read more