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Internet User Information Trade Yields $151 bn in 2017

by Mutlaq Muneer | Jul 6, 2017 | Technology

London- Selling data, or the so-called “Big Data,” has been discussed a lot recently, and it means the amounts of very large personal and professional information that can be analyzed to detect patterns, trends, groups, and situations relating to human...

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Apple’s iPhone Turns 10

by Khaldoun Ghassan Said | Jun 29, 2017 | Technology

Jeddah- On this date, 10 years ago, Apple Inc. held its hopes on a small phone as it launched it in the markets, selling more than one billion units around the world and becoming the world’s largest market value. The phone has changed many of the concepts of...

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A Sonos Playbar is located on the wall under the screen. Credit Michael Buckner/Getty Images

The Value of Sound Bars

by DAMON DARLIN | Jun 6, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

This week we look at sound bars, which are compact all-in-one speaker systems that are typically paired with a television. This is a product that mystifies me. Who better to ask for advice than Chris Heinonen, the AV staff writer at The Wirecutter, a website owned by...

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A taxi passes by an advertisement for the Uber car and ride-sharing service displayed on a bus stop in Paris, France, in this March 11, 2016 file photo. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/Files

Innovation Won’t Overcome Stagnation

by Satyajit Das | May 31, 2017 | Opinion

Innovation, everybody hopes, will rescue the world from economic stagnation. I’m not so sure. The extent to which an innovation is significant depends on the degree to which it alters existing activity or the performance of a function. It must create related and...

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Customers at a Best Buy in Augusta, Ga., in 2014. CreditSara Caldwell/The Augusta Chronicle, via Associated Press

When a Basic Laptop Will Do: Our Top Budget Picks

by DAMON DARLIN | May 16, 2017 | Technology

Ever since the advent of the iPhone and iPad, some people have been using their laptops a lot less. It made me wonder if I need one at all. So I asked Kimber Streams, who tests laptops at The Wirecutter, a product reviews website owned by The New York Times, for some...