By choice or necessity, Americans have fallen for fancier smartphones, televisions, laptops and cars. The companies that make this stuff are trying to assess whether the shift to luxury is a temporary phenomenon or a new normal. Some relevant stats from 2021: More than one of every four smartphones sold globally last year were higher-priced…
To say the last two years have been tumultuous for marketers would be a massive understatement. Agility, adaptability, and constant innovation are now table stakes for marketing organizations of all sizes, across every sector. Delivering an exceptional customer experience in this environment is a top priority and also the most pervasive challenge for marketers right…
Enlarge / The three-dimensional structures of proteins provide many opportunities for specific interactions. Thanks in part to the large range of shapes they can adopt and the chemical environments those shapes create, proteins can perform an amazing number of functions. But there are many proteins we wish didn’t function quite so well, like the proteins…
When I review a particularly ugly Windows laptop, I’ll often refer to it as having a “laptop cart” look. If you were a student at any point after the early 2000s, you probably understand why. The laptops that schools provide to elementary and middle school kids are famously ugly, old, and terrible in all kinds…
NORTH PORT, Fla. — At the start of the spring, Major League Baseball introduced a gadget for its clubs to give a try: PitchCom. The electronic tool is a wearable device that a catcher places on his wrist, allowing him to deliver signs to the pitcher by pressing buttons. The pitcher receives the sign through…
The Paul and Virginia Engler College of Business at West Texas A&M University seeks faculty for the following Tenure Track positions. The Engler College of Business at West Texas A&M University is seeking applications for various tenure assistant positions as of fall 2022.West Texas A&M University is located on a 170-acre campus in Canyon, Texas,…
