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  • noun Plural form of prosumer.

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Examples

  • To keep one foot in the consumer market, the Round Rock, Texas, company has scaled back a consumer push that included a number of sub brands to focus more on what it calls "prosumers" professionals+consumers, those who use the same gadgets at home and in the office.

    Dell Inc. Lowers Its Sights for Gadgets, Consumers Justin Scheck 2011

  • Today, online video company Brightcove is launching the Brightcove Network, a new venture aimed at video "prosumers"--amateur video creators who want to do more than capture themselves lip-synching in their bedrooms.

    AnotherTube 2006

  • Motorola Chief Executive Edward Zander believes his company's new "Q" cell phone, which has a QWERTY keyboard and runs a version of Microsoft's Windows, will initially target corporate customers, but there is more potential for the device among "prosumers"--people who use electronic products that straddle the professional and consumer markets.

    Zander's Motorola Unveils The 'Q' 2006

  • Dave Evans, chief futurist, Cisco: The lifestyles of 'prosumers' -- the blending of professionals and consumers in the workplace -- their technology expectations, and their behavior toward information access is changing the nature of communications on a global basis.

    unknown title 2011

  • Due to the enormous quantity of content produced by users - now usually called prosumers - we should pay close attention to these

    MobileActive.org - A global network of people using mobile technology for social impact. MohiniBhavsar 2010

  • If we're doing the green lifestyle right, ultimately we become "prosumers" instead of consumers.

    What Not to Do For Earth Day 2010

  • If we're doing the green lifestyle right, ultimately we become "prosumers" instead of consumers.

    John F. Wasik: What Not to Do For Earth Day 2010

  • And second, many of those youths are already active "prosumers" of news: people who not only digest news but also document the world around them, both to get the word out about what they eyewitness, as well as to call attention to injustices they see.

    Susan Moeller: Media Literacy 101: Of Toilets, UNESCO and Demand-Side News 2009

  • In an article about social media's impact on conferences, and the blurring line between the speakers and the audience Wired uses the word "prosumers," presumably a combination of producer and consumers.

    Prosumers? 2009

  • In an article about social media's impact on conferences, and the blurring line between the speakers and the audience Wired uses the word "prosumers," presumably a combination of producer and consumers.

    Archive 2009-02-01 2009

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