November 23, 2012

Many people heading out on the first big weekend of the holiday shopping season will have a high-tech personal assistant with them. A survey found that two out of three shoppers plan to use their smartphone to compare prices with another physical store or to check the prices of online retailers. One in four say they’ll use a smartphone to buy gift cards. Source Link

There’s more evidence that Mom was right about breakfast being the most important meal of the day. A new long-term study found that people who ate a daily breakfast were less likely to develop Type 2 diabetes or become obese, as compared to those who rarely ate breakfast. The type of breakfast didn’t matter either, as long as people didn’t skip the meal. Source Link

If you’re running a bit late on the way to work, the odds are your boss won’t mind, because you’re on the job already. A new survey found that over 70% of employers are more flexible about keeping precise hours, since they trust their staff is working long before they actually get to the office, using technology to stay connected via home computers and smart phones. Source Link