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