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Avid Softpedia readers may remember that an analytics company, going by the name of Retrevo, once released a Gadgetology study revealing that US students were less into netbooks than into regular-sized laptops. This time around, the Retrevo Gadgetology report holds evidence that one in three iPhone owners sees out-of... |
6 November 2009
09:51 GMT |
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They usually say tabloids are nothing but clean, somewhat harmless fun that allows us, the public, to indulge in some good gossip without consequences. However, speaking strictly from a health perspective, tabloids are anything but harmless, worried doctors say in a new survey cited by OnMedica News, because they spr... |
27 October 2009
17:21 GMT |
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In a study carried out on 753 customers, Retrevo.com signals that 64 percent of PC users accustomed to low-cost machines may not buy Apple’s upcoming (rumored) tablet, should the company price it $600 or above. The survey, however, reveals that 27 percent of Mac users would have no problem paying between $600 a... |
27 October 2009
06:36 GMT |
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Teenagers have chosen Apple Co-founder and CEO Steven P. Jobs as the most admired entrepreneur in a survey released on Tuesday by Junior Achievement, an organization that educates students in regards to employment. Of the 1,000 teens surveyed, 35 percent voted for Jobs, beating celebs including Oprah Winfrey (25 perc... |
14 October 2009
09:20 GMT |
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Elephants are not exactly among the stealthiest of animals. In fact, they are fairly large and easy to spot. So, one could ask themselves why it is difficult to number them. The answer is very easy. The pachyderms cover hundreds of miles of land inside parks, and move around over great distances each day. Tracking th... |
9 October 2009
01:38 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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There still are many who believe that women’s compulsive need to buy something new is the stuff that myths are made of and that all so-called shopaholics wouldn’t have a problem to speak of if they only kept themselves in check. Still, the problem is widespread, even if it doesn’t manifest in all wo... |
24 September 2009
14:51 GMT |
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Health experts constantly warn us of the obesity pandemic that is sweeping over the world, but, for some reason or another, we as individuals fail to see ourselves as part of the problem, choosing instead to stand outside of it, looking in. A recent study, for instance, shows that most of those who fall in the obese ... |
23 September 2009
15:21 GMT |
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Parting with a loved one can be a heartbreaking experience that few would ever want to revisit. However, in recent months, the number of those searching online for their former flames has increased so much it has given birth to what they call the “Ex Files,” the Daily Mail says. Most of them, though, just... |
22 September 2009
15:01 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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Apple is reportedly taking matters into its hands with numerous reports of poor battery life hitting its Discussions forums soon after the release of iPhone OS 3.1 earlier this month. The company is sending out forms to select forum commenters with as many as eleven questions and software that, once installed, logs b... |
21 September 2009
09:46 GMT |
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Parents often blame celebrity culture for the way their children dress or act, and the dispute of whether stars should ever be considered role models for the young will probably never die down. On this note, a recent survey conducted in the UK shows that an overwhelming majority of adults also sees stars like footbal... |
16 September 2009
16:21 GMT |
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A BBC radio show has recently investigated and proved the fact that some interpretation errors in surveys taken in the UK have led to a hugely exaggerated number of P2P file sharers. The British Government was planning to use this figure in issuing some P2P banning / limiting laws across the UK's territory in th... |
10 September 2009
10:31 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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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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Retrevo has released a new Gadgetology study revealing that US students are less into netbooks than they are into regular-sized laptops. Apple covers this niche in the market quite well, but Retrevo claims the majority of student laptop shoppers are not considering the acquisition of a Mac for their activities. Acco... |
19 August 2009
10:15 GMT |
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If you were worried that your kids spend more time on social networks than studying, fret no more, as a new study by online academic network StudyBlue found that the overwhelming majority of high school or college students said they planned to spend most of their time online doing the latter. This might seem a little... |
12 August 2009
06:56 GMT |
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Buying a swimsuit is a big deal, as any woman out there must have already found out by now, because it has to be the right model, in the colors that are hot that season and cut in such a way as to make the best even of a more “flawed” (if you will) body. With all this, and despite the many hours spent sea... |
11 August 2009
15:21 GMT |
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Laptop Mag has awarded Apple an A for the fourth year in a row, thanks to its efficient and reliable customer support, the magazine reports. Following Apple and tied for second place were Lenovo and Sony, each earning a B+. Close behind these vendors were Toshiba (B), Asus and Fujitsu (B-), and Acer, Dell and HP (C-)... |
