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| 8 in 10 Businesses Choose Macs |  | According to a Computerworld report, more than 700 surveyed senior IT administrators and C-level executives revealed that Macs are clearly a better choice for their business. Some of the reasons include the ability to virtualize other operating systems and reliability.
"Then, we were talking about onesies and twosies," said Laura DiDio, researcher at Yankee Group Research Inc, pointing out to an older, similar survey ... [read more >>] | | 30 June 2008, 04:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Survey: iPhone Heavily Searched on the Web |  | If anyone needed further confirmation that Apple's iPhone is slowly, but surely, winning over the hearts of smartphone fans, comScore carried out this study revealing that, in a single month, "iPhone" was searched on the web almost 7 million times. The Study was conducted in April covering only the US market.
As far as keyword ... [read more >>] | | 30 June 2008, 02:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mac vs PC Study Shows Macs Have 1/3 Fewer Problems |  | A study conducted by Nucleus Research, a global provider of research and advisory services, has shown that Macs have 1/3 fewer problems than PCs. Also, the problems are solved faster with Macs, Ian Campbell, Nucleus Research's President and CEO, reveals in a blog post.
"We've been investigating the ROI from Macs versus PCs in the business environment," Ian Campbell says. "I was revie ... [read more >>] | | 03 June 2008, 03:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Net Applications' Stats Show Safari Hit Record Market Share in May 2008 |  | MacDailyNews is reporting that Apple's Safari hit "a new all-time high with 6.25% share of the browsers visiting Net Applications' network" of the web sites it tracks worldwide. Net Applications' Web Browser stats for May 2008 are based on 40,000 "predominantly ecommerce or corporate sites" worldwide.
So, without further ado...:
Net Applications' May 2008 Web Browser Stats:&l ... [read more >>] | | 02 June 2008, 04:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Folks Are Holding Out for 3G iPhone. 3rd Gen iPod Nano Gets Update |  | A survey carried out by the folks at ChangeWave Research has revealed that one quarter of the potential iPhone buyers are holding out for the upcoming 3G model. In the meanwhile, Apple has released firmware 1.1.2 for iPod nano owners, fixing some bugs occurring with the flash-based music player.
"Assuming Apple's next iPhone is 3G-compatible, it's good news for Apple," ChangeWave research head Paul Carton s ... [read more >>] | | 22 May 2008, 03:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| PS3 Is the Console of Choice for Teens |  | It might sound strange for some and natural for others, but one thing is clear: Habbo, one of the largest virtual worlds for teenagers, has conducted a survey to see how users feel about their consoles and got a huge "big up!" for Sony's en ... [read more >>] | | 19 May 2008, 03:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Study: UK Kids Carrying iPods Are 'Hot' Targets for Muggers |  | A study conducted by Design Council has revealed that as many as one in eight children between 11 and 16 years of age has had his/her "hot product" stolen from them. As you would imagine, iPods are among the most preferred media players that thieves are keeping an eye out for.
"Research conducted by the Design Council showed that electronic gadgets such as MP3 players and mobile phones were common targets for t ... [read more >>] | | 15 May 2008, 17:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Study Finds that Few iPhone Owners Are Mac Fans |  | Surveys are generally interesting, especially when they deal with gadgets that people commonly use. This time around the iPhone is taking up quite a lot of space on the industry's scene, but while some say Apple's handsets are paving the way for everyone to embrace and ultimately adopt Mac’s, ( ... [read more >>] | | 02 April 2008, 05:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Survey: Once an Apple Fan, Always an Apple Fan |  | A recent survey conducted by poll by online magazine brandchannel.com has revealed the following: Apple is the most inspiring brand; Apple is the one brand that nearly 2,000 professionals and students (the surveyed folks of course) can't live without. Now that's what I like t ... [read more >>] | | 01 April 2008, 04:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google 4 Times More Admired Than Microsoft |  | When it comes to showing off power of innovating and coming up with new products every day, entangling the Internet in a web of products, all branded, Google cannot be matched. Microsoft is trying its best, making its engineers work towards different goals at the same time, but the Mountain View based company clearly owns the stage.
