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What tech consumers are actually doing with technology – current MetaFacts TUP/Technology User Profile research results

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Posted on May 5, 2020January 15, 2021 by metafacts

Don’t let seniors fool you as they Zoom from behind [TUPdate/MetaFacts Pulse Survey]

By Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, May 5, 2020

Ageism is widespread in the tech industry. Many younger computer experts had a good laugh when a recent call went out for COBOL programmers. That was, until these relative newbies realized how many citizens would be left waiting for financial support after the recent surge in demand for unemployment checks. Computer experts were even more chagrined then they heard about the hiring bonuses being offered and realized they did not have relevant skills.

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CategoriesActivities, Households, MetaFacts Pulse Survey, TUP 2019, TUPdates, User Profile TagsFacebook, Messenger, Remote working, Seniors, Skype, Technology adoption, Video Calling, Videoconferencing, WFH, Zoom

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Recent MetaFAQs, TUPdates, and Highlights

  • Welcome to MetaFacts’ TUP/Technology User Profile findings!
  • Chromebooks make a tiny dent with parents [MetaFAQs]
  • Key device usage by ethnic/Hispanic income group and household income [MetaFAQs]
  • Key device usage by ethnic/Hispanic group and educational status [MetaFAQs]
  • Video calling and conferencing by those working at home [MetaFAQs]
  • Online Privacy – A Paradoxically Divisive Feature [TUPdate]
  • Apple & Samsung Lead in Multi-Device Loyalty [TUPdate]
  • In Home Mobile Devices, it’s Apple and Google outnumbering Microsoft [TUPdate]
  • Retro to the future? Turntable players as predictors [TUPdate]
  • Smart speakers more talk than action? Voice assistants across platforms [TUPdate]
  • Google+ … Reversing the Polarity? [TUPdate]
  • Digital Feathernesters – it’s not only generational [TUPdate]
  • News and Ad Blocking – A Persistent Challenge [TUPdate]
  • Facebook Avoiders Have Strongest Share Among Younger Adults [TUPdate]
  • Getting Things Done – The Primary Device from PCs to Smartphones [TUPdate]

TUP Topics

  • Activities
  • Amazon
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Communication
  • Connected home
  • Consumer behavior
  • Consumer electronics
  • Dell
  • Demographics
  • Employees
  • Entertainment
  • Epson
  • Facebook
  • Google
  • Hewlett Packard
  • Home PCs
  • HP
  • Installed Base
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • Laptops
  • Market Adoption
  • Market segmentation
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Mobile
  • Mobility
  • Notebook
  • Notebooks
  • Online activities
  • Operating systems
  • PCs
  • Penetration
  • Printers
  • Remote working
  • Shopping
  • Smartphone
  • Smartphones
  • Social Networking
  • Sociodemographics
  • Tablet
  • Tablets
  • Technology adoption
  • Trends
  • Windows

Top MetaFAQs, TUPdates, and Highlights

  • Is there an age skew for using VR Headsets? (MetaFAQs)
  • Home Printing Trends - US 2019 [TUP Highlights]
  • Watching the watches - smartwatches and fitness bands [TUPdate]
  • Samsung - American Customer Profile - TUPdate

TUP Topics

  • Activities
  • Amazon
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Communication
  • Connected home
  • Consumer behavior
  • Consumer electronics
  • Dell
  • Demographics
  • Employees
  • Entertainment
  • Epson
  • Facebook
  • Google
  • Hewlett Packard
  • Home PCs
  • HP
  • Installed Base
  • iPad
  • iPhone
  • Laptops
  • Market Adoption
  • Market segmentation
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Mobile
  • Mobility
  • Notebook
  • Notebooks
  • Online activities
  • Operating systems
  • PCs
  • Penetration
  • Printers
  • Remote working
  • Shopping
  • Smartphone
  • Smartphones
  • Social Networking
  • Sociodemographics
  • Tablet
  • Tablets
  • Technology adoption
  • Trends
  • Windows

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Recent MetaFAQs, TUPdates, and Highlights

  • Welcome to MetaFacts’ TUP/Technology User Profile findings!
  • Chromebooks make a tiny dent with parents [MetaFAQs]
  • Key device usage by ethnic/Hispanic income group and household income [MetaFAQs]
  • Key device usage by ethnic/Hispanic group and educational status [MetaFAQs]
  • Video calling and conferencing by those working at home [MetaFAQs]
  • Online Privacy – A Paradoxically Divisive Feature [TUPdate]
  • Apple & Samsung Lead in Multi-Device Loyalty [TUPdate]
  • In Home Mobile Devices, it’s Apple and Google outnumbering Microsoft [TUPdate]
  • Retro to the future? Turntable players as predictors [TUPdate]
  • Smart speakers more talk than action? Voice assistants across platforms [TUPdate]

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