7 August 2009
03:04 GMT |
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Online video watching has been rising for several years and shows no sign of stopping, with a growth rate outpacing most other web services. A new study from Pew Internet shows that online video has surpassed even social networking, only to become one of the most popular activities online, with 62 percent of American... |
30 July 2009
05:06 GMT |
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Previous polls have revealed that most women have gone on a diet at least once in their life, while they spend plenty of their time thinking of food, either how to cut down on it or to eat healthier so that pounds don’t pile on again. A recent survey comes to show that, while this still holds true, ladies are n... |
22 July 2009
14:31 GMT |
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The economic downturn has hit millions of people and now it seems that many of them, at least in the US, are turning to the Internet to find answers or advice. A new study by Pew Research Center found that 69 percent of American adults searched online for information or advice regarding the recession last year. The r... |
16 July 2009
07:00 GMT |
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Everyone is talking about digital music these days, be it online stores or Internet radios, but a recent UK survey found that the majority of people still prefer buying CDs over digital copies even among teenagers. Coming from research firm The Leading Question, affiliated with Music Ally, the survey found that 73 pe... |
16 July 2009
06:08 GMT |
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A new survey from The Leading Question research firm has revealed that more young people are purchasing music downloads rather than procuring them from illegal sites. For the first time 19 percent of music fans are purchasing music legally compared to the 17 percent that download it from illegal file sharing sites. T... |
13 July 2009
06:07 GMT |
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While Apple touts its new products as being even greener than their predecessors, the latest Greenpeace survey says otherwise. Although it got high marks for reducing toxic chemicals, the Mac maker scored low in the organization’s Guide to Greener electronics for not supporting global recycling initiatives or u... |
2 July 2009
05:38 GMT |
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A new study ordered by PayPal and conducted by comScore found that almost half of the Internet users surveyed had abandoned an online shopping cart in the previous three weeks. The most common cause was high shipping costs, using the site for comparison and financial reasons. The value of the shopping carts was of $1... |
24 June 2009
02:49 GMT |
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AdMob has released a report based on the demographics and behavioral characteristics of iPhone and iPod touch users in the US. Conducted by comScore on AdMob’s iPhone network of mobile Web sites and applications, the research found that key differences in the demographic makeup of each group existed in areas su... |
16 June 2009
15:51 GMT |
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Apple has posted an announcement in the iPhone section of its web site pointing to mobile phone satisfaction studies carried out by the folks at J.D. Power and Associates. According to the post, Apple is quite happy with the results of the study (and downright entitled to), where its iPhone ranked highest in the smar... |
2 June 2009
05:11 GMT |
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Google has conducted a survey aiming to find new mobile search patterns with Apple's iPhone and other smartphones, like those running Android. The study has proven to be a success, a report over at MediaPost News' Online Media Daily says, showing searchers on high-end devices like the iPhone are becoming mo... |
12 May 2009
04:34 GMT |
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The large online marketplace site eBay, which was launched about a decade ago, has made archaeologists fear from the start that the number of looted antiquities that could be moved via the Internet would increase considerably. For example, Charles Stanish, who is a UCLA archaeologist with more than 25 years of experi... |
5 May 2009
07:00 GMT |
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Forrester, a well-known market research firm, released a report measuring customers' overall satisfaction with computer manufacturers last week. According to the analysis based on answers gathered from over 4,500 individuals, Apple leads the pack (by quite a margin) in consumer satisfaction. Forrester Research ... |
22 April 2009
05:08 GMT |
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Video games are becoming an incremental part of our daily lives, and as such have gained the attention of quite a lot of researchers who have indulged in numerous studies to show just what kind of influence they can have on us.While a lot of them were very biased and set out to show that violent games would turn chil... |
6 April 2009
02:58 GMT |
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The Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research's (SCAR) again finds itself at the forefront of scientific advancements, with the completion of the first set of databases meant to give naturalists, biologists and everyone else interested access to the first complete marine census in history.This March, the Intern... |
31 March 2009
09:36 GMT |
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Apple has dropped a spot in the latest Rescuecom Computer Reliability Report, which has increased the frequency of releasing its data from once a year to once every quarter (four times a year). Taking the lead was ASUS, which made a surprise leap into the top spot joined by IBM/LENOVO with a score of 348. Apple is ju... |
26 March 2009
10:28 GMT |
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The Xbox 360 was the first next-generation console to appear on the market. It introduced new things to game developers and it is currently a favorite for a lot of people, due to its low price and wide variety of games that you can pick up for it. However, if an adequate gamer with some knowledge picks up an Xbox 36... |
