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Income of online users who bank online

Under $25K 19% $25K-$40K 33 $40K-$60K 42 $60K-$100K 56 Over $100K 69 Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project Survey by NB

Tags: Bank, Pew Internet & American Life Project, Income, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Finance, NB

Blog posts 2008-02-26

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

24% of Americans learn about Presidential campaign online

24% of Americans regularly learn something about the president campaign from the internet, almost the double the percentage from a comparable point in the 2004 campaign (13%), according Pew Internet & American Life Project. by NB

Tags: Pew Internet & American Life Project, Internet, NB

Blog posts 2008-01-14

Notes on new Pew research: Designing for the other 69 percent, and more

The Pew Internet & American Life Project has a valuable new report, A Typology of Information and Communication Technology Users, that weighs in at 65 pages. For those of you interested in the condensed version, here are my notes on the report. When we talk about Web 2.0 here and...

Tags: Business &, Technology

Blog posts 2007-05-07

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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

56% of Internet users send e-mail every day

According to a survey by Pew Internet & American Life Project, in February-March 2007 56% of respondents reported sending email every day. 50% of the respondents stated they first went online for “personal” reasons; 31% said work was the cause; 19% said school was the cause. by NB

Tags: Internet User, E-mail, Internet, Online Communications, NB

Blog posts 2008-02-28

32% of internet users use online classifieds

32% of internet users turn to cyberspace for ads for things they may want to buy or sell, they used online classified ad or sites such as CraigsList. The share of internet users saying they had gone to online classified sites has grown by 10% since September 2005, when 22%...

Tags: Craigslist, Advertisement, Internet User, Online Classifieds, Site, Internet, NB

Blog posts 2008-02-25

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

33% of online teens say they work on pages for others

Those ages 12-17 are more likely to create or contribute to webpages for others than they are to maintain their own site. Currently, 33% of online teens say they create or work on pages for others, including for friends, for groups they belong to, or for school assignments. This incidence...

Tags: Others, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, NB

Blog posts 2008-02-15

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