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Nielsen study says 88% of tablet owners tab away while watching TV

, Apr 5th 2012 Discuss [1]

There is now solid research to back up the idea that tablets are taking away focus from other, more important things. Like watching TV. A new study from media research group Nielsen has found that an astounding 88% of tablet owners have admitted that they fumble away on their portable device while watching TV, because passive mediums live television just don't enthrall us the way they used to. Read The Full Story

Groupon, LivingSocial, et al do encite repeat business

, Mar 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

There are two reasons that a merchant thinks offering incredible deal on a site like Groupon will be worth the potential loss on such an offer - one is that a large portion of users will never actually redeem the purchased deal, thus lessening the blow of the lost profit from those who do redeem. And the other is by creating such a great customer experience that they'll become a repeat customer, with or without a discount. Read The Full Story

Pew Internet study: more Americans own smartphones than feature phones

, Mar 1st 2012 Discuss [4]

Of all adults in the US who own some kind of mobile phone, 53% have a smartphone. This marks the first time that the number has reached above 50%, meaning those cheap, free phones at the store just aren't cutting it anymore. This is the latest data from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, which has become an expert in tracking the way Americans use technology. Read The Full Story

Princeton Review offers top 10 list of game design schools

, Mar 1st 2012 Discuss [1]

If you're a gamer, there may seem like no cooler collegiate career than studying video game design and programming. What was once an incredibly niche and highly underrepresented major in universities around the country has become one of the most in-demand fields. One of the pioneers in offering such a curriculum, though, the University of Southern California, is still on top. Read The Full Story

Visa-sponsored survey: virtual good spending doubled from 2009

, Feb 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

Visa's digital monetization division PlaySpan commissioned a study that discovered Americans are really getting drawn into the world of virtual goods. Between 2009 and the end of 2011, consumer spending on this growing market has doubled. Last year we ended up spendng $2.3 billion for products and services that only existed in a virtual world. Among US gamers, 35% have purchased a digital item. Read The Full Story

Study finds data throttling isn’t doing what carriers claim

, Feb 24th 2012 Discuss [4]

A new study released by company called Validas claims that data throttling on wireless data plans does nothing to alleviate data congestion on the wireless network. AT&T and others have long claimed that throttling is done on the top users of bandwidth on its network to ensure bandwidth is available for everyone. However, after extracting data from 55,000 cell phone bills that belonged to AT&T and Verizon Wireless customers in 2011 the result show throttling isn't doing anything. Read The Full Story

NTSB says hands free phones are just as risky

, Dec 15th 2011 Discuss [3]

The NTSB has just announced that it has concluded hands free phones are just as risky when compared to holding the phone in your hands while driving. I can’t believe they needed research to tell them that. Distracted is distracted when it comes to driving. It doesn't matter if it's your coffee, a kid in the back seat, your co-worker sitting beside you, or the radio. If you don’t pay attention, driving is dangerous. Read The Full Story

Texting while driving up 50%, 2 out of 10 admit to it

, Dec 9th 2011 Discuss [7]

There is no doubt that anything in the car that can be distracting can lead to accidents and death or serious injury to the driver and others. This is why many cities and states now have a ban on talking while driving without a hands free device. The side effect of the hands free device law in some instances has been an increase in the number of people texting and driving which is possibly more dangerous than driving and talking. Read The Full Story

Creative thinkers are more likely to cheat according to researchers

, Nov 30th 2011 Discuss [2]

This interesting study has been conducted on 97 different university students. The study sought to determine if creative thinkers were more likely to cheat than those that were less creative. The reason for the creative types to be more likely to cheat according to those that ran the study is simply because the more creative participants were able to justify their actions. Read The Full Story

French safety standards for nuclear reactors need updating says study

, Nov 18th 2011 Discuss [0]

After the tragedy that happened this year in Japan with the flooding and tsunami that caused the Fukushima nuclear reactor to leaked radiation, many countries in Europe including France are working to test their nuclear reactors. The tests are to be sure that the plants could withstand a natural disaster without leaking radiation. Read The Full Story

Here’s why studies on Android vs iPhone don’t work

, Nov 3rd 2011 Discuss [52]

This week a study has been done by a wireless service firm by the name of WDS and published by Reuters to offer up the idea that Android repair costs far outweigh their mass appeal due to their wide variety of shapes and sizes. On the other end of the conversation, they put the iPhone on a pedestal, saying that because there are only a few different types of iPhone on the market today, repair costs are low, this giving them a distinct advantage on the carriers they’re with. Let’s have a peek at what they’re saying and yes indeed, tear them apart if they’re wrong.

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Samsung Reported as Top TV Brand in North America 1st Half of 2011

, Sep 9th 2011 Discuss [1]

When you're the king of anything, it's important that other people understand and know that you're the king. When you're Samsung, and you're the king of television sales in North America over the first half of 2011, the people that are going to know about it, especially when it comes to investigating the legitimacy of such a claim, are DisplaySearch, Quixel Research, and iSuppli. Together they've produced findings today that tell a story that can only be construed one way: if you're an avid consumer, Samsung is more than likely sitting in your living room displaying all of your HDMI-converted content through a gigantic screen TV right this minute. Read The Full Story
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