A recent Fortune and Hay Group survey asking 3,700 experts from dozens of industries to select ... [read more >>] | | 04 March 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Survey - Computer Users Trust Mac OS X Over Windows for Security |  | A recent web poll of more than 350 computer users has revealed that 93% believe Macs will be more targeted by hackers in the future. In light of the discovery of the first "financially motivated malware for Mac OS X," Sophos' poll has also revealed that polled computer user ... [read more >>] | | 14 February 2008, 09:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Ubuntu and Red Hat Are Top Open Source Vendors |  | Alfresco, one of the leading open source alternatives for enterprise content management, has started a poll among its 35,000 members to see what operating systems are the most used. Guess who's leading? Ubuntu and Red Hat!
Among Linux operating systems, Red Hat is the leader with 35% of the votes, followed by Ubuntu wi ... [read more >>] | | 11 February 2008, 10:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Really, the Devil May Cry! We Rule! |  | A survey inspired by the launch of Devil May Cry 4 has just popped out the first results regarding how devilish the UK's population really is. And, if you are to judge the results and believe that everybody was honest, you should get ready to join the devil an ... [read more >>] | | 08 February 2008, 04:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Docs? I’m Not Sure I Know What You’re Talking about… |  | Shocking, you might say, but indeed, it is the truth. 73 percent of the Americans interviewed admitted to never having heard about Google Docs. Well, to be honest, the application only has about 500 thousand users in total, according to compete.com, but that is frequent users with emphasis on frequent. Many have just clicked the "Open as Google Document" option for viewing attachments and have left it at that. Still, they count a ... [read more >>] | | 18 December 2007, 08:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Women Juggle Phone Chatting with Other Activities Better than Men |  | A recent survey revealed that women are better multi-taskers than men when using their mobile phones. This proves their capability of doing other activities when on the phone, as well as using various handset functions at the same time.
For some reason, Nokia was interested if women are indeed more capable of doing more activities at the same time, with one of them being that of mobile phone use. Results showed the common belief that wo ... [read more >>] | | 23 November 2007, 05:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Google Fails with YouTube Ads |  | The Digital Media Owners Image Survey that was conveyed by the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) turned back some ugly numbers for Google regarding the overall experience of UK agencies dealing with digital media owners, numbers that were better kept hidden from the Mountain View giant.
Much to its surprise, only 17% of the respondents mentioned that dealing with YouTube was a beneficial experience for them, lead ... [read more >>] | | 06 November 2007, 05:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Capcom Doesn't Dig the PS3 |  | You might have heard about the latest Capcom-related news, which involves the transformation of Devil May Cry 4 from a PS3-only title to a multi-platform product. While this may infuriate the people over at ... [read more >>] | | 31 October 2007, 12:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Yahoo Mail Survey! Participate Now and Win... |  | It's pretty important to know what aspects of your mail technology must be improved in order to make it more useful for its customers. Also, you have to know which sides are most attractive and which are not because a web-based technology must be built in relation with users' demands in order to satisfy their needs. In case you didn't get it, I was talking about the email providers and especially about Yahoo. Yahoo ... [read more >>] | | 09 October 2007, 16:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Insert Surveys and Questionnaires in Your Website |  | A questionnaire is a type of statistical survey usually related to a specific demographic group to gather information in order to provider better service or goods.
Questionnaires are sharply limited by the fact that respondents must be able to read the questions and respond to them. Thus, for some demographic groups conducting a survey by questionnaire may not be practical.
Questionnaires have advantages over some other types of su ... [read more >>] | | 09 October 2007, 11:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Women Have More Consoles than Men! |  | The result of a recent survey showed that females own more consoles than male gamers, a shocking statistic for a seemingly male-oriented industry. It turns out that 44% of the girls own consoles and just 39% of us males have such a device at home... Could it be that the huge number of masculine gamers who are always online play the newest titles on their girlfriends' consoles?
