Consumer Spending Moderately Rises
Consumers are slightly more likely to spend money in a variety of areas than they have been in the past six months and slightly less likely to reduce spending, according to results of a new Harris...
View ArticleUnauthorized Immigrant Population Stabilizes
As of March 2010, 11.2 million unauthorized immigrants were living in the US, virtually unchanged from a year earlier, according to new estimates from the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew...
View ArticleBing Explicit Core Search Queries Grow 13%
Microsoft Sites, mostly representing the Bing search engine, reported 13% growth in US explicit core search queries between December 2010 and January 2011, according to comScore qSearch data....
View ArticleGrandparents Growing into Major Consumer Segment
There are currently 69.6 million grandparents in the US, a figure expected to grow another 11% to roughly 76 million between now and 2015, according to new data from The Nielsen Company. Nielsen...
View ArticleGlobal Light Vehicle Sales Predicted to Rise 6%
Global new light-vehicle sales this year are projected to reach 76.5 million units in 2011, which would surpass the record of 72 million light vehicles sold in 2010 by about 6%, according to J.D. Power...
View ArticleOnline Romance Becoming Common
Overall, one-third (34%) of online Americans agree it’s possible to have a romantic relationship with someone on the internet, according to [pdf] a new study from Euro RSCG Worldwide. However, data...
View ArticleTV Viewers Multitask
Nearly three-quarters of American consumers are multitasking while watching TV, according to a new study from Deloitte. Data from “State of the Media Democracy” indicates that while watching TV, 42% of...
View ArticleFacebook Surges, Other SocNets Gain Traction
Social networking category leader Facebook continued its momentum as it amassed millions of new users and people spent more and more of their time on the site, according to a new white paper from...
View ArticleSkies Brighten for Cloud Storage
Access to mobile devices and broadband have made the average consumer more connected to the internet than ever and new cloud computing-based online storage models have become real options for the mass...
View ArticleMen Outspend Women in Jan.
On average US men outspent women in January 2011, according to results of a new Gallup Poll. However, women’s average daily spending was up from January 2010 while men’s average daily spending was...
View ArticleHulu Viewers Stay Busy
While online video site Hulu only ranked 10th among US sites in unique visitors during January 2010, those visitors produced high numbers of sessions and viewing minutes, according to new comScore...
View Article8 in 10 Web Users Look for Online Health Data
Eight in 10 US internet users look online for health information, making it the third most popular online pursuit among all those tracked by the Pew Internet Project, following email (94%) and using a...
View ArticleUS Exercise Habits Slightly Improve
The percentage of Americans who said they exercised for at least 30 minutes three or more days per week rose to 51.1% in 2010, up 3% from 49.6% in 2009, according to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being...
View ArticleE-commerce Spending Grows 9% in 2010
Total U.S. e-commerce spending reached $227.6 billion in 2010, up 9% from the previous year, according to a new white paper from comScore. “The 2010 US Digital Year in Review” also indicates that on a...
View ArticleTelecom Leads Q4 DOOH RFPs
The telecommunications industry represented more than 50% of Q4 2010 US RFPs for digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising by significant dollar volume, according to a new report from Adcentricity. This...
View ArticleAndroid Provides More than Half of Smartphone Impressions
Smartphones running the Android OS provided more than half (54%) of total smartphone impressions recorded on the Millennial Media network during January 2011, according to the latest Millennial Mobile...
View ArticleTop 10 Telecom Websites – January 2011
Note: The Experian Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Experian Hitwise...
View ArticleTop 10 Portal Frontpages – January 2011
Note: The Experian Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Experian Hitwise...
View ArticleTop 10 TV Websites – January 2011
Note: The Experian Hitwise data featured is based on US market share of visits as defined by the IAB, which is the percentage of online traffic to the domain or category, from the Experian Hitwise...
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