From the report: "U.S. consumers realize large and growing value from online
media. In fact, they now derive more value from online media—net of the
associated costs—than they receive from offline media, according to new
research by The Boston Consulting Group. We call this measure of value
“consumer surplus” and, for online media, it amounts on average to
approximately $970 per U.S. connected consumer, or online user, per year—or
about 2.5 percent of the average annual income in the U.S. The comparable
consumer surplus for offline media is approximately $900." Read more
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Coming and Going on Facebook
From the article: "Two-thirds of
online American adults (67%) are Facebook users, making Facebook the dominant
social networking site in this country. And new findings from the Pew Research
Center’s Internet & American Life Project indicate there is considerable
fluidity in the Facebook user population:
- 61% of current Facebook users say
that at one time or another in the past they have voluntarily taken a
break from using Facebook for a period of several weeks or more.
- 20% of the online adults who do not
currently use Facebook say they once used the site but no longer do so.
- 8% of online adults who do not currently use Facebook are interested in becoming Facebook users in the future." Read more
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Gartner: Social Business Efforts Largely Unsuccessful So Far
From the article: "Many large companies are embracing internal social networks, but for the
most part, they're not getting much from them, according to analyst firm
Gartner.
By 2016, some 50% of enterprises "will have internal Facebook-like
social networks," and 30% of these will be considered to be as crucial as
email and telephones, a Gartner study announced on Tuesday states.
However, through 2015, 80% "of social business efforts will not achieve the intended benefits due to inadequate leadership and an overemphasis on technology," according to the report." Read more
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Twitter Gives Up User Data to Feds 69% of the Time
The total number of information requests increased to 1,009 during the second half of 2012, up from 849 during the first half of the year, according to Twitter's transparency report. Government requests for content removal also increased to 42 from just six." Read more
Monday, January 28, 2013
More Than 700 Million Smartphones Shipped in 2012 as Apple, Samsung Dominate
Samsung shipped an estimated 213 million smartphones — roughly 30 percent of the market — according toStrategy Analytics.
Apple, meanwhile, saw its shipments rise 46 percent to 135.8 million, giving the company about the same 19 percent of the market it had a year earlier." Read more
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
State of the Internet: The Broadband Future Is Faster, but Still Unevenly Distributed
From the article: "We may not be a gigabit nation yet when it comes to
broadband, but the latest data from Akamai shows that the
the number of broadband connections over 10 Mbps — what Akamai dubs “high
broadband” has grown by 73 percent from the third quarter of 2011 to the third
quarter of 2012. The country has also see a 20 percent overall increase in
average speed to 7.2 Mbps over the past year, but the number of people
who have adopted broadband (measured at anything above 4 Mbps) was 62 percent,
which puts the U.S. at No. 12 in the worldwide rankings when it comes to
adoption and No. 9 when it comes to average speeds." Read more
Thursday, January 17, 2013
EHR Adoption Could Exceed 80 Percent by End of 2013, New Study Finds
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Health Online 2013
From the report: "81% of U.S. adults use the internet and 59% say they have
looked online for health information in the past year. 35% of U.S. adults say
they have gone online specifically to try to figure out what medical condition
they or someone else might have.
Online resources join the stream of information flowing in from people's interactions with clinicians, family, and fellow patients. When respondents were asked about the last time they had a serious health issue and to whom they turned for help, either online or offline:
- 70% of U.S. adults got information, care, or support from a doctor or other health care professional.
- 60% got information or support from friends and family.
- 24% got information or support from others who have the same health condition." Read more
Kickstarter Launched 18,000 Projects in 2012; 17 Raised More than $1 Million
From the article: "Kickstarter reports
that its 2.2 million members pledged more than $319 million in 2012, up
221 percent from the year before. But more striking, perhaps, is the scale of
some of Kickstarter’s latest success stories. While no project had raised
$1 million at this time last year, 17 projects
passed that mark in 2012." Read more
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Digital Health Funding Rose 45 Percent in 2012
Huessner, Ki Mae. "Digital Health Funding Rose 45 Percent in 2012." GigaOm, January 7, 2013.
From the article: "According to health tech accelerator Rock Health, investors
poured $1.4 billion into digital health companies last year, which is up 45
percent from 2011. The major areas of interest include healthcare purchasing
tools for consumers, personal health tracking, Electronic Medical records and
hospital administration." Read more
Thursday, January 3, 2013
E-book Reading Jumps; Print Book Reading Declines
From the report: "The population of e-book readers is growing. In the past year, the number of
those who read e-books increased from 16% of all Americans ages 16 and older to
23%. At the same time, the number of those who read printed books in the
previous 12 months fell from 72% of the population ages 16 and older to 67%.
Overall, the number of book readers in late 2012 was 75% of the population
ages 16 and older, a small and statistically insignificant decline from 78% in
late 2011." Read more
Internet Use in Households and by Individuals in 2012
From the report: "The percentage of individuals in the EU who used the internet in 2012 was 73
%. About one third of individuals used the internet on mobile devices away from
home or work. There were significant differences in mobile internet usage
between countries. The shares for individuals who used portable computers or
handheld devices through a mobile phone network or wireless connection away
from home or work were above 50 % in six Member States: Denmark, Ireland,
Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden. The shares were below 20 % in
five Member States: Bulgaria, Italy, Hungary, Lithuania and Romania.
The proportion of households in the EU with access to the internet was 76 %
in 2012, an increase of 6 percentage points compared with 2010. Broadband
access enables higher speed when browsing and performing activities. It has now
reached a level close to saturation among households with internet access. In
the EU27, 72 % of households have access to broadband at home, an increase of
11 percentage points compared with 2010." Read more
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
EHRs May Turn Small Errors Into Big Ones
From the article: "As electronic health record systems become more interconnected, errors may
propagate much farther than under old paper-based systems, a recent study
suggested.
