These units give consumers easy access to non-frozen food, which is what they spend about 80% of their time grabbing, says GE.

WSJ: Refrigerator Evolution Heats Up

Its goal: List promising local firms and give Japanese investors easy access to global markets.

FORBES: Master of the Internet

Illuminated Multimedia Touch Controls give consumers quick, easy access to their digital media and frequently-used entertainment programs.

ENGADGET: Gateway trots out bargain-minded 15.6-inch MD Series notebooks

Unlike competitors, LinkedIn can give recruiters easy, direct access to professionals who are not actively looking for work.

FORBES: Connect

And, smartphones give most of the target market easy access to a functional document scanner.

FORBES: Virtual Workers Will Disrupt Many Professions

Although cheap and easy access to mutual funds will give them more control over their financial future, it will also present them with unfamiliar risks.

ECONOMIST: A survey of fund management

The FBI and other state agencies having such easy access to so much personal data should give us pause.

FORBES: Is the FBI Using Carrier IQ for Domestic Surveillance?