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Philips Recalls Metal Halide Lamps
Name of product: Metal Halide Lamps Hazard: The internal wiring can arc causing the lamp to catch fire or the glass to shatter. This poses fire and laceration hazards. Units About 8,100 Description The recalled items are...
read moreOptimus Recalls Portable Electric Heaters
Name of product: Portable Infrared Radiant Quartz Electric Space Heaters Hazard: The heater design can fail to prevent ignition of nearby combustible materials that come in contact with the unit, posing a fire hazard to the...
read moreFamily Dollar Stores Recalls Optimus Tower Quartz Heaters
Name of product: Portable Heaters Hazard: The heaters can overheat posing a fire hazard. Units About 19,640 Description Optimus Tower Quartz Heaters are portable electric tower heaters that are about 10 inches wide, 25 inches...
read moreMeijer Recalls Touch Point Baseboard Convection Heaters
Name of product: Touch Point Portable Baseboard Convection Heaters Hazard: The heaters can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers. Units About 4,560 Description This recall involves Touch Point brand portable, electric...
read moreLEM Products Distribution Recalls 5 Tray Food Dehydrators
Name of product: 5-Tray Dehydrator with Digital Timer Hazard: The fan can fail causing the unit to overheat and pose a fire hazard. Units About 14,600 in the U.S, and 100 in Canada. This product was previously recalled in...
read moreCurrey And Company Recalls Chandeliers
Name of product: Chandeliers Hazard: Defective wiring can conduct electricity to the chandeliers’ metal parts, posing an electric shock hazard to consumers. Units About 2,100 in the United States and 100 in Canada...
read moreWest Elm Recalls Floor Lamps
Name of product: Floor Lamps Hazard: A failure of the lamp’s joint locking mechanisms can cause the lamp to collapse and the electrical cord to spark, posing injury and shock hazards to consumers. Units About 900 Description...
read moreHome Depot Recalls CE Tech Riser Cable
Name of product: CE Tech 1,000 ft. Riser Cable Hazard: The riser cable does not meet fire resistance standards for riser cable, posing a fire hazard. Units About 11,300 Description This recall involves 1,000 ft. CE Tech riser...
read moreRemote Controlled Helicopters Recalled By Midwest Trading Group
Name of product: Remote-Controlled Banshee 3 Channel helicopters Hazard: The rechargeable battery inside the helicopters can overheat and ignite the helicopter, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers or nearby items. Units...
read moreDefinitive Technology Recalls SuperCube 2000 Subwoofers
Name of product: SuperCube 2000 Powered Subwoofers Hazard: An internal failure with the subwoofer’s level input jack (RCA jack) results in a shock hazard to consumers. Units About 900 Description This recall involves the...
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Engadget
Bloomberg: Next Surface RT will use Qualcomm chip, may come in multiple versions
How's about this for a coincidence? We've just benchmarked the Snapdragon 800 reference tablet, with some very nice results, and now Bloomberg is reporting that Microsoft will use a Qualcomm chip in its next refresh of the...
read moreEvernote Web Clipper's new Gmail function saves copies of emails and attachments
Keeping your Gmail account organized isn't that hard when you can tag and Star emails. Evernote Web Clipper's new function, however, promises easier access to missives you deem particularly important. Once the Chrome...
read moreTokyoflash intros Kisai Intoxicated watch with a built-in breathalyzer (video)
Many partygoers want to keep their alcohol in check, but we don't know many who want to lug around a dedicated breathalyzer, no matter how small it may be. Tokyoflash may have found a happy medium for those drinkers by...
read moreHTC Butterfly s revealed: 1.9GHz Snapdragon 600 processor, UltraPixel camera sensor (video)
HTC's just pulled back the proverbial curtains on the Butterfly s at its Taiwan launch event. It'll arrive boasting a familiar-sounding 5-inch 1080p display, front-facing BoomSound stereo speakers and Sense 5 as expected....
read moreMicrosoft updates Blink for Windows Phone 8 with GIF-like clip creation (video)
If Vine still leaves you pining for the choppiness of GIFs, Microsoft's got you covered -- on Windows Phone 8, at least. Redmond's Blink app, which helps smartphone photographers capture bursts of images, has hit version 2.0...
read moreA&E, Lifetime and History Channel streaming apps land on Google Play
No need to envy your iPhone- and iPad-toting friends anymore just because they can catch the latest episodes of Bates Motel or Dance Moms on the go. Streaming apps from A&E, History Channel and Lifetime have just arrived...
read moreNetflix streaming is coming to the Netherlands later this year
Netflix mentioned another European country was in its sights for this year and tonight it's announced the new region it will service is the Netherlands. As is its custom, it will be offering Dutch viewers a package of movies...
read morePS3 users report 4.45 update locks up systems, may be tied to large HDDs (updated)
Planned to turn on your PS3 for some The Last of Us action tonight? According to a thread on the PlayStation Support forums, if you're prompted to install the latest firmware update version 4.45 then you may want to hold off...
read moreSamsung Galaxy Ring arrives at Virgin Mobile, delivers Jelly Bean for $180
Jelly Bean has been making its way to ever cheaper phones in recent months, and that's very conspicuous with the launch of Virgin Mobile's new Samsung Galaxy Ring. For $180, you're getting Android 4.1 in a price range where...
read moreScanadu Scout tricorder tops $1 million in funding, now comes in black
Scanadu clearly knows to tap into our collective Star Trek dreams, as the company just reached $1 million in funding for its Scout tricorder. The backing so far comes from people in 91 countries, including luminaries like...