According to a review by the PennsylvaniaPatient Safety Authority, mistakes and near misses involving
electronic health records were analogous to those made with paper-based records
with one caveat: those made with EHRs tend to be amplified and can affect a
larger group of people.
The Authority's study looked at 3,099 reports from Pennsylvania hospitals detailing 3,946 problems. More than 2,700 incidents involved near misses and 15 involved temporary harm to patients.
The study focused on incidents from 2004 to 2012 in which electronic health records were the root cause in the event, as opposed to being incidental.
Electronic health records are designed to be more efficient than paper-based records, but the two systems have one thing in common: they're developed and maintained by people. The most common source of problems identified in the study rested with data entry and, to a much lesser extent, with technical glitches.
Medication errors accounted for about 80% of the cases, or 2,516 reports. Many of the remainder involved lab tests." Read more
Monday, December 17, 2012
Number of Jailed Journalists Sets Global Record
From the report: "Imprisonment of journalists worldwide reached a record high
in 2012, driven in part by the widespread use of charges of terrorism and other
anti-state offenses against critical reporters and editors, the Committee to
Protect Journalists has found. In its annual census of imprisoned journalists,
CPJ identified 232 individuals behind bars on December 1, an increase of 53
over its 2011 tally." Read more
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Social Networking Popular Across Globe
From the report: "Social networking has spread
around the world with remarkable speed. In countries such as Britain,
the United States, Russia, the Czech Republic and Spain, about half of all
adults now use Facebook and similar websites. These sites are also popular in
many lower-income nations, where, once people have access to the internet, they
tend to use it for social networking. Meanwhile, cell phones have become nearly
ubiquitous throughout much of the world, and people are using them in a variety
of ways, including texting and taking pictures. Smart phones are also
increasingly common – roughly half in Britain, the U.S., and Japan have one.
Globally, most smart phone users say they visit social networking sites on
their phone, while many get job, consumer, and political information." Read more
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Lack of Data Analysis Worrisome
According to a report published on Tuesday
by IDC, the market research firm, a large ‘big data gap’ is opening up between
the rapidly expanding digital universe – a measure of all the digital data
created, replicated and consumed in a single year. That data holds potential
analytic value that could have major business, health and societal impact. Only
0.4 per cent of that data are actually being analysed.
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Social Media Use Exploded in 2012, Led by Pinterest
Mlot, Stephanie. "Social Media Use Exploded in 2012, Led by Pinterest." PC Magazine, December 3, 2012.
From the article: "Consumers spend more time on social networks than any other site — about 20 percent via a PC, and 30 percent using a mobile device, Nielsen's Social Media Report revealed.
Still not impressed? The report also tips a 37 percent increase in the total time spent on social media in the U.S., reaching 121 billion minutes in July, compared to 88 billion in summer 2011.
The ultimate social network, Facebook, remains the most-visited in the U.S., and earned the title of most popular Web brand in the U.S. this year. It reached 152.2 million PC visitors, 78.4 million app users, and 74.3 million mobile Web surfers. That dwarfs social sites in all categories (see graphic below), beating No. 2 Blogger by more than 93.7 million PC users. In the mobile app race, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Google+, and Pinterest carry the top five spots." Read more
See also
"The State of the Media: The Social Media Report 2012." Nielsen, 2012.
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Cell Phone Activities 2012
From the report: "Fully 85% of American adults own a cell phone and now use the
devices to do much more than make phone calls. Cell phones have become a portal
for an ever-growing list of activities. In nationally representative phone
surveys in the spring and summer, the Pew Research Center’s Internet &
American Life Project obtained readings on some of the most popular activities
including: 1) Taking pictures (82%), 2) Sending/receiving texts (80%), 3)
Accessing the Internet (56%), and 4) Sending/receiving e-mail (50%)." Read more
Monday, November 26, 2012
Global Internet User Survey Reveals Attitudes, Usage, and Behavior
From the report: "A worldwide survey of more than 10,000 Internet users in 20
countries conducted by the Internet Society revealed attitudes towards the
Internet and user behavior online. The Global Internet User Survey is one of
the broadest surveys of Internet user attitudes on key issues facing the
Internet. This year's survey covered areas such as how users manage personal
information online, attitudes toward the Internet and human rights, censorship,
and the potential for the Internet to address issues such as economic
development and education.
Key findings
from this year's survey cover a broad range of topics.
The Internet and Human Rights:
- Eighty-three percent of respondents
agreed or agreed strongly that access to the Internet should be considered
a basic human right.
- Eighty-nine percent agreed or
agreed strongly that Internet access allows freedom of expression on all
subjects, and 86 percent agreed or agreed strongly that freedom of
expression should be guaranteed.
- Sixty percent of respondents agreed
or agreed strongly that Internet access has contributed significantly to
civil action and political awareness in their country." Read more
Mobile Phones—Especially 3G Ones—Make Economies Grow Faster
Snow, Jackie. "Mobile Phones—Especially 3G Ones—Make Economies Grow Faster." Quartz, November 25, 2012.
From the article: "Now there is evidence that improving mobile Internet access
helps economies too. A recent study
examined the effect of faster 3G wireless data connections replacing slower 2G
ones. The study by the GSM Association mobile trade group, Deloitte and Cisco,
looked at 96 developed and developing markets from 2008 to 2011. When a market
experienced a 10% shift from 2G to 3G, GDP per capita growth increased by an
average of 0.15 percentage points. A separate look into 14 countries between
2005 to 2010 found that a doubling of mobile data use led to an increase of 0.5
percentage points in per capita growth." Read more
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