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Apple became the world’s most profitable handset vendor in Q3 2009, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, a global, independent research and consulting firm, headquartered in Boston, USA. The research showed that, as margins got hit hard by both the economic downturn and a stagnant presence ... |
11 November 2009
03:22 GMT |
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Men and women struggling with their weight and especially those who are constantly looking for a new diet to try out in the hope that, maybe, this time, it will work out, have now new-found hope. A new study has determined that slimmers stand to lose more weight if they make the healthy-diet choice the easy choice, a... |
2 November 2009
14:21 GMT |
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It’s no longer a secret that men and women have different perceptions as regards a woman’s body and what the standards of female beauty are. Coming to show that, indeed, most women would deem it necessary that they lost one pound more, researchers have found that men consider size-0 women (and especially ... |
28 October 2009
15:21 GMT |
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Health experts are becoming increasingly worried about how things stand right now: despite repeated warnings, it seems that the number of the overweight and obese is growing at an alarming rate. In this context, coming up with new prescription diet pills that work without putting the patient’s health at risk is... |
22 October 2009
16:21 GMT |
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Chances are most of us have already found ourselves in a situation in which we’ve had a superior yell and belittle us whatever the reason, meaning, regardless of whether we did something wrong or not. Until not long ago, researchers believed bully bosses were so aggressive because they wanted to hold on to thei... |
15 October 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Eating chocolate or drinking a glass of water when neither hunger nor thirst is present can act almost like a painkiller in that they trigger relief, a new study quoted by The Telegraph has found. Conducted on rats, the study has also helped researchers establish that there is no connection between pain relief and su... |
14 October 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Social media may be an increasing part of our lives but it has no place at work. At least that's what the majority of large companies in the US think, according to a new survey commissioned by consulting firm Robert Half Technology. The survey found that 54 percent of companies completely block access to social ... |
7 October 2009
06:32 GMT |
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Until not long ago, the fountain of youth was just a myth, the stuff fairytales were made of and that us mortals could only dream of. In recent years, the possibility of scientists discovering the secret to eternal youth and health has augmented, they say, even if they are yet to come up with the magic pill. On this ... |
1 October 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Another day, another Twitter study and this one is as shocking as the rest. It turns out that most Twitter users, 80 percent, are completely self-centered, with most of their tweets being about themselves. The study was conducted by Rutgers University Professors Mor Naaman and Jeffrey Boase who set out to research wh... |
30 September 2009
05:14 GMT |
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Mobclix, a company with an affinity for the iPhone, has posted an interactive graph showing which are the most popular categories of apps in the App Store, how many apps are free and how many are paid, as well as the download habits for ranges including five days, one month, six months and one year. Yesterday, Apple... |
29 September 2009
09:37 GMT |
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What with the power of positive thinking and everything that’s being said about it, happiness and optimism can actually work against us in certain situations. One such situation is when starting a weight-loss program, since negative emotions are more likely to lead to visible results than optimism, a recent stu... |
28 September 2009
14:21 GMT |
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In-Stat has published a report in which the market research firm projects that the DisplayPort will see a significant adoption in “mobile Pcs,” according to the company, particularly as an internal interface between the motherboard and the LCD panel. Put forth by the Video Electronics Standards Associati... |
28 September 2009
04:04 GMT |
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While the fifth-generation iPod nano offers a video camera and other enhancements that build on top of its predecessor, the FM radio feature has made 18-34-year-old music listeners raise an eyebrow in the US and the UK, according to a survey from the Radio Research division of VisionCritical. Speaking with 3,000 con... |
22 September 2009
08:51 GMT |
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They say it’s easy to get a secret out of a woman because she will tell it to you without even having to ask. Although most women consider themselves trustworthy confidantes in whom a friend can find a shoulder to cry on and a “grave” for their secrets, a recent study comes to show that, at the end ... |
17 September 2009
14:11 GMT |
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No matter the purpose and / or the context, they say a lie is still a lie and, as such, it can only harm someone in the long run – most likely, the person telling it. With all this, a new study comes to reveal that we can’t even begin to grasp how many lies we hear everyday, with men telling lies an avera... |
14 September 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Google has amassed a huge collection of data through its search engine and its biggest problem is actually trying to make sense of it beyond just the blunt search page results. Structured data is becoming a bigger focus for online search and while Google already has several offerings in the area, the latest tool to c... |
10 September 2009
11:29 GMT |
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A survey commissioned by US firm AppsFire on 1,200 iPhone owners shows that the average user has downloaded 65 apps from the iTunes App Store, for a final bill of $80. Free apps have accounted for 65% on the 1,200 devices, while the average price for paid apps has been around $1.56. AppsFire claims that it based its ... |
