Tag: SURVEY

I bring you news that won't shock but will surely delight! Just over 40% of Steam users have a BitTorrent client installed -- and 75% of those are using uTorrent. Mainline is second with about 10%, with Vuze and BitComet coming in third and fourth place respectively. These delicious statistics have emerged thanks to Steam's hardware and software survey which now includes a breakdown of ...

Urtak is a simple, non-Flash website which lets you craft a survey widget. Each question can be answered with yes, no, or maybe, and once you reply, you get a pie chart illustrating how others replied to the same question. To see how many other people answered a given question you need to hover over the pie diagram (thanks, Aemony!). There is also a nice Javascript animation as you post your ...

News just in: iPhone users are three times more likely to Tweet or Facebook their sexual antics than BlackBerry users. I'll just put into words what you're all thinking: what a big frackin' surprise. Apple users more vapid and self-centered than other-brand gadgeteers? Say it ain't so! In fact, stereotypical Apple users are a classic example of modern-day 'Napoleon complex' (or 'short man ...

Generally, improvements in software are a good thing. Improving something means making it better, right? In the case of Firefox 3's enhanced Awesome Bar, maybe not so much. The Firefox security team has been analyzing data collected from users who declined to upgrade from version 2 to 3 back in May when Mozilla issued a friendly nudge. Those users were given the chance to fill out a ...

There may be a lot of hype about Twitter as the trendiest communication tool out there, but it turns out the service isn't as cool as people make it out to be. Why? Because kids aren't using it at nearly the same rate as older demographics. According to a recent Nielsen survey, only 16% of Twitter's users are under 25. To put that number in perspective, under-25's make up a quarter of the universe ...

It's nice to have a computer capable of running software ranging from Photoshop CS4 to Doom 3. But sometimes all you really want your PC to do is run a web browser, chat application, or media browser. And do you really need to wait 30 seconds to 2 minutes for your whole operating system to boot up just for that? No. Companies like Splashtop have already developed software that lets you boot up a ...

You know that blank stare you got from your parents the first time you gave them your email address? Apparently you're not alone. According to a new survey from Park Associates, nearly one fifth of all heads of household in the US have never used email. And 20 million households are without internet access. That's about 18% of American households.Here are a few more fun facts: Only 7 percent ...

Poll Junkie is a no-frills web service that lets you create simple polls without having to sign up for an account. All you have to do is give your poll a name, a date on which to stop accepting responses, and then you can configure your questions. The site lets you create four types of questions: multiple choice, yes/no, rating, and ranking. You can have multiple questions on one poll, and you can ...

Amazon is sending out a survey to a select group of folks asking what changes they'd like to see to Amazon Unbox, the company's digital video download service. At one point, the survey asks what participants think of several possible improvements to the service: Free video streaming with ads Paid video streaming without ads Burn downloaded movies to DVD for playback on a DVD player ...

It's already possible to make and distribute surveys through Google Docs, but the process can be a pain. As survey-takers log-in to edit the spreadsheet, sometimes they don't follow directions or they edit parts they're not supposed to edit. What's worse is that users have to register with Google in order to use Google Docs, but this new Google Docs feature, called "forms," makes survey ...

The Pew Internet & American Life Project just posted its findings on teens and the web, and it seems to have uncovered much of what we already know about the internet. Here's a bullet point summary of the major findings. With each point, we'll try to name site/service who's users would stereotypically match. AIM: 93% of American teens (ages 12-17) use the web. Many of them use the web to ...

Earlier this year we let you know that Jeffrey Zeldman and his crew at A List Apart were compiling statistics in an online survey for the web design profession. This survey includes insights from many people in this area of expertise including designers, developers, project managers, writers and editors. The survey results have now been released to the public in a freshly designed PDF report. ...

A List Apart wants some information from you for a new survey they have released online. Statistics have never been compiled for the Web Design profession, including designers, developers, project managers, writers and editors. This survey is aiming at tracking such questions as who we are, where we live, job titles, skills, education, and background. By filling out the 37 question survey ...

Have something to get to the bottom of and want to get input from everyone out there? Try QuestionForm, an easy to use online survey creator. This online application gives registered users access to create surveys easily with drag and drop functionality. When they are complete, the surveys can be integrated into webpages, blogs, or social network spaces. As for statistics and reporting, ...

On our own CEO Jason Calacanis posted on his blog yesterday (hey, he's a businessman. He knows about business, man) that Kiko Calendar - one of the many web 2.0 services that sprung like so many weeds - is up for sale on eBay. Jason's post is, in fact, titled bluntly: "AJAX is not a business model." Now forgive me for pimping our CEO's blog a little too much, but the guy might have a point: could ...