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Amazon and Google top UK’s most useful brand list – but BBC and M&S closing the gap

A poll of over 2,300 adults commissioned by digital product and service studio 383 has revealed that Brits see Amazon as the brand that does the most to make their lives easier through digital technology. Well over 1 in 2 respondents said that Amazon was one of the most useful brands in their digital lives,…

28 May 20153 May 2020 Chris Price Amazon, Google, Poll, Polls

House hunters value space for tech gadgets above friends and family

When it comes to picking a home to buy, it seems our gadgets are more important to us than our friends and family. Research from Yorkshire Building Society into house buyers’ likes and dislikes shows more people want space for electricals like big screen TVs than to be close to friends and family. Extra room for…

19 May 201519 May 2015 Chris Price Gadgets, Hi-Fi Systems, Home Appliances, Poll

Plymouth and Preston top list of fastest growing mobile phone crime areas

Mobile phone owners in Plymouth and Preston should watch out. According to figures from insurance company Protect Your Bubble, the two cities have seen the biggest increase in mobile theft crime in the last 12 months with the number of incidents having more than doubled - up 167 and 113 per cent respectively. That's despite…

1 October 20141 October 2014 Chris Price Mobile phones, Poll, Polls

Amazon beats Apple and Argos to top list of Top 50 online retailers

IMRG and comScore have joined forces to produce the Top 50 IMRG Retailer Ranking, a new league table for online retailers. The IMRG Top 50 Retailer Ranking will be published quarterly, and measures visitors to those websites based on comScore’s MMX online audience measurement technology. In the inaugural list, online retail giant Amazon beat Apple…

22 September 201427 June 2022 Chris Price Amazon, Apple, Internet, Poll, Polls

One in eight prefer new iPhone to new partner!

One in eight single men would rather have an iPhone 5 than a new partner – according to a recent survey. The survey of 550 people by money saving website SaleLand.co.uk found that 12% of bachelors would rather get their…

25 September 201318 June 2020 Shinychris iPhone, Mobile phones, Poll

1 in 3 would rather use a health gadget than doctor. NHS could save £36 billion?

Over a third of Brits (35 per cent) would rather turn to health gadgets, like Withings Smart Body Analyser pictured right, instead of visiting the doctor, according to new research published today. The survey conducted by independent shopping price comparison…

18 September 20137 April 2017 Shinychris Health, Poll

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Amazon and Google top UK’s most useful brand list – but BBC and M&S closing the gap

House hunters value space for tech gadgets above friends and family

Plymouth and Preston top list of fastest growing mobile phone crime areas

Amazon beats Apple and Argos to top list of Top 50 online retailers

One in eight prefer new iPhone to new partner!

1 in 3 would rather use a health gadget than doctor. NHS could save £36 billion?

Are laptops and tablets making us ill? Yes, according to nearly 80 per cent of us

Should smartphones be banned from gigs? Yeah Yeah Yeahs spark debate

Over half of us use mobile in bed, latest survey shows (again)