8 September 2009
10:32 GMT |
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Bruce Hood, professor of developmental psychology at the Bristol University, may have come up with the perfect explanation why religion is such an integrant part of our lives – or, at least, for some of us. Going against what atheists say that religion is often only the result of a lack of education, Hood&rsquo... |
7 September 2009
15:41 GMT |
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Twitter saw enormous growth earlier this year and with the huge increase in users came a dramatic shift in its internal ecosystem especially with the rise of several “influential” users that now have more followers than Twitter's entire audience not so long ago. A new study by the Web Ecology called ... |
4 September 2009
11:26 GMT |
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We often hear husbands (and men in general) complain about how their partners are not to be trusted with a credit card come sales season, or women saying about their partners they would pay a fortune for some gadget or device. Contrary to appearances, no matter how much they complain, spendthrifts will always be attr... |
2 September 2009
15:21 GMT |
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Researchers have often asked themselves (and they are certainly not alone in doing so) what is the first thing that men look at when making contact with a woman, her face or her body. While previous studies have tried to come up with an answer to that by analyzing each aspect alone, a new research has managed to fact... |
1 September 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Cereal makers are about to take a serious hit as a new EU regulation is being lined up. Because of the many health claims that come on cereal boxes, which often omit to include the extra amounts of sugar, salt and fat, the Food Standards Agency in the UK and the European Food Safety Authority (Efsa) will see that all... |
24 August 2009
16:31 GMT |
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More and more employers are looking online for information on job applicants and increasingly to social networks. In fact, almost one in every two companies is scanning the social networks when hiring. But the surprising part is that Facebook is actually preferred over LinkedIn, which is much more professional-centri... |
20 August 2009
05:22 GMT |
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Wikipedia has become one of the biggest sites in the world and many users rely on it almost everyday either for school and even research, but also other less educational purposes. It's hard to imagine how the web looked like before Wikipedia, but a new study revealed some troubling statistics showing that the si... |
5 August 2009
11:47 GMT |
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Obesity figures have gone sky-high in recent years, with estimates saying that the number of people with weight problems will increase even more in the following interval. Because of this, talk of a pandemics is warranted, as also is that of the measures needed to keep it in check. One last such method would be deep ... |
4 August 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Divorce, they say, has become such a common occurrence these days that one should get over it in due time. Still, a new study comes to show that the effects of a breakup have often been played down in the past, in the sense that they never actually disappear and have an impact on our health that lingers with us for t... |
28 July 2009
13:31 GMT |
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If one ever had questions about why the female ideal of beauty changes with time, one needs wonder no more. A recent research has determined that women become more beautiful as a response to evolution, The Telegraph informs. Men, on the other hand, remain the same from an aesthetic point of view. Researcher Markus J... |
27 July 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Because of the increased concern over the safety of currently available hair dyes, researchers at The University of Leeds are now working on a project meant to bring to market such products, and other beauty treatments as well, made from Shetland seaweed. Not only will the products be healthier, but they will also be... |
24 July 2009
14:31 GMT |
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It’s a widely acknowledged fact that the diet industry, as it is now, is more or less one big con, with many arguments brought along the years to show that those behind it (authors of books, producers of pills and slimming products) really do not want us, the average Janes and Joes, to lose weight. According to... |
23 July 2009
14:21 GMT |
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That women are more prone to developing lung cancer, even if they smoke the same, or even less, than men has already been established. However, it seems that their relationship with cigarettes is even more “special” than that, as it is laden with emotions – which is why they have a much harder time ... |
16 July 2009
15:01 GMT |
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It’s no longer a secret that researchers have been busily working on finding the “recipe” for love and, at the same time, for a happy marriage. In their never-ending quest, they have managed not only to prove that true love does, indeed, last forever, but, just recently, that it also takes more than... |
15 July 2009
13:21 GMT |
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No one likes it when someone has some sort of public outburst and starts hurling insults at everyone and everything. However, cursing could be a very way of coping with pain by relieving it on the spot, a new research indicates. While the exact connection between swearing and pain management has yet to be established... |
14 July 2009
16:41 GMT |
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Social media may be booming as a platform but actual revenue is still small compared to the number of users. A new forecast from research firm Forrester Research plots a good-looking future though, with social marketing spending rising to $3.1 billion in 2014, becoming the third largest form of online marketing after... |
10 July 2009
09:52 GMT |
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Earlier this week, Softpedia reported that Mobclix, a company offering real-time application analytics, and Busted Loop, a team who makes things out of information, saw discrepancies in their application tracking and resulted numbers. While the latter simply based its findings on logic, Mobclix – whose business... |
