Face the facts, Facebook: 3 out of 5 social networkers still use MySpace
Among social network users, 68 percent visit Facebook weekly, according to the latest annual survey of 40,000 American Net users by Forrester Research. But a nearly equal 59 percent visit MySpace — a healthy dose of traffic for a site that Internet hipsters like to… Continue Reading
TV time holds steady against the Internet
In the past five years, Americans have dropped their time spent with radio and newspapers by nearly one-fifth, according to Forrester Research’s latest Internet use survey. In return, they’ve more than doubled their Internet usage, jumping from six hours per week average to more than… Continue Reading
Heads up, hipsters: Oldsters are catching up in online time
Another surprise stat in Forrester Research’s annual Internet use survey of 40,000 Americans, which came out today: Generation Y users, ages 18 to 29, lead in time spent online, logging just over 19 hours per week on average for work and non-work purposes. But the… Continue Reading
Americans, stabilized at 12 hours per week online, are goofing off smarter not harder
Forrester Research’s annual survey of Internet users is a serious matter. The company collected responses from 40,000 Americans in January and February and has been crunching the data for months. This year, Forrester found that while more households have broadband than ever before, “most media… Continue Reading
Study: iPhone users were an elite group … more than a year ago
Owners of Apple’s iPhone are younger, richer, more educated and more likely to access the web from their phones compared to other smartphone owners, according to a new study released today by Forrester.
You can find the study on the Forrester website, but it costs $749… Continue Reading
Enterprise Web 2.0 to reach $4.6B — but who’s making the money?
Enterprise spending on Web 2.0 technologies like blogs, wikis and mashups will grow at a healthy rate of 43 percent annually, reaching $4.6 billion in 2013, according to a new report from Forrester analyst G. Oliver Young. There’s been some uncertainty about the best way… Continue Reading
Roundup: Amazon S3, VentureBeat go down, Montalvo’s mobile chip and more
1. Amazon S3, VentureBeat go down
2. Montalvo Systems vs. Intel, with chip for handheld devices
3. Fox Interactive to introduce “music Hulu for MySpace”
4. Yahoo’s board moving against Yang
5. Google searchers are wealthier, buy more online
6. Xobni hires Jeff Bonforte away from Yahoo, to be its… Continue Reading