18 March 2009
17:41 GMT |
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Parents haven't always been very understanding with their children, but ever since video games have started to play a bigger and bigger role in the latter's lives, the former have been somewhat reluctant to let them play. A study recently presented by the British Board of Film Classification, the organizat... |
9 March 2009
02:05 GMT |
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Whether there is such a thing as a universal standard for the perfect female body is not a burning issue, although much debate has been carried on over it. In an attempt to find out what men and women think of it, British publication Fabulous Magazine has come up with the exact measures of the perfect body, while als... |
4 March 2009
14:21 GMT |
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Wearing high heels can be very empowering for women, it has often been said. Wearing high heels for an entire life is also a priority for the ladies, a new survey comes to point out, as most of them will spend an average of 51 years teetering on incredibly high pumps, and will only give them up once they reach old ag... |
19 February 2009
15:21 GMT |
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Achieving high consumer satisfaction has always been one of Apple's main goals. And it shows. A recently published Changewave Reasearch study reveals that Apple is leading the pack in consumer satisfaction.“In terms of customer satisfaction, there’s no question which company is the industry leader,&r... |
19 February 2009
04:43 GMT |
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The issue of whether men and women earn the same salary, or of whether they should or not throughout their lives, has long been under discussion. Figures just published by the British Office for National Statistics show that females have finally found a way to earn the same amount as their male coworkers, and that is... |
16 February 2009
14:41 GMT |
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When singer Madonna reportedly paid former husband Guy Ritchie £45 million out of her estimated £200 million as spousal support, the public was shocked, but not beyond words, as it was not the first time that something like that occurred. From what the figures with divorce attorneys indicate, this could s... |
16 February 2009
05:36 GMT |
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If it ever came down to making a choice between spending precious time with a loved one and listening to music, young people in the UK would rather do without the former. A new survey conducted by the British indie label Marrakesh Records comes to show that youngsters today can simply not live without playing their f... |
14 February 2009
06:44 GMT |
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A new online study shows that 31 percent of all marriages in the United States take place between people who meet at the workplace, in the office. As far as dating is concerned, more than 40 percent of employed Americans have dated a co-worker over the last years. Many of the people responding to the survey said that... |
12 February 2009
06:55 GMT |
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Limbo is one of the largest mobile social networks in the US. These guys teamed up with GfK Technology, a leading market research agency, and released a joint Mobile Advertising Report (MAR) that reveals a not-very-surprising fact - iPhone users are more than twice as likely as non-iPhone users to browse the mobile w... |
6 February 2009
04:25 GMT |
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Four months ago, in September 2008, Canonical Ltd. started a survey for their Ubuntu Server Edition client, with the main purpose of finding how it was used in organizations, regardless of their type or size. Today, Canonical, through Gerry Carr, head of platform marketing, announced the end of the project and the ... |
4 February 2009
07:02 GMT |
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The leader in measuring the digital world, comScore reports that the number of mobile game downloaders grew 17 percent from November 2007 to November 2008. During this time, 8.5 million people / 3.8 percent of mobile subscribers, downloaded a game to their mobile device. 34 percent of mobile game downloaders in Novem... |
3 February 2009
06:15 GMT |
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A recent study by consultant Bain & Co. claims there is a real market for electric cars. Apparently, those already driving expensive, fuel-based cars are becoming more aware of the environmental problems posed by their use.The survey was carried out with the help of 4,000 individuals in eight countries, including the... |
28 January 2009
08:46 GMT |
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In the context of the economical crisis worldwide and Obama’s presidency, Yahoo! HotJobs made an online survey concerning the Americans’ job security in the near future. According to the search engine, 1 in 3 Americans is quite anxious about losing his/her job and the rest have high hopes in finding one t... |
10 January 2009
06:01 GMT |
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Cisco sponsored an online research study, concerning the number of video watchers, as well as their attitude and behavior, especially on their mobile phones. The study was made first to verify how USA consumers use online technology and its impact on their political decision making and then it was launched worldwide.... |
9 January 2009
08:41 GMT |
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With all those parties coming one after another, it’s no wonder that you hardly have the time to organize your wardrobe a bit, and rid it of the chaos that reigns in it. Sure, this could be a situation that’s been a fact for longer than just this holiday season but, just so you know, you don’t have ... |
23 December 2008
07:24 GMT |
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