Game enthusiasts who usually wish weekends would last longer may no longer feel bad wheneverMondays come, as a new research shows that it is the best way to buy video games. Interpreting data from a study on buying habits entitled “Best Days of the Week to Shop Online,” writer Jeff Nobbs of Extrabux offers bits of [...]
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Study Says Internet Dependency Akin to Drug Addiction
A study from the University of Maryland reveals that people’s dependence on Internet-connected devices is a psychological phenomenon that is very similar to drug addiction. The researchers asked the 1,000 study participants from around the globe through the school’s International Center for Media & the Public to stay off the Internet for 24 hours and [...]
Surveys Show Increasing Popularity of Online Tax Filing
Analysis of a survey of 1,870 adult and fully employed Americans done by market research provider MarketTools, Inc. reveals that the number of taxpayers filing their tax returns electronically had increased by 5% over last year’s figures, bringing the total percentage to 81% of total tax filings this year. The same research also shows that [...]
Facebooking in the Loo: One in Three Americans Do It
A recent survey by the interactive marketing agency AIS Media reveals that nearly one in three Americans browse Facebook while in the toilet – a finding that is not at all surprising considering that there are now 150 million mobile users of the popular social networking site. Survey respondents were asked if they ever browse [...]
Net Surfers Spend $10 Monthly For Online Digital Purchases
A survey of 755 users conducted from October-November 2010 by the Internet research firm Pew Internet and American Life Project shows that 65% of Internet users spend on digital content and on average purchase $10 worth of downloads monthly. Music is the top download items, followed by software and applications. More people preferred subscribing to [...]
Facebook Rule the US Roost, Beats Google in Number of Visitors
Latest research analysis from Internet research firm Experian Hitwise shows that Facebook trumped all comers as the most visited site in the US last year. Nudging Google into second place, the Facebook powerhouse site accounted for 8.93% of all US visits while perennial number one Google scored 7.19% for second place. Rounding off the top [...]
Americans Tweet More: 8% of US Adults Use Twitter
A study of US Internet users conducted by Pew Research indicates a rise in the use of the social networking site Twitter in adult Americans. This was just one of the interesting findings that the research firm found in the study participated in by more than 2,250 respondents. Eighteen percent of Hispanics and thirteen percent [...]
Be careful what you click on when using Facebook
The security software manufacturer, Bit Defender, has conducted a study among the 14,000 people using a Facebook application called SafeGo. The users of this application are quite possible more security conscious and computer savvy than the average Facebook user, which means that the study results may even be understated – and the results are frightening [...]
Higher Income Means More Internet Use
A report released by Pew Internet show that the more disposable income one has translates to more hours spent browsing the web. The digital divide, apparent at once since tech gadgets and broadband services are expensive and are thus normally out of reach of low-income people, is even more revealing in that even in people [...]
Tweeting More Can Boost GPAs
Using Twitter can help students excel academically besides aiding them socially, a new study from Pennsylvania’s Lock Haven University shows. Sending tweets on homework and extra credit assignments via the 140-character social networking site enable students to boost their grade point averages and be more engaged with the school until graduation. The researchers led by [...]
Most Facebook Users Login at 3PM EST
Using data culled from 1.64 million posts and 7.56 million comments from 1,500 Facebook streams beginning August until October 2010, a three-month study conducted by researchers from social media tool developer Vitrue sought to find patterns in ‘Facebooking’ behaviour in the US. The research has found that most people in the US post and read [...]
Study Says Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill the Worst Ever
A peer-reviewed study shows that the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the largest marine disaster in terms of oil poured into the sea. This was revealed by researchers Timothy Crone and Maya Tolstoy of the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Columbia University who estimated the flow rates during the two distinct episodes [...]
Lithium Loss Seen as Cause of Degraded Lithium-Ion Batteries
An intensive research conducted by scientists from Ohio State University had found evidence on what makes lithium-ion batteries to eventually show degradation and failure after a period of usage. The researchers found that lithium in the used-up batteries have either dried up or considerably reduced, adversely affecting the battery’s charging and discharging processes. Using ultra-modern [...]
Facebook Not the Site to Seek Reliable Health Information
Researchers from Harvard University, Brigham, and Women’s Hospital looked into the usefulness of Facebook in providing health information and came out with the conclusion that the social networking site is not a good source for reliable information, particularly on diabetes. Examining the 15 largest diabetes-oriented Facebook groups, the study commissioned by CVS Caremark looked into [...]
Turkish Men Do Net Surfing at Work While Women Do It At Home
This year’s report of Turkey’s State Planning Organization (DPT) show that Turkish men do most of their Internet surfing while at work while their female counterparts access cyberspace at home, among many IT-related findings. The report shows that net surfing at home is done by 68% of women compared to about 52% of men; accessing [...]
Link Between Facebook and Low GPAs Found
The idea of multitasking isn’t great after all, as a recent research shows that students with Facebook pages open in the ‘background’ while studying get lower grades and GPAs that are 20% below those who are not multitasking. Using 216 students between 19-54 years old as sample, the study conducted for the Learning Sciences and [...]