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Tech firms like LG, VTech & others turn to kids as adults fail to warm up to smartwatchesThey’re betting that kids may be the ideal market for the gadgets, which can either keep tykes entertained or track their whereabouts.
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- Apple a no-show but iPad looms over CES
The annual Consumer Electronics Show kicks off here on Thursday but the hottest device around, and the trailblazing company that makes it, ...
04 Jan, 2011, 12.20 PM IST
- Xbox 360 leads rebound in US videogame sales: NPD
Sagging US videogame industry revenue rebounded in November as buyers snatched up gesture-sensing control gadgets for Microsoft Xbox 360 co...
10 Dec, 2010, 07.33 AM IST
- Google phones unseat BlackBerry as top sellers in US
NPD Group on Wednesday reported that smartphones running on Google-back Android software unseated BlackBerry devices.
05 Aug, 2010, 10.33 AM IST
- US retailers bank on discounts, longer hours to woo shoppers
US retailers used extra promotions and extended hours to draw procrastinators and shoppers delayed by the East Coast snowstorm in the final...
25 Dec, 2009, 03.37 AM IST
- BlackBerry Curve tops iPhone with US consumers-NPD
BlackBerry Curve has moved past Apple's iPhone in the first quarter to become the best-selling consumer smartphone in the US. BlackBerry Cu...
05 May, 2009, 03.02 AM IST
- Microsoft's Zune players conk out
Happy New Year from Microsoft Corp.: Your Zune is dead.
01 Jan, 2009, 12.57 PM IST
- Wii, DS top videogame system Oct sales in US
NPD Group reported on Thursday reported that Nintendo's Wii and DS continued in October to dominate videogame system sales in the United St...
14 Nov, 2008, 09.13 AM IST
- Grand Theft Auto IV most popular game this year: Survey
The notoriously violent 'Grand Theft Auto IV' has blown away the competition since its launch thanks to strong sales in the US and Britain....
21 Aug, 2008, 07.35 PM IST
- US firm files patent claim against Nintendo Wii
A US firm said on Wednesday it had filed legal actions against Japanese-based Nintendo claiming patent infringement by the wildly popular W...
21 Aug, 2008, 04.56 AM IST
- Insatiable: For gamers, the craving just won't go away
Troubled economy and rising prices won’t keep videogamers from splurging on their latest must-have diversion- Grand Theft Auto IV. Tashan: ...
30 Apr, 2008, 12.39 PM IST
- US video game sales soar to record $17.9 bn
US video game industry sales rocketed to a record high $17.9 billion in 2007, with Nintendo reigning as champion of the console battle with...
19 Jan, 2008, 04.22 AM IST
- Nintendo Wii outsells PS3, Xbox again
Nintendo’s Wii video-game Console outsold Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Microsoft’s Xbox 360 for a ninth straight month in August, with US consu...
15 Sep, 2007, 03.20 AM IST
- iPod rival with double storage
SanDisk Corporation introduced the world's highest-capacity MP3 player and priced it to take a bigger bite of the market dominated by Apple...
23 Aug, 2006, 12.58 PM IST