Making
checkout as fast and easy as possible has been a dream for shoppers and
retailers alike, and now the nation’s biggest store chain is trying a
smartphone solution. Reuters reports that Wal-Mart is testing an iPhone
application that allows shoppers to scan items as they pick them off the
shelf and then make one quick stop to pay for it all. Source Link
One
out of three Americans has high blood pressure, but only half of them
have the condition under control. The CDC says that’s 22 million people
at higher risk for stroke, heart attack and other conditions that kill
1,000 people each day and cost about $130 billion a year for health
care. Officials say high blood pressure is second only to tobacco use as
the biggest health care concern. Source Link
Is
your beer glass throwing you a curve when it comes to figuring out how
much you’re drinking? A new study found that people drink beer nearly
twice as fast from a glass that has a curved shape versus a
straight-sided one. Researchers think the curved shape makes it harder
to tell at a glance how much of the glassful is left, and that makes
people drink faster. Source Link
