Neowin News Feed for: Americans

Pew Research Center: 41% of Americans experience online harassment

Paul Hill — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 13:14:01 +0000

The Pew Research Center has published a new study which shows that 41% of Americans have been abused online. The main venue for this abuse was social media websites, mainly Facebook and Twitter. Read more...

Americans Abroad Can Now Vote Online

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:13:14 +0000

This year, for the first time, expatriate Democrats can cast their ballots on the Internet in a presidential primary for people living outside the United States. Democrats Abroad, an official branch of the party representing... Read more...

Americans more wired, says survey

Simon Andrews — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:11:07 +0000

About 38 percent of U.S. consumers are watching TV shows online, 36 percent use their cell phones as entertainment devices and 45 percent are creating online content like Web sites, music, videos and blogs for... Read more...

Bill Gates Again Tops List of Richest Americans

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 21:31:21 +0000

According to Forbes magazine's 25th annual ranking of the 400 richest Americans, Microsoft founder Bill Gates ($59 billion) is the richest person in America for the 14th year in a row, followed by investor Warren... Read more...

Americans Spend $1,200 A Year On Tech Gadgets

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 04:05:03 +0000

In their annual survey, the Consumer Electronics Association has found that U.S. households are spending an average of $1,200 a year on electronic gadgets; the average home has 25 consumer-electronic devices, with the top five... Read more...

Poll: Most Americans Filing Taxes Online

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:26:02 +0000

Most people (54%) file their tax returns electronically now because it's convenient, despite lingering concerns about the security of their most sensitive financial information, according to a new AP-AOL Money & Finance poll. Half of... Read more...

Many Americans See Little Point To Web: Survey

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 17:19:01 +0000

The second annual National Technology Scan conducted by Park Associates, a Dallas-based technology market research firm, have found that 29% of U.S. households (31 million homes) do not have Internet access and do not intend... Read more...

PowerUser.tv Episode 6: Mars, Myst, Lazy Americans and more

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 21:26:10 +0000

Neowin.net's official podcast, PowerUser.tv has posted Episode 6. This week Kristin talks with Tom Chick of Quarter To Three, Derek Batting of Neowin and Brad Wardell of Wincustomize about the possibility of mining on Mars,... Read more...

Majority of Older Americans Prefer to Send E-Mail

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:18:03 +0000

E-mail is replacing handwritten letters and postcards for the majority of older Americans with Internet access, according to a recent survey conducted by E-Poll for Microsoft Corp.'s MSN® TV service. Seventy-nine percent of Internet users... Read more...