Category: Polls
Three in four can’t tell the difference between Home Office jobs and science fiction. Chicken sexer anyone?
Could you tell which sex these chickens are for £40K a year? You could probably give it a go We're used to wacky surveys coming into our inbox to promote a product you probably don't need or want, but this one really caught our eye. Apparently three in four people can't…
Which tech entrepreneur are you? Zuckerberg or Sugar
Are you a tech entrepreneur and if so are you more like Mark Zuckerberg or Alan Sugar in style? IT recruiter Randstad Technologies has created an interactive quiz to find out your personality type. And so far it shows that Mark Zuckerberg is winning with more than a third of IT workers across the UK (37%)…
Internet TV channels, like Netflix and Amazon Prime, set to overtake free UK catch up services this Christmas
39% of UK consumers expected to pay for Internet TV services this Christmas Currently 38% of UK consumers use popular free streaming services like BBC iPlayer, All 4 and ITV Player Worldwide, almost half of Internet TV subscribers plan to cancel within 6 months The UK has the highest consumption of free catch up services…
Sweden has 150% ‘smart device’ penetration. Over twice as high as Italy
North/South divide: Sweden leads the way in European smart device adoption New research today from Yahoo-owned Flurry reveals the differences in smartphone habits across Europe. Tracking over 725,000 apps across 564 million devices in Europe, the survey showed that Sweden has the highest smart device penetration with every man, woman and…
Carphone Warehouse poll shows we are selfie obsessed – 14.5 million selfies a day
Well we probably didn't need a survey to tell us. But anyway there was one and of course it showed us we are indeed a selfie obsessed nation. According to the research, commissioned by Carphone Warehouse, 14.5 million selfies are now taken every day in the UK, with 4.3 million being shared via social media.…
Mobile phone blackspots in home huge problem for 2 in 5 – Liverpool and Cardiff the worst
Kitchens most liable to be mobile dead-zones and therefore best for quiet family dinners Liverpool and Cardiff worst UK cities for blackspots in homes Brits living in Georgian homes and homes built in the Noughties most likely to feel blackspots are marring their indoor mobile experiences If, like me, you spend half your time standing by…
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,…
Kids spend up to 8 hours a day in front of a screen, according to Childwise
It probably doesn't come as a surprise to any parents. But a new report from market research firm Childwise shows that children aged five to 16 spend an average of six and a half hours in front of a screen - over double the amount in 1995. Again perhaps not surprisingly teenage boys spend the…
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…
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…
