| | Tech News Flash January 13, 2021 | | Americans Balking at Buying Smart Home Devices | | Smart devices, the cornerstone of the home of the future, can't seem to capture the imagination or open the wallets of a large number of Americans. Some 46.7 million broadband households aren't ready to buy a smart home device. | | The Critical Role of High-Tech R&D in the COVID-19 Era | | Maintaining and increasing research and development spending in the COVID-19 era is critical for high technology vendors to deliver new solutions and services, continue to innovate, and position their businesses to rebound from the negative effects of the global pandemic. Analysts, financial advisors, and investors concur that, wherever possible, vendors should continue to aggressively invest in R&D. | | PC Market Upswing Accelerates in Q4 2020 | | The PC market ended 2020 with a big bang, as shipments during the final quarter rose 25 percent over the same period in 2019, according to a report by research firm Canalys. Much of the market growth during the year was driven by notebooks and mobile workstation shipments, which increased 44 percent over 2019, reaching 235.1 million. | | This year, due to COVID restrictions, CES is all digital. Let's talk about what you'll see at the show, and what might make an event like CES work better virtually. We'll close with the product of the week, a monitor launched by Dell that is focused on video conferencing in the new normal. | | Scientists Press AI Researchers for Transparency | | An international group of scientists is demanding scientific journals demand more transparency from researchers in computer-related areas when accepting their reports for publication. They also want computational researchers to include information about their code, models and computational environments in published reports. | | Cut the Cord to Trim Your TV Viewing Overhead | | For the majority of consumers, cutting the cable TV cord is a mixed bag for a variety of reasons. The big misconception is that you will drastically lower your cable bill. That is not the case unless you can also pickup free TV reception from an antenna. Otherwise, you will need to use a video streaming service to help lower your costs. | | TRENDING ON TECHNEWSWORLD | | Qualcomm's Powerful Preview of 2021's Premium Smartphones Qualcomm has launched its Snapdragon 888 platform which will show up in premium phones in 2021. This promises to take the high-end of Android smartphones to levels of performance they've never seen before. Read more www.technewsworld.com | | | | | | Cloud Security Practices Playing Into Hands of Attackers More than 80 percent of 650 cybersecurity and IT professionals surveyed by Check Point Software Technologies in July said their traditional security solutions either do not work at all, or only provide limited functions in the cloud. Read more www.technewsworld.com | | | | | | 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service For the 6th consecutive year, NICE inContact has been named a Leader while also achieving highest overall position for ability to execute in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service. Read more get.niceincontact.com | | | | | | Women in Tech: 20 Trailblazers Share Their Journeys | | | | Successful women in the tech trenches share their insights and tackle subjects ranging from how to search out a strong mentor to how to be one -- from how to advance in a large company to how to start your own firm.
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