About 219 graduate and undergraduate students of Ohio Dominican University and Ohio State University were recently surveyed on the effects of Facebook. The study by Adam Duberstein and Aryn Karpinski found out that students who use Facebook got lower grades than their peers who do not use the famous social network. more »
All these reports and talks about the recession, layoffs, salary cuts, and price slash can be a bit depressing. It’s true that most employees can only do so much to save themselves and still afford to live but apparently, some (evil) employees are doing something to earn more money even after being laid off from their jobs. more »
Studying almost 10,000 teenagers in Taiwan yielded to a report that those addicted to Internet have shown and admitted to doing some sort of violence over the past year. more »
According to a study by Wakefield Research, a great majority of college students now prefer WiFi over many thinds. The research found out that about 90 percent of students in college think that WiFi access is very important to their schooling. more »
According to a recent research by Nielsen Mobile, Americans now send text messages more than they use the mobile phone for calls. A typical American subscriber now receives and sends an average of 357 SMS messages. more »
Before, mobile phones were banned in schools and classrooms because they could be tools for cheating. But now, they’ve become more than just communication tools because some teachers are already using them to send educational podcasts, virtual handouts, and e-mails. more »
Next month marks the ten years of my ‘text messaging’ life. Yes, it’s been ten years now that I’ve been exhausting my fingers to do the talking aside from typing on the keyboard. But in the US, it’s only now that “texting” is really picking up. more »
Well, there’s one section of the tech-fun industry that definitely is planning to rake some heavy moolah! Wondering which one? The game consoles industry. Internet-connected game consoles will generate $8 billion in revenue for the Big Three companies through online content and services in 2013, according to a report released this week by research firm Parks Associates. more »
Consumer reviews play a big part in purchase decisions for online shoppers in the US, according to a June 2008 Opinion Research Corporation study. A full 61% of respondents said they had checked online reviews, blogs and other online customer feedback before buying a new product or service. Search engines were the preferred way to research purchases. Of those who looked for reviews and other feedback, more than eight out of 10 said such evaluations had at least some influence on their purchases. more »
Studien der Marktforscher von Harris Interactive zufolge ist das Internet mittlerweile das Medium, das Kaufentscheidungen von Konsumenten am meisten beeinflusst.
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