Despite the government’s best efforts at scaring people with overblown hypeAnd at labeling people opposed to war as terrorists or traitors And the government and media’s attempt to sell the war as being necessary, good and patrioticOnly 35% of all Am…
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Twitter Used by 8% of Americans, Pew Says
December 9th, 2010 |
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Pew Research said Twitter is used by 8 percent of American adults who use the Internet, with the greatest use among young urban adults and minorities. – Twitter is used by 8 percent of American adults who use the Internet, with
the greatest use among young urban adults and minorities, according to the Pew
Research Center’s
Internet amp; American Life Project.
Twitter, which claims to have about 180 million users, is the leading
microblog serv…
Americans Likely to Check Work E-Mail over the Holidays: Survey
November 24th, 2010 |
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The vast majority (79 percent) of U.S. working adults say they have received work-related e-mails over the holidays. – A survey showed the majority of employed American adults (59 percent) check work e-mails during traditional family holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays. Of these, more than half (55 percent) check work e-mail at least once a day and more than one in four (28 percent) d…
We Can Fix America If We Focus on What ALL Americans – Liberals AND Conservatives – Want
November 19th, 2010 |
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While there are some things that liberals and conservatives will never agree about, there are many things that we already all agree on. Knowing the many things we agree to empowers us, because it helps get us away from the distractions so that we can …
Over five in ten Americans still view George W. Bush as unpopular: USA Today/Gallup Poll
November 11th, 2010 |
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Over five in ten Americans view former president George W. Bush as unpopular, according to a new USA Today/Gallup Poll. Fifty-three percent of 1,021 adults surveyed viewed him unfavorably, the USA Today/Gallup Poll found, and 44 percent favorably, The Politico reports. His popularity has risen a bit since he left office in January 2009, when [...]
Location-Based Services Used by 4% of Americans: Pew Study
November 4th, 2010 |
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A Pew Research Center report finds location-based services are used by a small, but growing, number of Americans. – In its first report on the use of “geosocial” or location-based
services, the Pew Research Centers Internet amp; American Life
project finds that four percent of online adults use a service such as
Foursquare or Gowalla that allows them to share their location with
friends and to find others wh…
Nearly Half of All Americans Believe “The Federal Government Poses An Immediate Threat To The Rights And Freedoms Of Ordinary Citizens”
October 14th, 2010 |
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Painting by Anthony Freda: www.AnthonyFreda.com.A new Gallup poll shows that a majority of Americans view the government as too powerful and obtrusive.The poll found:59% of Americans now believe the federal government has too much power46% believe “the…
E-Readers Owned By One in 10 Americans: Report
September 23rd, 2010 |
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Amazon.com’s Kindle and other e-readers are now owned by nearly one in 10 Americans, according to new survey data from Harris Interactive. Amazon’s new ad campaign targets the iPad. – Eight percent of Americans use an e-reader, according to new data from
Harris Interactive. On top of that, the research firm’s survey found that 12
percent of respondents who do not currently own an e-reader are likely to
purchase one within the next six months.
The Harris Poll questioned 2,775 …
Allegation: Americans Flooded Out Millions in Pakistan to Protect U.S. Drone Military Base
September 14th, 2010 |
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Feryal Ali Gauhar served as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund and is the only UN Goodwill Ambassador who quit over the invasion of Iraq.Gauhar is a Pakistani actress, filmmaker, writer and human rights activist. Her most r…
Mobile Health Devices: Americans Are Willing to Pay for Convenience
September 9th, 2010 |
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PricewaterhouseCoopers finds that 40 percent of Americans would pay for a mobile device to send health data to doctors. Three in 10 Americans would use the telehealth features. – A new report by consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers
reveals that 40 percent of Americans would pay for a mobile device to keep
track of their vital signs and send the data remotely to their doctor.
PwC made the presentation called quot;Healthcare Unwired quot; on Sept. 8
at the mHealth Initi…
Will Americans Pay to Bailout Yet Another Foreign Bank … in Afghanistan?
September 4th, 2010 |
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As I have repeatedly pointed out, American taxpayers have been bailing out foreign banks for years.For example, I noted in May:As the Wall Street Journal points out, the Federal Reserve might open up its “swap lines” again to bail out the Europeans:The…
“1 in 5 Americans see Obama as Muslim”
August 20th, 2010 |
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Pew Research Center poll finds 18 percent of Americans wrongly believe President Barack Obama is Muslim, VOA reports. A new public opinion poll shows 18 percent of Americans wrongly believe President Barack Obama is a Muslim.
Facebook, Twitter Eat Up 23% of Americans’ Time
August 2nd, 2010 |
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Nielsen surveyed 200,000 users from June 2009 to June 2010 and found that the amount of time users spent on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social sites grew from 16 percent to 23 percent. – Social networks and online games have eclipsed Web
portals such as Yahoo and e-mail in use, according to a new report from Nielsen Company
titled quot;What Americans Do Online. quot;
Nielsen surveyed 200,000 users from June 2009 to June
2010 and found that the amount of time users spent on Face…
More Americans Feel at Home on the Mobile Web, Report Finds
July 10th, 2010 |
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Surf’s up! A Pew Research report finds more Americans than ever before are using their cell phones to access the mobile Web, employing a variety of applications such as listening to music and recording video. – Americans are using mobile devices and notebooks to access the mobile Web
more than ever before, according to a report from the Pew
Research Center.
Cell phone and wireless laptop Internet use have each grown more prevalent over
the last year, the report found, with nearly half of all adults (47…
Americans Have Been Bailing Out Foreign Banks for Years … And We’re Getting Ready To Do It Again
May 9th, 2010 |
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As the Wall Street Journal points out, the Federal Reserve might open up its “swap lines” again to bail out the Europeans:The Fed is considering whether to reopen a lending program put in place during the financial crisis in which it shipped dollars ov…
‘Indian Americans catching up in US politics too’
April 20th, 2010 |
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Recipient of this year’s prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honour, Indian American business leader Rao S. Anumolu believes the Indian community, doing an “A+ job” professionally and economically, is now catching on in politics too.
“Indians here are mostly professionals – doctors, engineers and in finance field, etc,” says Anumolu, president and CEO of Long Island [...]
Americans call their politicians ‘crooks,’ ‘idiots’
March 23rd, 2010 |
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Americans are very angry with their lawmakers and have used choice epithets to describe them.
Though their Congressmen have just passed the historical health reform bill to overhaul the nation’s health care system, people are far from pleased with them, according to a survey released by the Pew Research Center Monday.
‘Dysfunctional,’ ‘corrupt,’ ‘crooks,’ ‘idiots,’ ‘lousy,’ ’self-serving,’ [...]
Americans Prefer Accessing News Online, Study Finds
March 1st, 2010 |
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A report from Pew Research finds Americans are increasingly turning to online news sources, which offer the benefits of being mobile and socially connected to sites like Facebook or Twitter.
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A report from the Pew Research Center found Americans are
most likely to get their news online as opposed to reading a newspaper and the
overwhelming majority of Americans (92 percent) use multiple platforms to get
news on a typical day, including national TV, local TV, the Interne…