Category Archives: Technology
Early Independent Research on Google+ Users
Early Independent Research on Google+ Users By Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts The earliest adopters of Google+ are a unique slice of highly-active socially-networked users. Early results are showing a good-news/bad-news combination for Google+: Bad news: Early Google+ users are … Continue reading →
Filed under Consumer research, Households, Market Research, Market Segmentation, Statistics, Technology, TUPdate
Tagged as Activities, AdClick, Advertising, Early adopters, Entertainment, Facebook, Friend, Games, Google, Google Circles, Google Hangouts, Google Sparks, GooglePlus, Launch, Market Adoption, Messaging, Online activities, Penetration, Privacy, Segmentation, Shopping, SNS, Social Networking, Sociodemographics, Technology adoption, Twitter, Unfriend
Are Smartphones really for fun, not communicating?
Are Smartphones really for fun, not communicating? A MetaFacts TUPdate by Dan Ness, Principal Analyst Are Smartphone subscribers more about fun than communication? Is entertainment that much stronger for Smartphone subscribers than for users of Basic Mobile Phones? Is the … Continue reading →
Filed under Market Research, MetaFAQs, Mobile Phones, Technology, Technology User Overview Report, TUP 2010, TUPdate
Tagged as Activities, Android, Apple, Apple iPhone, Blackberry, Communication, Consumer electronics, CTIA, Demographics, Digital imaging, Fun, Games, Gaming, Handset, Instant Messaging, iPhone, iTunes, Market Adoption, Market Research, Market segmentation, Mobile, Mobility, Movies, MP3 Players, Music, Music-intensive, Netflix, News, Nokia, Online activities, Pandora, Penetration, RIM, Smartphone, SMS, Sports, Technology adoption, Text messaging, Trends, TV, Voice, Voicemail, Weather, Wireless
Multi-Platform Usage Shifts-Solid market research from MetaFacts Technology User Profile
Are Smartphones replace PCs? Have they already? Which market segments have and which haven’t? Have netbooks, tablets, and eReaders replaced desktops? Have GPS/PND devices been replaced by direction-finding smartphone apps? Extensive solid information about multi-platform usage shifts–who accesses what technology, and where … Continue reading →
Filed under Busy Mobiles Profile Report, Consumer research, Households, Market Research, Market Segmentation, MetaFAQs, Mobile Phones, Multiple-PC Household, Statistics, Tech Market, Technology, Trends, TUP 2009, TUP 2010
Tagged as Activities, Alternatives, Answers, Apple, Basic mobile phones, Consoles, Consumer behavior, Consumer electronics, Consumer Electronics Stores, CTIA, Demographics, Disruptive, Disruptive Technology, Feature Phones, Forecasting, Gaming, Installed Base, Internet Shopping, Market segmentation, MetaFAQs, Mobile, Mobile Money, Mobile Phones, Mobility, Multiple-PC Household, Netbook, Newslist, Office Supplies, Online shopping, OTT, Penetration, Printer supplies, Questions, Retail, Saturation, Screens, Segmentation, Shopping, Shopping Basket, Smartphone, Social Networking, Sociodemographics, Tablet, Technology adoption, Trends
Communicating – solid market research from MetaFacts Technology User Profile
fExtensive research information about communication is available in TUP – Technology User Profile. It’s been decades since Marvin Gaye “heard it through the grapevine,” and there are more “grapevines” today than you can shake a stick at. It’s important to know which one your … Continue reading →
Filed under Consumer research, Market Segmentation, MetaFAQs, Mobile Phones, Multiple-PC Household, Statistics, Tech Market, Technology, Trends, TUP 2009, TUP 2010
Tagged as Activities, Android, Answers, Apple, Blackberry, Chat, Communicating, Communication, Communications, Consumer behavior, CTIA, Demographics, Droid, email, Facebook, HTC, IM, Installed Base, Internet Shopping, Market Adoption, Market segmentation, MetaFAQs, Microsoft, Mobile, Mobility, Motorola, Netbook, Newslist, Nokia, Penetration, RIM, Segmentation, Smartphone, SMS, Social Networking, Sociodemographics, Sony, Tablet, Technology adoption, Text messaging, Trends, Usage, Usage model, Verizon, Windows Phone
Music – solid market research from MetaFacts Technology User Profile
Extensive information about digital music and which people do and don’t use it is available in TUP – Technology User Profile. Victor Hugo said many years ago: “Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.” Technology … Continue reading →
Filed under Consumer research, Market Research, MetaFAQs, Mobile Phones, Technology, TUP 2009
Tagged as Activities Consumer behavior, Amazon, Amazon Cloud Drive, Apple, Bose, Connected home, Consumer electronics, Demographics, Digital Entertainment, Entertainment, Installed Base, iPhone, iPod, iTouch, Laptop, Market Adoption, Market segmentation, MetaFAQs, Mobile, Mobility, MP3, Music, Music-intensive, Netbook, Newslist, Pandora, Plantronics, Privacy, Smartphones, Sociodemographics, Speakers, Spotify, Tablet, Technology adoption, Zune
