May 14th, 2012
 Mobility, enterprise computing and consumer electronics companies in the high-tech industry are being heavily impacted by a new business model called “superstacks,” according to new Accenture (NYSE: ACN) research. Accenture defines a superstack as a more extensive and cohesive integration of operating systems, semiconductor chips, devices, applications and end-user services than the industry has traditionally ...
May 14th, 2012
 May marks the time of the year when college graduates enter the workforce. The first step in this process is the interview. How should you prepare to meet with a hiring manager? What can you do to help yourself get an offer? When Denny Strigl, former Verizon Wireless CEO and author of “Managers, Can You Hear ...
May 11th, 2012
 A new report from the Pew Internet in American Life Project finds that 74% of smartphone owners use their phone to get real-time location-based information, and 18% use a geosocial service to “check in” to certain locations or share their location with friends. Over the past year, smartphone ownership among American adults has risen from ...
May 11th, 2012
 An overwhelming 82% to 15% majority of adults believe recent events have shown that “Wall Street should be subject to tougher regulation,” according to The Harris Poll. At the same time, by almost 2-to-1, a strong 62% to 34% majority believes that “Wall Street is absolutely essential”. One reason for this conflict is that over ...
May 11th, 2012
 Are you playing social online games less? Or do you see fewer new people playing? Online social gaming has become a major moneymaker and is going to continue to grow, though the rate of growth is slowing considerably, according to a new national consumer study by Frank N. Magid Associates conducted in late March of ...
May 11th, 2012
 Retailers increasingly understand the need to make the store more relevant for today’s smarter, better-informed customers, but vast differences in how they plan on acting on that need, according to ”The 2012 Retail Store: In Transition” from Retail Systems Research. The research is available for free download. “In-store technologies are critical to improving the customer experience,” said Paula ...
May 11th, 2012
 Cable operators are rushing to push content and services to a wide range of consumer devices, including iPads and smartphones, but the lack of management software to track and coordinate delivery platforms will cause some MSOs considerable pain, according to the latest report from Heavy Reading Cable Industry Insider, a subscription research service from Heavy Reading. Cable’s ...
May 11th, 2012
 The mobile handset, smartphone, and tablet chip markets have seen tremendous growth in the last 5 years, driven by innovative new products like Apple’s iPhone and iPad, and Google’s Android phones and tablets. A new report from Global Information Inc. says the mobile phone and chip markets continue explosive growth as a result and are ...
May 11th, 2012
 The last 12 months have seen a huge 202% increase in mobile web traffic with more than one in ten consumers now using their Smartphones to access the web and a further 3.5% of all visits arriving through a Tablet device. So says Latitude Digital Marketing, the digital arm of direct marketing business Callcredit Information Group, in its ...
May 10th, 2012
 The majority of consumers believe video games should encourage physical activity and that “physically active” video games can complement traditional exercise, according to a new survey released today by UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH). “UnitedHealth Group’s survey shows that consumers are looking for ways to combine physical activity with entertainment for the whole family through video ...
May 10th, 2012
 Physicians’ device and digital media adoption are evolving much faster than anticipated, especially when it comes to tablets, according to the new Taking the Pulse® U.S. 2012 study from healthcare market research and advisory firm Manhattan Research. The study surveyed 3,015 U.S. practicing physicians online in Q1 2012 across more than 25 specialties. Key findings from the Taking the Pulse U.S. ...
May 10th, 2012
 Social media technologies have re-shaped how we interact. But do they help salespeople sell? Not according to the results of two surveys presented at the 2012 annual convention of the Southwestern Psychological Association in Oklahoma, City. The surveys found that sales people vastly prefer tradition methods of contact such as the telephone and face-to-face meetings. The ...
May 10th, 2012
 Findings from a survey undertaken by digital marketing agency, Greenlight, indicate that Google+ might be more successful than most have initially speculated and that Facebook could potentially capture close to a quarter of the search market globally were it to launch a search engine of its own tomorrow. This market share would make Facebook the second ...
May 10th, 2012
 Forty-two percent of Americans are using social media to shop – this equates to nearly 95 million social shoppers in the U.S. – and that number continues to rise, according to a new study by by Leo Burnett/Arc Worldwide. When asked how often social media is used to shop today versus a year ago, almost ...
May 10th, 2012
“Moms & Media 2″ a Meredith Parents Network Survey,” found that for moms born between 1977 and 1994, there is no part of their lives that is media free. From the bathroom (21%) to the bedroom (12%) these moms are checking Facebook, streaming television and reading magazines everywhere and anywhere they go. They are developing entirely ...
May 10th, 2012
 Online retail spending reached $44.3 billion for the quarter, up 17 percent versus year ago, according to digital measurement firm comScore. This represents the tenth consecutive quarter of positive year-over-year growth and sixth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth. Retail E-Commerce (Non-Travel) Growth Rates Excludes Auctions, Autos and Large Corporate Purchases Total U.S. – Home & Work Locations ...
May 9th, 2012
 We’re entering an era of strong visual marketing in which online video, photo-sharing and social networks such as Pinterest are increasingly important to brands. The visual nature of Pinterest accounts for its meteoric rise to the number three social network. Thismoment, a San Francisco provider of social content management software for brands, has four tips for brands ...
May 9th, 2012
 The vast majority of people are using mobile technology today that they do not necessarily trust, according to Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) Trusted Mobility Index. The global survey of 4,037 mobile device users and IT decision-makers found mobile technology adoption is outpacing confidence. According to the survey, individuals are using more mobile devices, applications, services and networks ...
May 9th, 2012
 Latinos will account for more than 80% of the growth in the population of 18- to 29-year-olds over the next few years making them a prime demographic for marketers targeting consumers in the their 20s, says a new Market Research report, “Millennials in the US.” However, marketers need to take into account the ongoing rapid ...
May 9th, 2012
 New research launched by Acision, a mobile messaging firm, shows that SMS is still the most prevalent messaging service in the US today when compared to other messaging services such as ‘Over the Top’ (OTT), Instant Messaging (IM), and (OTT/IM) services. With 61% of respondents stating they own a Smartphone today, 91% of this demographic ...
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