Turning to release new response tools
Turning to release new response tools
YOUNGSTOWN
Turning Technologies announced Wednesday the forthcoming release of new response tools designed to respond to interactive polling questions and accommodate various meeting environments, according to a press release on the company’s website.
The new QT Device is a radio-frequency keypad that features a QWERTY keyboard and input for richer data collection. Response- Ware 2.0 is an update to Turning Technologies’ mobile response solution that allows participants to respond with Web-enabled devices, improving user interface, decreasing bandwidth and adding new features. Both will be available this summer.
Founded in 2002, Turning Technologies creates instructional, assessment-delivery and data-collection solutions for learning environments.
New Quaker Steak
SHARON
The Sharon-originated Quaker Steak & Lube opened another location to add to more than 60 locations throughout the U.S. and Canada.
The newest location is in League City, Texas, and opened Wednesday with seating for more than 350 people, two bars and an enclosed patio.
The new restaurant will create close to 100 jobs for the area and is the fourth to open in Texas.
Chrysler model tops list for savings
SANTA MONICA, CALIF.
The Chrysler 200 Touring, with a 15.6 percent average off the manufacturer’s suggested retail price, tops June’s list of best savings on new vehicles, according to TrueCar, the negotiation-free car-buying platform.
Other 2014 vehicles listed in the best savings on new vehicles for June include: the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 with the market average of $28,671; BMW X1, sdrive28i with the market average at $27,456; Nissan Murano with the market average of $25,809 and the Toyata Prius with the market average at $22,332.
The monthly publication TrueSavings analyzes recent transaction prices and identifies opportunities for consumer savings.
E-cigarette makers under fire in DC
WASHINGTON
E-cigarettes with fruity flavors such as “cherry crush” ignited an intense Senate debate Wednesday about whether manufacturers are trying to appeal to youngsters similar to the way that Big Tobacco used Joe Camel decades ago.
“The last thing anyone should want to do is encourage young people to start using a new nicotine-delivery product,” Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., said as he opened a hearing on the battery-powered devices and worries that e-cigarette makers aim to tempt young people to take up something that could prove addictive.
Jason Healy, president of blu eCigs, and Craig Weiss, president of NJoy, were challenged for more than two hours about industry marketing practices that include running TV commercials and sponsoring race cars and other events. Both men insisted they aren’t trying to glamorize smoking and don’t target young people.
Vindicator staff/wire reports