10 July 2009
03:09 GMT |
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Overweight and obese people who are under pressure at work or stress at home, or who have all sorts of problems in their personal life are more likely to gain more pounds than those whose weight ranks as normal. A new study comes to show that there is a direct link between how much a person weighs and how many pounds... |
9 July 2009
14:41 GMT |
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Facebook may be the biggest social network at the moment and still growing at a steady pace but its massive success may have an undesired side-effect as it seems that high-school and college user numbers have dropped in the last six months by 15 percent and 20 percent respectively. This, while the number of users ove... |
7 July 2009
06:01 GMT |
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A new study by BabyCenter LLC, a unit of Johnson & Johnson, shows that moms are increasingly active in the social media environments and the use of these types of tools are up 462 percent in the past three years. Mobile Internet usage for the same group has also risen 348 percent since 2006. The report, called "Meet ... |
1 July 2009
11:57 GMT |
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A new survey by the Harris Interactive research firm aims to find out what types of ads consumers prefer and pay more attention to. As part of its regular AdweekMedia/The Harris Poll survey, the firm questioned 2,512 adults about their advertising medium preferences. The research found that TV advertising was still t... |
1 July 2009
06:03 GMT |
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According to The Nielsen Company, Apple brought more than twice as many unique visitors to its website in May than Hewlett Packard. Apple's Web site saw 55.7 million unique visitors last month, a research carried out by Nielsen showed, and the iPhone 3G S seems to be the main reason for the huge figures. The gra... |
30 June 2009
05:29 GMT |
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A new study by Ruder Finn Intent Index shines some light on the intent and motivations for going online, while also proposing a new perspective on demographics. The study shows that 63 percent of Americans go online to try to change others' opinions or express their contrasting views on the discussed topics. "I... |
29 June 2009
11:35 GMT |
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A new study by Cox Communications has focused on the way teens treat privacy issues either online or through mobile phones. The study has found that, while many say they are aware of the risks, they engage in potentially dangerous behavior anyway. The research has been done in collaboration with National Center for M... |
25 June 2009
09:50 GMT |
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Using state-of-the-art forensics science, a police sketch artist who works with the Maryland Department of Justice and the State Police Missing Persons Unit has reconstructed the face of the University of Chicago-owned mummy of the ancient Thebes temple singer Meresamun. A second reconstruction has been done by Chica... |
24 June 2009
05:45 GMT |
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A new study is confirming the deteriorating economic conditions in the first quarter of this year, showing that digital media revenue growth has declined since the same period last year. The Digital Media Strategies Service report from research firm Strategy Analytics found that growth in the digital media sector dro... |
24 June 2009
03:33 GMT |
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Researchers Ben Collingsworth and Ronaldo Menezes have come up with an interesting study looking at how, and if, emailing patterns changed during a company's hard times. Working at the Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne, they set out to analyze the emails of Enron, the famous energy company known for i... |
23 June 2009
04:21 GMT |
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Forbes Insights in collaboration with Google has released a new study regarding how top-level executives use Internet tools. The findings show that the Internet is the primary source of business information but how much and for what purpose it is being used varies with age and work experience. The study surveyed 354 ... |
19 June 2009
05:22 GMT |
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The Internet is becoming an increasingly important part of everyday life and it's being viewed, by both the public and governments, as a necessity, in line with electricity and running water. A new study by Pew Internet & American Life Project is confirming this perception showing that US citizens value their br... |
18 June 2009
06:16 GMT |
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According to the 12th World Market Survey released by the Paris-based trend company Euroconsult, satellite manufacturers have nothing to fear over the next ten years, until 2018. The market will continue to grow, but, at the same time, the prices of launches will increase only slightly, and may even drop, after infla... |
16 June 2009
15:01 GMT |
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As Facebook is growing, first becoming the largest social network in the world and finally surpassing MySpace in the US in May, it looks like the age of its users is growing with it. A new Hitwise report shows that the average age of the Facebook user has gone up with those between 25 and 44 years old, now making up ... |
16 June 2009
07:17 GMT |
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These days, we expect to find any piece of information we need on the Internet at just a search away. However, it seems that while the content online may be ever increasing, the search tools for finding that content may not be keeping up. A new research conducted by Outsell found that professionals searching for info... |
15 June 2009
11:37 GMT |
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A new report by Forester Research shows that spending on email direct marketing in the US will grow to $2 billion by 2014. The increase adds up to an 11 percent compound annual growth rate. The reasons behind the expected growth are the decreasing cost per thousand (CPM), the high return on investment (ROI) and the i... |
15 June 2009
10:14 GMT |
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