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Trying to track recalled products and foods that might be harmful to children is a nightmare for parents because there’s no single place to look.
Until now.
The new site www.ClickCheckandProtect.org, a Consumer Reports companion site, is the product of a newly formed National School Safety Coalition convened by Consumer Reports, the National Parent Teacher Association and the National School Boards Association. Get the full story »
Just in time for the holidays, Consumer Reports has released a list of 10 companies, including United Airlines, that it believes have been naughty to shoppers, and 10 that have been deemed as nice, including U.S. Cellular.
The Naughty & Nice Holiday List is based on input from Consumer Reports’ reporters and editors who cover such areas as shopping, travel, hospitality and telecommunications. Consumer Reports notes that the Naughty & Nice Holiday List is based on specific policies and doesn’t reflect the company as a whole. Get the full story »
It looks like Scrooge will have time on his hands this Christmas.
At least, that is the word from Consumer Reports, which reports that the holidays are getting happier.
Indeed, 40 percent of adults say they expect the upcoming holiday season to be “happier” than last year’s, according to the Consumer Reports National Research Center, a unit of Consumers Union, a watchdog organization. Get the full story »
The results are in. Consumer Reports’ engineers have completed their testing of the iPhone 4 and have deemed it unfit because of poor reception.
“When your finger or hand touches a spot on the phone’s lower left side — an easy thing, especially for lefties — the signal can significantly degrade enough to cause you to lose your connection altogether if you’re in an area with a weak signal,” a July 12 Consumer Reports blog post said.
“Due to this problem, we can’t recommend the iPhone 4.”
