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Shop Till You Drop the Phone
IDC announced today that mobile shoppers will account for 28% or $127 billion of the $447 billion the National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts U.S. consumers will spend this holiday season. “More than one third of smartphone-carrying consumers (who represent 24% … Continue reading
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The InfoStory Quant: How Much Video?
Americans watch on average 30 minutes of Web video daily (40% more than in 2009) compared to five hours of TV. Tipping point in 2015?
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The InfoStory Quant: Cyber Protection
New Unisys Security Index report tells us that 80% of Americans regularly limit access to personal information that can be accessed on social media sites; only 6% never do this 73% of Americans who access the internet regularly update antivirus … Continue reading
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The InfoStory Quant: Health 2.0 or 0.0?
More than 50 percent of U.S. hospitals aren’t in a position to effectively share data about patients to maximize quality of care and eliminate redundancies and error. Only 10 percent to 15 percent of U.S. hospitals are using some form … Continue reading
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The InfoStory Quant: Mobile Rising
76% of cell phone owners (age 18+) use their phones to take pictures Seven in ten cell phone owners send or receive text messages Four in ten access the internet on their phones 35% of U.S. adults have “apps” on … Continue reading
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The InfoStory Quant: eBooks
There are 1.7 million free books on the Internet. Kindle owners buy twice as many books. — Nicholas Negroponte (at the Boston Book Festival today)
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The InfoStory Quant: 181% Annual Growth
181% is what Gartner projects will be the growth rate of tablet PCs (e.g., iPad) sold in 2011, to 54.8 million units. Gartner estimates that by 2014, the number of tablets sold worldwide will reach 208 million, representing 58% of … Continue reading
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InfoStory Quant: Social Networks, the New TV?
The number of people on social networks grew by 8% in the US in the past year (metro China 18%; Europe 11%) according to a new report today from Forrester Research. But there was no growth in the number of … Continue reading
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The InfoStory Quant: 250 million business email subscribers
IDC forecast the number of business email subscribers (e.g., Blackberry) to grow 36.5% annually and surpass 250 million in 2014.
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The InfoStory Quant: 20% of US population playing social games
According to NPD, 20% of the US population (56.8 million) reports having played a game on a social network. This is good news, according to a new study claiming video gamers make faster and more accurate decisions.
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