Surveys

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Facebook Beats Toilets In Survey Of ‘Things You Can’t Live Without’

9:15AM September 12, 2011 | Jack Loftus

To urinate or update Facebook with pics from last night’s drunken debauchery? That is the fundamental anatomical pop culture question for our time. More »


Cars

The Most Horrific Traffic In The Entire World

1:20AM September 9, 2011 | Sam Biddle

LA and New York must have the worst commutes known to mankind, right? Totally wrong. It gets, much, much worse — according to IBM’s recent global survey of automotive horror, those two cities are among the best. What’re the worst? More »


Geek Out

Android Users 12% More Likely To Own Pets, And Other Pointless Survey Findings

8:40AM August 17, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Normally we don’t like to give much credence to PR stunt surveys, but Hunch polled 15,000 people — FIFTEEN THOUSAND — and found some surprising results. Did you know that iPhoners eat rice bubbles, and Android-droids prefer Cheerios? More »


Mobile

Why More People Watch Mobile Video At Home Than On The Bus

10:19AM August 2, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Smartphones and tablets are supposed to be mobile devices, but the freedom to watch movies on the go is apparently lost on many people. More »


Online

Cheating Ladies Are Sexting Without Shame

7:40AM July 16, 2011 | Anna North

A new study purports to show that women are actually more likely to engage in sexting than men are. But a closer look reveals a different picture of the findings. More »


Mobile

One Third Of iPhone Users Think They Already Have 4G

8:00AM July 13, 2011 | Mat Honan

Our friends at The Loop found a pretty interesting survey that finds 34 per cent of all iPhone owners think their phones have 4G. Of course, the actual number of people with 4G iPhones is zero. More »


Online

The American Workforce Loves Its Porn

4:20AM July 13, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

Surprising no one, it turns out Americans are watching porn at work. In a recent survey, 3 per cent of Americans who are online at the office reported watching porn from the comfort of their cubicles. Come on, people, we know better than this. More »


Mobile

Breaking: Rich People Have Smartphones

11:20AM July 12, 2011 | Mat Honan

If you earn more than $75,000 a year in the US, you probably have a smartphone. That’s not too surprising, but a lot of other information in this new Pew study of smartphone adoption is. More »


Geek Out

Most Hipsters Don’t Know Why They Celebrate The Fourth Of July

9:15AM July 5, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

In case you didn’t know, the Fourth of July isn’t about booze and explosives. It has a historic meaning that celebrates one of the biggest events in the life of the US. More »


Mobile

Smartphone Sales Beating Dumbphone Sales For The First Time

3:40AM July 1, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Nielsen’s new national survey of US mobile phone customers reveals that smartphones are outpacing traditional feature phones for the first time ever. More »