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- Maybe not as clueless as we think?
- A recent article on CNN.com commented on a study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, highlighting the fact that most teenagers arent quite as clueless online as us teachers might think. In fact, while the majority of teens have some sort of online identity, "The Pew Internet...
- Tags: Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-04-23
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- Survey: 48% of consumers would drop data plans if cash was tight
- Almost half, or 48 percent, of consumers said they would drop their mobile data plans completely if they faced financial hardship, according to a new survey. In a poll of more than 1,000 consumers by Strategy Analytics, just 17 percent they would move...
- Tags: Consumer, Mobile, Survey, Data Plan, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Telecommunications, Marketing, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-07-09
- Jumping on the UGC bandwagon is a good move for businesses
- * Jennifer Leggio is on vacation Guest editorial by Cynthia Francis In Guy Kawasaki's own words at his keynote at the first UGCX Conference last month, "Nobodies are the new somebodies." He's right; the Internet combined with User Generated Content UGC levels the playing...
- Tags: Brand, Social Media, Video, Branding, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-04-03
- Study: Tech can overwhelm twentysomethings, but not enough to go offline
- They may have a smartphone that they use to check e-mail, use Facebook, Twitter and stream video, but that doesn't mean twentysomethings revel in being accessible eight different ways, 24/7. According to a study released this week by the Pew Internet and American...
- Tags: Mobile, Mobile Device, Mobile Newbies, Mobile Connectivity, Advertising & Promotion, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Is the U.S. a broadband leader or laggard?
- Back when President Obama was still the President-elect, he made a bold statement about his disappointment with the adoption of broadband in the United States. His quote, to be exact, was: “It is unacceptable that the United States ranks 15th in the world in broadband adoption†But...
- Tags: U.S., Leader, Broadband, NYT, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-02-23
- Twitter's active users grow 900% in one year
- Twitter is growing at a phenomenal rate, according to an employee post on the Twitter blog. Just how phenomenal? Try this: Active users have increased 900% in a year, and two times the traffic that Twitter's website receives heads to Twitter's APIs -- meaning that far more...
- Tags: Blog, Twitter, Tweeters, Blogging, Internet, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-02-13
- Dial-up Internet: Still a demand in 2009?
- Every once in a while, I come across a news item that makes me think that I need to get out of Silicon Valley more often. Today, that came in the form of a news release from Earthlink's PeoplePC, announcing a cost-savings promotion for the company's dial-up...
- Tags: Broadband, Stimulus, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-02-09
- Has the age of 1:1 finally arrived?
- I read an interesting article on PC Magazine last night outlining one columnist's view of personal computing in 2020. The author envisioned, By the year 2020, a majority of tech savvy citizens will be attached to their touch-screen and voice recognition-based smart phones, blurring the lines...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Device, Data Access, Computing, Microsoft Windows 95, Virtual Reality, Smart Phones, Keyboards, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Emerging Technologies, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-12-17
- The domestic digital divide
- We've heard a lot recently about how poor our broadband penetration is in this country. It's true, in fact, that too great a percentage of our students simply don't have access to high-speed internet at home like their European and Asian counterparts. What we all too often overlook...
- Tags: Broadband, Satellite, Hughes, Network Technology, Cable, Broadband Internet, Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Debunking yet another bogus malware study
- Here we go again, with yet another round of bogus reporting about the extent of malware infections in the United States. This morning I read a report by Nick Farrell of The Inquirer, which was accompanied by the screamer headline One in Four US computers infected. It links in turn to a much longer...
- Tags: Adware, OECD, Malware, Computer, Badware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Viruses And Worms, Productivity, Security, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- Writing is important...LOL
- A new study conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project and the National Commission on Writing suggests that both students and their parents believe that writing is extremely important their future success. It also suggests that kids draw a distinction between the electronic communications text and IM...
- Tags: Online Communications, Internet, Instant Messaging, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Demographic progfiles of online purchasers online
- % each demographic group who make up the purchasing and non-purchasing population Online purchasers Haven’t bought online Gender Male 49% 49% Female 51 51 Age 18-29 26 24 30-49 46 37 50-64 23...
- Tags: Pew Internet & American Life Project, Internet, Operational Accounting, Finance, NB
- Blog posts 2008-02-24
- Attitudes about online shopping: by household income
- Less than $25K Between $25K and $40K Between $40K and $60K Between $60K and $100K Greater than $100K Upside of online shopping The internet is the best place to buy items that are hard to find 26% 23% 25% 28% 32% ...
- Tags: Credit Card, Income, Internet, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, NB
- Blog posts 2008-02-23
- 73% of social networking teens posting pictures, 22% - posting video
- Social network users greatly outpace non-social-networking teens in their posting of pictures and photos, with 73% of social networking teens posting pictures, compared to just 16% of those not on social networks. 22% of social networking teens report video posting, compared to 6% of non-social-network users. 32% remix content into...
- Tags: Network, Video, Social Networking Teen, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, NB
- Blog posts 2008-02-14
- 60% of Americans get news about the presidential election from television
- 60% of Americans say they get most of their news about the presidential election from television (local, cable and network outlets combined), down from 68% at comparable points in the 2004 and 2000 campaigns, according Pew Internet & American Life Project. By this measure, the internet is still a secondary...
- Tags: Presidential Election, News, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, NB
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- 59% of young Web users read campaign news online
- Most internet users do not go online for the sole purpose of learning about the campaign. 52% of web users say they “come across†campaign news and information when they are going online to do something else, according Pew Internet & American Life Project. This practice is particularly prevalent among...
- Tags: Web, Web User, Channel Management, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-02-12
- 25% of Americans under 30 use social networks for campaign information
- 27% of Americans under 30 years old (including 37% of those ages 18-24) have gotten campaign information from social networking sites, according Pew Internet & American Life Project. Just 4% of Americans in their 30s, and 1% of those ages 40 and older, have gotten news about the campaign in...
- Tags: Network, Age, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, NB
- Blog posts 2008-02-07
- 60% of young adult Americans get their political news from TV
- Americans 30 years old and younger are almost twice as likely to mention the internet as newspapers as where they get most of their news about the election (46% vs. 24%). 18-29 years-old Americans get more election news from the following sources: 2004 2007 Change ...
- Tags: News, Internet, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, NB
- Blog posts 2008-01-20
- 82% of US teens use social networks for messaging
- Pew Internet and American Life Project provided data on what US teenagers typically do on social networking sites. Post messages to a friend’s page or wall 84% Send private messages to a friend within the social networking system 82% Post comments to a friend’s...
- Tags: Network, Messaging, Friend, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, NB
- Blog posts 2008-01-17
- 42% of teens who are on social networks also have a blog
- 42% of US teens who use social networking sites, also say that they blog. 70% of social network users report reading the blogs of others, and 76% have posted comments to a friend’s blog on a social networking site, according to Pew Internet & American Life Project. by NB
- Tags: Network, Blog, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, NB
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
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