According to a study, almost half of personal computers (PCs) in the world use illegal software of some sort. The study also shows that hardware theft is more rampant in more sophisticated and developing economies. In a study conducted by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), it found that 13 percent of PC users in the world buy genuine software, while 40 percent of the...
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A study by research firm Juniper Reseahow’s predicts that shipments of touchscreen-only smartphones will surpass 700 million per year in 2016, 72 percent of total shipments compared to half in 2010. Extensive research into upcoming and recent mobile phone models found a trend going away from keyboard-only interfaces, and with one of the top smartphone manufacturer...
A study by Juniper Research shows that mobile video calling prospects have improved in the last eighteen months due to the increasing availability of front-facing cameras on mobile phones, the release of video calling services by mobile carriers, and improvements in technology. The increasing dominance of smartphones in developed markets and the simple way of downloading...
According to a study by telecommunications watchdog Ofcom, a lot of people from the UK are addicted to their smartphones, with it being used for 24 hours a day. The study show how the devices are quickly changing people’s social behavior. The research showed that more than one third (37 percent) of adults and majority of teens (at 50 percent) say they are highly...
After thoroughly reviewing eight of the world’s leading tabled devices, iSuppli has released their latest tablet teardown results. The analysts have pitted both the original iPad and iPad 2 against Motorola’s Xoom, BlackBerry’s Playbook, Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, the Asus Eee Pad and HP’s Touchpad. iSuppli found that the iPad leads the tablet...
Nearly a fifth, or 19 percent, of people from the United Kingdom say that they could not live without their iPhones, according to a study on consumers’ must-have devices and misfire purchases by online shopping website VoucherCodes.co.uk. The survey, which has 3,000 respondents, was headed by research firm OnePoll on February this year. The survey found that while...
Not much is known about the Apple iPhone 5, not its release date, not its new specs, not the new features the phone will have, and not how much it will cost. We are basing specs on rumors that float around the internet for some time now. Even though we are only relying on hearsays, people in the U.S. say that they want one. According to a survey conducted by PriceGrabber.com,...
A study by electronics site Retrevo shows that Apple’s domination of the tablet market could be in danger if Amazon launches its own less expensive tablet device. It said that of all non-Apple manufacturers who come up with a new tablet device, Amazon is being considered by most people because of its reputation and price. If Amazon enters the tablet PC market with...
Brits find it hard to have interests or hobbies outside of their work. Due to the lack of time, most people have no other activities aside from going to the pub or the gym. A new research conducted by Nikon UK found that less than a third of people in the UK have a regular hobby outside work. One in five said they wished they had more activities, which is pretty unsurprising...
A study by Keynote Systems revealed that Virgin Racing takes the top position with online performance, while the Williams website struggled because of its flash rich content. Keynote Systems, the world’s leader in Internet and mobile cloud monitoring, tracked the performance of the home pages of Formula 1 teams using real browser monitoring every important race weekends....