The majority (61%) of high speed Internet users watch/download online video content at least once a week and 86 percent do so on a monthly basis, compared to 45 percent and 71 percent respectively, in 2006, according to a new report from Horowitz Associates, Broadband Content and Services 2007.
Study Looks at Internet Use in America
The newest PEW/Internet and American Life study indicates just how important the Internet is becoming in . . . well, American Life. Of the nearly 2800 Americans surveyed, 58% turn to the Internet first for answers.
Internet Crushing TV Networks
Sliding attention isn’t only a problem for newspapers, as ABC, CBS, and NBC all saw viewership decline through 2007.
In Flight Internet Becoming More Popular
Two months ago, we reported that Alaska Air would be the first U.S. airline carrier to test satellite Internet access on their flights. Now, several other airlines have followed suit—but it looks like they might beat Alaska Airlines to the punch.
Mobile Internet Adoption Driven By Better Browsers
High-speed wireless data networks are available to most cell phone users, but few are performing "desktop" activities according to a new report from JupiterResearch, "Mobile Internet: Leave the Browser at Home on the Desktop."
UK Internet Users Want Fast Film Downloads
Internet users in the UK say that being able to download DVD-quality films fast is the service they most want from next-generation broadband, according to a survey from Broadbandchoices.co.uk.
Internet Use Up By 24.3 Percent
According to Compete’s month-to-month statistics, there have been two dips in the amount of time people spent online in the past year, and one of those occurred between August and September. On a year-to-year basis, though, the total amount of time is up by nearly 25 percent.
Author Surprised By Reaction To Internet Study
IT research company Nemertes Research created a stir about the future of the Internet when it published a study about the capacity of the Internet in the coming years.
Nasdaq Internet Index Shows Promise
When we heard that there was a new Nasdaq Internet Index, it sounded like an interesting idea. We’re now even surer of that, as Nasdaq has identified the Index’s component parts. Google, Amazon, and most of the other companies you’d expect to see have all been included.
France, Sweden Top Europe In Blog, Internet Use
I’ve seen a lot of nationalities get insulted online, and no one seems to detect and respond to those insults as quickly as the French. Now I know why: according to a new Forrester Research study, young French Internet users are more likely than just about anyone else in Europe to visit a blog.