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Bragging rights ahoy: Facebook is ‘world's best employer'

Andrew Stevenson — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:31:49 +0100

A recent survey, by job and career community Glassdoor, has listed Facebook as the number 1 employer in the world, with Google managing 6th and Microsoft not even listed in the top 50 list. Read more...

Do you want a Windows Phone? 19% of potential buyers do!

Andrew Stevenson — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:04:58 +0000

With Windows Phone getting strong reviews and market share slowly starting to rise, a survey indicates that 19% of people considering a new smartphone will turn to the Windows Phone platform. Read more...

Survey: Majority of US citizens want search engines to block pirated content

John Callaham — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:13:43 +0000

A new survey claims that the majority of the US want search engine such as Google and Bing to block access to links that offer pirated content such as music or movies. Read more...

Microsoft posts mysterious Office 2013 survey: "Want more free time?"

John Callaham — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:47:41 +0000

Microsoft's official Office blog has a link to a new and somewhat mysterious survey that asks questions related to how much free time a person like to have and even if they would pay money for it. Read more...

Survey: Lots of people unaware of Windows 8 before last week

John Callaham — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:45:17 +0000

A new survey, taken before the launch of Windows 8 last week, shows that over 50 percent of the people who were polled had not even heard about the next OS from Microsoft. Read more...

Microsoft ahead of Facebook in favorable impressions

John Callaham — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:47:52 +0100

Microsoft and many other tech companies have a higher favorable impression than Facebook currently does in a new and extensive survey on Facebook. Read more...

Survey: Rich smartphone users less likely to tweet and play games

Stefano Elia — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:11:46 +0100

A recent survey suggests that rich smartphone users prefer using Apple's iPhone and tend to shy away from playing games or tweeting on their phones. Read more...

Survey finds 90% of users don't know about CTRL+F

Owen Williams — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:06:21 +0000

A survey conducted by Google has found that 9 in 10 users have no idea what the CTRL + F shortcut does, nor that such functionality existed. Read more...

One-third of Americans would rather give up sex than their phones, survey says

Michael Collado — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:52:00 +0100

Survey by TeleNav, Inc. reveals that iPhone users are more attached to their phones than other smartphone users. Read more...

Google ranked highest in reputation survey

Evan Senter — Tue, 03 May 2011 05:05:00 +0100

According to a recent polling of 30,000 Americans by Harrison Interactive, Google has the best reputation among 60 well-known companies. This poll occurs once per year, and consists of several dimensions which Harris Interactive compiles... Read more...

Win a Lenovo ThinkCentre M75e desktop for completing a survey

Brad Sams — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:42:24 +0100

Ivy Worldwide has asked us if we would publish a request for members to take part in a survey; Ivy represents bloggers as well as companies like Lenovo who are reaching out to our readers. To... Read more...

Xbox 360 gamers spend up to £63 a month on games in the UK

Byron Hinson — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 21:16:47 +0000

A Microsoft gaming survey that was performed recently in the United Kingdom has found that an Xbox 360 gamer can spend an average of £63 a month on new games. According to Techwatch, the survey states... Read more...

Wikipedia is a man's game

Nicholas Carter — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:40:42 +0000

Wikipedia is 10 years old now and the largest source of knowledge in the land. Available in more than 250 languages and with over 3.5 million articles in English, there is no arguing that Wikipedia... Read more...

$25.3 billion spent on games in U.S. during 2009

Matthew Hopson — Thu, 13 May 2010 02:38:01 +0100

Gamers in the United States are reported to have spent a massive $25.3 billion on videos games during 2009, with used game sales and online sale models accounting for almost half of that figure, according... Read more...

Quarter of British gamers download games

Matthew Hopson — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:55:27 +0000

A survey of British gamers has found that a quarter prefer to purchase and download their games online, often through their console's store, rather than purchase a physical copy from a retail store. According to... Read more...

Youth "cannot live" without the Internet

Matthew Hopson — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:44:56 +0100

A survey published by online charity YouthNet, has found that 75 percent of 16-to-24 year-olds feel that they "couldn't live" without the Internet. The report also found that 82 percent would look online for advice... Read more...

Teens admire Steve Jobs for making the world a better place

Matthew Hopson — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:20:16 +0100

According to a survey by Junior Achievement, Steve Jobs is the most admired entrepreneur amongst 35 percent of teenagers, with nearly two-thirds of respondents who chose him saying they did so because he has "made... Read more...

Survey says 34% won't buy the iPhone 3GS because of AT&T

Kevin Weiner — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:10:07 +0100

According to Gearlog, PriceGrabber, which operates a price-comparison site for online shopping, conducted a poll of 2,411 respondents between June 12 and July 10, asking them about why those consumers have chosen to wait to... Read more...

UK housewives and China top internet use survey

Matthew Hopson — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:47:46 +0000

A survey on Internet use in different countries has shown that housewives in the UK spend more time online than the average Chinese Internet user, according to an article posted by the BBC today. Conducted... Read more...

Over half of adults play video games

Matthew Hopson — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:02:39 +0000

According to a survey released on Sunday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, over half of American adults play video games of some kind. The survey shows that age is the biggest factor,... Read more...