Tourism in Vienna is on the uptake - PR Inside
28 May 2012, 2:53 am
Individuals in the tourism industry can certainly look back on a successful year. A record number of 11.4 million overnight stays in Vienna constitute the highest figures in history, and it translates into an increase of 5 percent over the 2010 numbers.

WordPress @9: Matt Mullenweg on 'Radical Simplification' for Mobile and Social - Forbes
28 May 2012, 2:17 am
I think we can nail the consumption side of things just as we have the creation.” I take this to mean that although WordPress’ scale and “uptake” has been massive and continues to grow, Mullenweg has seen how the upstart insurgents have ...

Icahn Buys 7.6% Stake in Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK) - valuewalk.com
27 May 2012, 4:45 pm
Chesapeake Welcomes Icahn's 7.6% uptake Albeit His Recommendation for Changes When Carl Icahn decided to invest in Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), many employees would have thought that the company is doing very well. Only the best companies ...

uptake Medical Announces Positive 12-month Outcome Data for InterVapor Therapy for Severe Emphysema - Yahoo Finance
26 May 2012, 11:27 pm
SAN FRANCISCO, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced emphysema patients who underwent minimally invasive InterVapor™ (bronchoscopic thermal vapor ablation) experienced sustained improved lung function and quality of life outcomes one year ...

Microsoft corrects itself: 'We expect fewer people to use Windows 8' - The Register
25 May 2012, 10:21 am
The company has said reported comments by chief executive Steve Ballmer on Windows 8 uptake in 2013 are a "restatement of data" by a company employee in December 2011, and that these stats relate to Windows 7 licence upgrades. Ballmer was reported by the ...

Increase in consumer trust and awareness key for widespread uptake of NFC mobile payments - PRWeb
23 May 2012, 1:19 am
Increasing consumer awareness and building trust around contactless mobile payments will be key if providers and brands expect to see the widespread adoption of NFC technology in 2012 as predicted. The very first Mobile Payment Index study from ...

Private health insurance uptake slips to six-year low - National Business Review
22 May 2012, 4:29 pm
BUSINESSDESK: The number of kiwis taking out private healthcare insurance has fallen to the lowest level in more than six years, keeping the level of cover below the OECD average, as a weak economy and rising general insurance costs dent demand. Health ...

Will Lundbeck's New Antidepressant Be a Major New Drug? - Forbes
21 May 2012, 6:54 pm
There are a variety of medications available to treat depression, the most popular being selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) such as Prozac, Zoloft and Paxil. While effective, these and other antidepressants are not ideal.

More possible flak for Sky TV as watchdog releases barriers to broadband uptake report - National Business Review
20 May 2012, 6:48 pm
The Commerce Commission releases its draft report into factors that could hinder fast broadband update - and among them is the positioning of video-on-demand services like Sky TV's iSky and the Sky TV-TVNZ igloo joint venture, launching next month.

Survey: Sluggish mobile networks, data caps driving Wi-Fi uptake - FierceBroadbandWireless
16 May 2012, 2:35 pm
In a positive vote for Wi-Fi offloading, 84 percent of survey respondents who have Wi-Fi connectivity at home are proactively connecting their smartphones to it, according to Devicescape's first-quarter 2012 report on the Wi-Fi market.