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Trump’s 100% tariff threat on Taiwan chips raises cost, supply chain fears
“I don’t think we will see a near-term impact, as it takes years to build fabs, but by the end of the decade, the US share could rise by a few percentage points,” Gupta said. “It’s hard to give an exact number, but if I were to estimate, I’d say 14-15%. That isn’t a lot, but for the US to…
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Five Concrete Ways to Lower the Cost of a Home Renovation
Renovating your home is an opportunity to personalize a space, improve its usability, and simply have a more beautiful place to live. But there’s a price to pay for those benefits—both in terms of stress and disruption and in terms of money. The average whole house remodel costs anywhere from $20,000 to $100,000, which is a lot of money for…
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Microsoft 365 Personal and Family now cost more – The 2025 price increase explained
Yes, Microsoft has increased the prices for its Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscription plans by $3 in the United States. Thus, the “Personal” plan now costs $99.99 per year or $9.99 per month, and the “Family” plan costs $129.99 per year or $12.99 per month. You will pay more to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other apps and…
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How to Know if a Natural Language IVR Is Worth the Cost
Customer service expectations have changed dramatically over the past several years, with more and more people expecting to get help faster than ever before. A natural language IVR (Interactive Voice Response) solution is an automated system that allows callers to speak in a conversational, free-form way to interact with the system, using speech recognition and AI to understand and process…
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How to Accurately Calculate Cost
Whether you’re getting call center software for the first time or you’re looking to compare prices for alternative options, there are a lot of factors that go into call center software pricing. This guide covers everything to keep in mind so you know what to expect. 1 RingCentral RingEx Employees per Company Size Micro (0-49), Small (50-249), Medium (250-999), Large…
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AWS opens physical sites for fast data uploads – but it could cost you up to $500 an hour
Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers will soon be able to book time slots at physical locations to connect their storage devices and upload data to the cloud. Data can be uploaded to any AWS endpoint, including Amazon S3, Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS), or others, using a high throughput connection of up to up to 400Gbps. Each AWS Data…
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Slow websites cost businesses thousands per year
Poor website performance is costing businesses thousands per year – as much as 15% of annual revenue. A survey of 206 businesses with an average annual revenue of $119,000 by Liquid Web found they lose an average of $20,172 per year because of poor website performance. More than one in ten said they’d experienced website downtime in the last year,…
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Sluggish enterprise tech adoption has cost the UK economy billions
Lackluster technology investment among British enterprises has cost the economy billions, according to new research from Virgin Media O2 Business. A study from the telecoms giant found that if UK-based firms had begun increasing their use of digital technology in 2021, they could’ve helped deliver a £111 billion increase in turnover by 2023. Similarly, increased tech adoption between 2021 and…
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The First Apple Music Book Will Cost You $450
Apple Music has released a limited-edition coffee table book, Apple Music: 100 Best Albums. Yes, a physical book about music on the streaming service, that also costs $450. The book was produced by Assouline, a publishing house known for its luxury coffee table books. The book is the streaming service’s inaugural list of the greatest records ever made. The book…
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Microsoft’s Copilot strategy shifts with new Microsoft 365 bundle, but it’ll cost you more
Microsoft plans to bring Copilot Plus access to Microsoft 365 Home and Family subscribers. The access will be limited and only for the account owner on the Family plan. This change will cause the price of Microsoft 365 consumers to increase. The company is currently testing the bundle in some regions, but it’s unclear if it’ll expand. Microsoft has finally…
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