1,000 respondents took part in this online ... [read more >>] | | 25 September 2007, 04:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Xbox 360 Versus Chocolate |  | The SuperBrands group recently compiled a list of cool brands and the major next-gen consoles were included too. Turns out that the only console that allows you to play Halo 3 right now is not that cool of a gaming device. Sony and Nintendo are way cooler, according to the pol ... [read more >>] | | 14 September 2007, 03:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Did You Know That Your DS Has Touchscreen Capabilities? |  | The title of a piece up on the games section from Yahoo.com reads "Less than half of DS owners know it has a touchscreen!" While the title could just as well say, "Less than half of DS owners don't have a clue as to what it really does", we all get the point – half of the ... [read more >>] | | 10 August 2007, 04:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| 90 Percent of iPhone Buyers Purchased Two Devices |  | The good things in life come in two, or so seem to think the buyers for Apple's recently released iPhone. 90 percent of them consider that all the waiting in line is not worth it unless they double their purchase. Most people bought two handsets on the launch on ... [read more >>] | | 03 July 2007, 06:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| How Single Women Use their Cellulars for Dating |  | The fact that mobile phones are more than just communication devices nowadays is a well known fact. Samsung has just led a survey which revealed that cellulars play a considerable role in organizing the lives of single women.
Many people look in their new handsets fo ... [read more >>] | | 26 June 2007, 03:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Motorola Reveals WiMAX Survey Results |  | Motorola is behind a recently conducted survey, which shows some of the anticipated uses for WiMAX mobile broadband. The most important uses are watching live online news, e-mail related activities (read, compose and send), downloading music and using mobile TV. WiMAX was described in the survey as ... [read more >>] | | 21 June 2007, 09:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| I Tube, YouTube, We All Tube! |  | The Kelsey Group conducted a new survey revealing that 59 percent of the subjects are using online video sharing services like YouTube while more than a half are browsing the Internet for online shopping or just visiting webpages. YouTube is the most popular video product among those surveyed, most of them being attracted by homemade content uploaded by ordinary users. This is not something new, because the parent company Google ... [read more >>] | | 29 May 2007, 10:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Earn Money with Google Earth |  | The Google Earth team introduced a new survey for the downloadable application that will require the users' answers to improve the program. The "User Experience Research" is quite a short form because it asks only a few questions, most of them being related to the Google Earth features. The most interesting aspect of the survey is that you can get paid as the search giant is offering a certain amount of money for certain fee ... [read more >>] | | 24 May 2007, 13:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Up to $100 for Every Google User! |  | If you want to earn some money with ease, then this is probably the simplest way to receive it, because Google wants to pay up to $100 for every user registered for a simple survey. The new study concerns Google's Blogger, the largest blog community on the Internet. According to the information provided by the search giant, you need to be at least 18 years old and spend one to one-and-a-half hours with a Google researcher and answer s ... [read more >>] | | 22 May 2007, 14:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Help Google Improve YouTube |  | YouTube, the online video sharing service acquired by Google in October 2006, is now requiring the users' help to improve the features of the product. The Mountain View-based company published an interesting survey that requires the visitors to answer 4 questions and provide feedback for the YouTube employees. Number one demands you to indicate the overall satisfaction with the video service, allowing several options from ex ... [read more >>] | | 30 April 2007, 03:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Oxygen Icons Survey |  | Started in March 2005, at the Appeal Project meeting, in Berlin, the Oxygen icon theme is now created for the KDE 4 desktop in the SVG format. The use of the scalable vector graphics (SVG) allows the icons to better reflect 3D complex effects, highlights and shadows. Inspired by the OS X Aqua style, Oxygen is oriented not only to the modern and styli ... [read more >>] | | 19 April 2007, 06:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Men Like the Black Ones |  | This is not my personal opinion but it seems that, according to the data gathered by a website dealing with such things, men really like the black ones. Although women also like the same models they go for different colors probably because they need a little more color in their lives.
If you were thinking about what I think you were thinking, then you'll be surprised to find out I'm talking about ... [read more >>] | | 12 March 2007, 10:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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