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7 Best eBook and Audiobook Reader Apps for Android and iOS Devices

Apps to make sure you never leave home without your eBooks, and allow you to do a lot more than just read.

December 20, 2012 TD Staff Leave a Comment

eBook and Audiobook reader apps make it easy for you to get and keep your eBooks with you at all times with your Apple iOS or Android device. Find apps that let you annotate content, import previously downloaded content even keep track of your reading across devices. These apps are great for widening your breadth of digital media on all you mobile devices and keep you busy when you have too much tim on your hands.

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NFC Changes Digital Signage as We Know It

The ability to exchange information with through the smartphone will revolutionize how signage is used.

December 4, 2012 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Near-field communication or NFC is the next technology to debut in the digital signage world. Users can tap their cell phone on a designated area of a display, receive information and then take action.

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Maximizing ROI in Efficiency Upgrades

Industry experts discuss how to calculate the ROI for efficiency-enhancing systems.

November 9, 2012 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Energy efficiency across all systems of a network, a facility or even a city can save big bucks. The key to measuring the return on investment ahead of time is to do a thorough energy audit and get a comprehensive evaluation of what upgrades can be done and what they will save you based on your baselines from that energy audit.

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The Rise of Smart Cities

Someday soon we'll all live in cities. The race to ready urban infrastructures is on.

November 9, 2012 TD Staff Leave a Comment

As humans increasingly move to cities, the race to build so-called smart cities is on. This means making facilities and city infrastructures more energy efficient and sustainable.

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New Facility Rides the Cutting Edge of Daylight Harvesting

The award-winning TechVentures2 uses Lutron lighting control systems to slash energy consumption. AMX and other technology helped make this a LEED certified facility.

October 29, 2012 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Ben Franklin Technology Partners’ TechVentures2 facility uses Lutron lighting control systems to slash energy consumption. Automated shades with Hyperion solar-adaptive software and AMX helped to create an award winning, LEED certified facility.

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TechDecisions Editor Reviews iPhone 5 – Day 1 Product Review

What I do like and what I don't like about the iPhone 5. A look at the speed, the apps and the design.

September 23, 2012 TD Staff Leave a Comment

Check out the Day 1, iPhone 5 product review from TechDecisions, editor-in-chief Cindy Davis. My iPhone 5 arrived by UPS on Friday. I was anxious to test a few things right away. Google Maps had been taken away and I wanted to know if the Tom Tom replacement was going to work. I also wanted to make sure my favorite apps were going to still work and see if iOS 6 had changed things for the better or worse. I am going to test the feather-light design, speed, and the new turn-by-turn Apple Maps app.

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