And, to a growing extent, popular consumer brands are taking the lead themselves.
Imagine the effectiveness of combining the more popular consumer-created content with mobile engagement.
Sold in dime stores, the stickers satirized popular consumer products by punning on their names and tweaking their package design.
Many popular consumer programs use a level of parallel processing, he added.
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The Acer C7 connects to popular consumer electronics devices such as camcorders, digital cameras and smart phones via its three USB 2.0 ports.
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Corporate versions of popular consumer IM software let employees send instant messages safely from behind company firewalls, handle archiving and screen for content.
However, what few American investors are aware of is that Taobao is really using its popular consumer-to-consumer service to slingshot its business-to-consumer business.
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"Scosche has long been the most popular consumer electronics brand sold in 24 Hour Fitness gyms and on their website, " said Kas Alves, Executive Vice President of Scosche Industries.
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Applications of image processing include such popular consumer features as light balancing and face recognition, now standard on most digital cameras, which can also be associated with voice recognition.
Many fund managers are joining a bet that hundreds of others are making that Apple will continue to churn out ever-more-popular consumer gadgets, driving up revenue, profit and ultimately, its share price.
The NFL and its Shield are, in fact, one of the most popular and valuable consumer brands in the world.
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Apple has set the standards for the most popular categories of consumer electronics over the past decade, namely music players, smartphones and tablets.
And, contrary to popular myth, this consumer is actually someone between the ages of 35 to 54, with 46 being the average age, BofA says.
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As a vendor of wildly popular, high-end consumer gadgets, Apple would seem to be particularly vulnerable.
Display advertising has been particularly popular with non-Chinese consumer brands fighting to grab Chinese consumer mindshare.
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By listing some of Wal-Mart's ever-multiplying faults, you have at least performed two valuable services: reminding those of us with a conscience why we never shop there and reminding your non-American readers that America's growing discontent with Wal-Mart indicates that they are not quite the ravenous consumer zombies of popular belief.
Consumer health is a popular area for startups, with everything from devices such as the Fitbit and Jawbone Up to apps such as Runkeeper that help people keep track of their exercise routines.
Washington (CNN) -- Lawmakers have scheduled a hearing Thursday to look into the recall of popular pediatric medicines by drugmaker McNeil Consumer Healthcare, which has initiated four recalls of its products in the past seven months.
Fashion, including footwear and clothing, would be the most popular category, followed by gadgets and consumer electronics.
Consumer protection has been a popular focus this election year, since it, among all the facets of financial reform, is the easiest for voters to grasp.
First, partnering with stars of a league like the NFL that is greatly popular with men helps attract men and their consumer dollars to the brand.
Key titles include the BBC's flagship news and current affairs programme, Newsnight, noted for its in-depth analysis and robust cross-examination of senior politicians (available within a week of the UK broadcast), as well as HARDTalk, Click (a popular technology magazine show covering news and developments in consumer technology), Fast Track and Talking Movies (a guide to the best in film, from the most recent Hollywood blockbusters to ground-breaking world cinema).
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According to statistics released by research firm Nielson, Android has a 29 percent consumer market share, making it the most popular smartphone platform.
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More than just a gaming console, Xbox has evolved into a consumer destination for the world's most popular TV, movies, music and sports content.
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If CBS can convince advertisers that the older generation is an attractive market to target as well given higher disposable incomes and greater potential for purchasing consumer goods like iPads, smartphones and other popular items that younger generations might already own, then it could see a rebound in pricing trends.
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Credit cards have become popular in China only over the past few years, as consumer demand has risen.
Dixon, who writes a popular blog on startups and venture capital, will focus on consumer Internet as well as some enterprise startups in his new position.
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Firms that make consumer products people need no matter what will also be popular.
The convenience of online shopping has made it particularly popular in rural areas of mid and west Wales, said the consumer council.
The basic point that he would make was that the decline of unions wasn't a reflection of consumer choice, in the way that hot movies and popular toys are said to be.
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