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Girl Power(Cord): More Girls Using Computers Than Boys
We must be doing something right, ladies, because a new study shows that there are more young girls using computers than young boys.
Much like the study from over a year ago that revealed more women online than men, it showed that not only are more girls using computers, but their mothers are providing more assistance than fathers. New technology in the household looks like it's the provenance of the females in the house!
Texting, Internet and Cell Phones Keep Families in Sync
Today's families are much more likely than any other household types to have cellphones and use the Internet, according to a study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The phone survey of 2,252 adults, between Dec. of 2007 and Jan.
Study Shows Internet Activity Can Strengthen the Aging Brain
It may be time for older folks to stop telling us the computer is rotting our brains. A new study on Internet use and the human brain shows Google searches and spending time online may help stimulate and improve the minds of middle-aged and older Americans.
Researchers at UCLA studied 24 healthy volunteers ages 55 to 76.
Teens Think E-mail Is Sooo 1999
I have a sister in college who I probably e-mail three to five times a day, but it's a rare, rare occasion that she checks her e-mail before we talk on the phone or text each other. While that may be most predictive of our insane phone bills, it also points to something communications analysts have known for a while: Teens don't like e-mail. According to News.com,
more and more, social networks are playing a bigger role than the cell phone.
Have You Ever Made A Video Telephone Call?
With the popularity of webcams and video chatting online you'd think the market for residential video telephony services would be dead, but analysts say the industry will likely break a billion dollar barrier for the first time this year.
They predict an increasing number of households as well as individual cell phone users around the world will start making video phone calls. According to a recent study, residential video telephony is part of a worldwide push by carriers to create new IP-enabled services for consumers.
Who Talks More On Cell Phones: Men Or Women?
A recent AT&T study found that women are catching up with men when it comes to cell phone usage, but men still spend more time on their cell phones than women.
I happen to think this study, which was part of a yearly Father's Day poll commissioned by AT&T, is at the very least skewed. Most of my female friends would stay on their cell phones all day if they could - while my father, boyfriend and male friends seem to only reach for the phone to plan, check in and check out.
Parents Turn To Kids For Tech Support
Warning: This is one of those, "yeah, I already knew that" stories. Like so many other people from my generation, I dread the late night phone calls from my mom who just remembered she fell in love with a jacket at J.Crew and wants me to go online and find it for her. Not because she doesn't have the ability to go search the website herself, but because she figures I am already online and just a click away.
Study Finds More Spam Mail But Fewer Complaints
Apparently, spam e-mails are on the rise, but people don't seem to be complaining much. According to USA Today, thirty-seven percent of U.S. e-mail users say they are getting more junk in their personal e-mail accounts, and 29 percent see an increase in their work accounts.
Study Shows At Least 25 Countries Block Websites
When friends tell me stories about their companies blocking their access to websites like geeksugar or to MSN chat or gmail, I am shocked with disbelief. Sure some of those sites might hinder productivity, but is it really fair to limit your employees' web access?
Could you imagine living in a country where websites are continually blocked for political, social or various other reasons?
Wi-fi Health Warnings And Fears Called 'Unproven'
When it comes to technology, our health and and studies, the results are often as conclusive and on the mark as our local meteorologists. They offer warnings, note potential rain clouds, but never seem to be on the mark. Two weeks ago I read that WiFis dangerous for kids, a few months ago I read about a woman allergic to wifi, cell phones and electromagnetic fields and even considered buying wireless blocking paint, for my bedroom.
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