According to a recent Ofcom study, the UK has become addicted to smartphones with over a quarter of adults and nearly half of all teens now owning a smartphone, while 37 per cent of adults and 60 per cent of teens are ‘highly addicted’ to them. Smartphone users make more calls and texts than regular [...]
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UK Adults Prefer iPhone But Teenagers Opt For Blackberries
Posted in All, iPhone / iPad, Mobile Electronics
Tags: Apple, blackberry, iphone, ofcom, rim, study
Consumers who bring their own technology to work are more efficient
A Citrix Online study suggests that employee use of personal communications devices leads to an increase in productivity of around 30%. The study which sampled senior executives and managers in 700 small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across France, Germany and the UK ‘examined how consumer-focused communications devices are being adopted in the workplace, as part [...]
Posted in All, Mobile Electronics, Social
Tags: citrix, ipad, iphone, online, productivity, study
One in three people ‘overwhelmed by technology’
The Telegraph has a story based on research from Cambridge University that indicates that a third of people have felt overwhelmed by technology – but children still prefer face-to-face communication. The eight-month research project, which also examined other countries, found that while Britons overwhelmingly viewed new technology such as mobile phones and social networks as [...]
Global TNS study reveals UK as European leader in mobile social networking
A Global TNS study has been released showing the UK as the European leader in mobile social networking. TNS, the world’s largest market research company, today revealed the results of its survey comprising of more than 25,000 hours of interviews with over 34,000 consumers aged 16 – 60 years of age in 43 countries. The [...]





