Survey Shows Social Media Users Lack Etiquette

Online users in the United States lack social media etiquette, according to a national survey from MyLife.com.
Commissioned by the website through analytics firm SurveyMonkey, the online survey of 890 adults living in the United States revealed the rapid growth of questionable behavior among social media users in the country.
MyLife found that some chunks of the US population have socially unacceptable behavior when using social networking sites.
The survey exposed that 88 percent of parents …

Women More Jealous On Facebook Posts That Suggest Infidelity Than Men

Women who think other people can view their troubled relationship’s status on Facebook easily get jealous on posts more than men do.
LiveScience has revealed a new study that asked 226 heterosexual college-level males and females how they would feel after seeing their lover’s photo with the opposite sex on Facebook.
Hypothetically participants could see their partner’s Facebook privacy settings when logged in. So they would know if a photo was visible to other Facebook users or …

Facebook, Internet The Third Wheel In Your Relationship, Says Survey

People give their usernames and passwords to their dates, read each other’s personal emails and messages, review their partner’s browsing history, post sexy pictures and intimate details online – clearly, the Internet now holds the third wheel in relationships.
According to a Valentine’s Day study by research firm Abine, the Internet now watches people as they themselves unfold their romantic lives online.
Abine privacy analyst Sarah Downey says love can make people go crazy, so much so …

More Men Than Women Make Time For Dating, Says Survey

A new study by It’s Just Lunch has revealed that American men and women are switching gender roles in another social aspect of a present-day lifestyle: dating.
The dating service surveyed more than 4,300 single men and women, asked the respondents questions on how they see work-related dating issues, and had two surprising responses from each gender.
The most unexpected of both were answers to how frequently they cancel a date because of work: 50 percent of men always make time for their …

Working Americans Call Their Latest Job Interview ‘Love At First Sight’

From the first date to the follow-up, from regular dating to long-term congenial relationship – man’s courting of a woman is like a job interview.
Digital interviewing platform HireVue has released the results of an Ipsos Public Affairs survey that found almost one-third of the American working class were instantly drawn in their latest job interview, an attraction they compared to love at first sight.
Conducted on February 1-4, 2013, the Ipsos Public Affairs survey took a national sample …

Barack Obama Named Social Media Person Of 2012

President Barack Obama has been named the top social media person of 2012 in a poll conducted by SocialToaster.
According to the social media marketing firm, 50 percent of the 3,000 Super Fans it surveyed say that Obama is the social media person of the year based on his use and influence in social media.
Super Fans is the firm’s term for power users of social media. According to SocialToaster, these people are mostly social media experts and professionals working with large firms in the …

Apple Riles iPad Owners With Early iPad 4 Debut

Current iPad owners in the US “feel disgruntled” over the timing of the iPad 4 debut which was announced by Apple together with the iPad Mini on October 23.
According to a new survey from Toluna QuickSurveys, 45 percent of US iPad owners feel disgruntled that Apple launched a new iPad only seven months after “The New iPad” was launched.
Apple officially christened the iPad 3 “The New iPad” when it launched the tablet earlier this year.
Apple iPad 3 owners are the most displeased …

Most iPhone, Many BlackBerry and Some Android Owners Will Buy iPhone 5

Apple is set to get a lot of buyers for the iPhone 5 if new data turns out to be prophetic.
According to a survey conducted by TechBargains, 74 percent of current iPhone 4 owners have said that they will buy the iPhone 5 as an upgrade.
Furthermore, the results of the survey conducted by the deals site indicate that a lot of owners of other models of the iPhone are will also buy the iPhone 5 after it is released.

The results show that 67 percent of current iPhone 4S owners while 71 percent of …

Samsung Survey Damages Own Case Against Apple

A survey sponsored by Samsung itself has seemingly hurt its arguments in the ongoing trial between the South Korean company and its rival Apple.
What the Samsung survey revealed to the court was that customers mistook the Samsung advertisement for marketing material made for or by

Facebook Users Don’t Trust Facebook

A new poll carried out by the Associated Press (AP) and CNBC found that social networking giant Facebook has some steep challenges to overcome as it moves ever closer to becoming a public company this week.  Facebook is expected to start trading on Friday.
The AP-CNBC survey of 1,004 Facebook users, conducted between May 3 and May 7, found that 57 percent of Facebook users don’t click on sponsored content or ads and another 26 percent said they rarely do. Facebook depends on advertizing for …