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Zap Consulting
Aereo wins big one in streaming case against TV networks
An appeals court agrees with an earlier ruling and says that Aereo’s technology should not be shut down by a preliminary injunction.Aereo, the streaming service that allows subscribers to receive and record programs over the air, has won a key court ruling today. The U.S. Court of Appears for the Second Circuit today denied a preliminary injunction motion (PDF) from television networks that would have prevented Aereo from transmitting recorded broadcast television programs to its subscribers. The court found that the networks, which have...
read moreZap Consulting has moved to a new location
January 21, 2013 We are excited to announce that Zap Consulting has moved to a new location. Our new office is just a few miles from our old location. However, this is big step forward for us and will help us to ensure that we continue to offer valued services to our customers. Our new address is: Zap Consulting 10844 Providence Road Suite 225 Charlotte, NC 28277 Our telephone number and email addresses have remained the same. About: Zap Consulting is the nation’s leading provider of electronics assessments. The company leverages a network...
read moreZap Consulting Exhibiting – PLRB Conference 2013
Zap Consulting will be exhibiting again this year at the National PLRB Conference in Boston March 17-20th. We will be in booth spot 431 so please stop by and visit with us. We look forward to seeing you there. Share
read moreCounterfeiting Impacts on the Insurance Industry
The high volume of imports from China has changed the way insurance operations will be handled forever. China now has a $3.4 trillion economy with about one third derived from exports. Over the last decade imports from China to the U.S. have vastly increased in the textile and apparel business. As a result, we experienced significant layoffs and the closing of many factories within these industries. China has recently expanded into more complex industries including industrial components and electronics. In fact, over 17% of all manufactured...
read moreTop 5 Lightning Prone States
#1 Florida: 25.1 Strikes Per Square Mile 1,438,322 strikes per year with an average of 25.1 per square mile. #2 Louisiana: 19.9 Strikes Per Square Mile 921,775 strikes per year with an average of 19.9 per square mile. #3 Mississippi: 18.2 Strikes Per Square Mile 867,964 strikes per year with an average of 18.2 per square mile. #4 Alabama: 15.8 Strikes Per Square Mile 819,634 strikes per year with an average of 15.8 per square mile. #5 Oklahoma: 15.1 Strikes Per Square Mile 1,054,602 strikes per year with an average of 15.1 per square...
read moreLightning Losses Cost Insurance Companies Over 798 Million Dollars
From a contents category perspective, electronics and equipment have become the number one asset in dollar value for homes and businesses in the U.S. In fact according to a leading market research company, The NPD Group, consumers in the U.S. spent over 144 billion dollars on technology in 2011. In the U.S. there are over 20 million “cloud-to-ground” strikes per year. According to the Insurance Information Institute, lightning losses accounted for 798 million dollars in losses in 2009. This of course does not consider the millions of...
read moreThe 100 Best (and Worst) Cities to Handle Property Claims
For Immediate Release Charlotte – December 7, 2011 - Zap Consulting has compiled the 100 best and worst cities to handle property claims for 2011. Every year thousands of adjusters are deployed to cities to handle catastrophes as well as mini-catastrophes. The list was based upon an extended survey to property adjusters as well as numerous other factors including but not limited to insurance laws, types of construction, zoning, traffic, and weather. The cities are listed below in order from best to worst. 1. Austin, Texas 2. Columbus,...
read moreInsurance Companies Left Unprotected
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — New technologies have started emerging faster in the last few years than ever before in history. Appliances, phones, security systems and even DVRs can now communicate thanks to Wi-Fi, bluetooth and the Internet. Manufacturers are increasingly cramming silicon into everything from refrigerators to spoons. The integration of these consumer goods will not slow down anytime soon and will be very exciting to watch going forward. These new technologies pose a great challenge to insurance...
read moreInsurance Companies Exposed to Fraud
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Losses related to damage from lightning strikes topped more than $1 billion in the U.S. for the first time in 2008. The number of lightning claims and correlating claim value fell by 25% from 2008 to 2009, reflecting fewer storms in that period of time. The overall trend, however, shows that insured losses (or more accurately, claims) continue to climb, with the average cost per claim up 39% over the past five years. This rapid rise has caught the attention of insurance companies worldwide, and...
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