Category: Polls
Adults ‘missing out on full benefits of apps due to lack of confidence’, claims survey
One in seven of us are not getting the most out of apps due to a lack of confidence and knowledge about how they work, a survey suggests. Some 13% of people feel they are missing out on the full benefits of apps for these reasons – including 12% of Millennials aged 25 to 34…
Strongest May growth for online retail since 2010
Optimism around the Royal Wedding and the forthcoming World Cup led to strong online sales in May, according to IMRG Capgemini After a positive display from the High Street, the sun was also shining online in May, with UK online retail sales up nearly 20% year on year, according to the…
Technology dominates Top 100 World’s Most Valuable Brands. Google and Apple remain top.
Bingeing on Netflix box sets, sharing stories on Facebook and downloading content from Apple’s iTunes and Alibaba’s Ali Picture have contributed to a record year for tech brands in the 2018 BrandZTM Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking released today by WPP and Kantar Millward Brown. Eight out of the Top 10 are technology or tech-related brands. This category continues to dominate the rankings with Google and Apple retaining…
Not so smart. Three quarters of us don’t understand tech terms such as IoT and blockchain
Overall Brits scored 30.8% when tested on 2018 technology terms. 25-34 year olds are the most tech savvy age group, scoring 35% on the test, the least savvy were the 45-54 year olds who scored just 24.7%. The Northern Irish are the most tech savvy in the UK scoring 39.3% on the buzzwords quiz. See how you score on the 2018 tech buzzword quiz A survey from translation…
Employees want tech to boost business productivity, not to monitor performance
Perhaps unsurprisingly, workers want technology that helps them become more efficient rather than helping their bosses snoop on them, a new business report shows. Over half of employees (53%) are prepared to use technology like wearables to boost their own productivity at work. However, three quarters (74%) said no to wearables being used by employers to monitor performance. These…
Have gadgets become too complicated? Over 8 in 10 of us think so, apparently
A huge 84% of the population believe that gadgets have become too complicated One in ten Brits use just 10% of tech on their gadgets Less than a quarter are able to use all of their cars’ functionality More than a third of UK adults only use half of the available technology on their smartphone…
Amazon Prime Day gives July’s online sales a lift – but lowest growth rate in 4 years
UK online retail sales were up 11% year-on-year in July boosted in part by Amazon Prime Day, according to the latest figures from the IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index. However, this was the lowest July growth rate for the index in four years (since July 2013) and last year it was 18.6%. Growth for online sales…
Half of all images are selfies, claims new research
Image: Nearly half of all digital snaps are selfies. Image courtesy of HelloCanvas.co.uk Seems we are a nation of happy snappers, or at least very vain, taking more than 2,000 selfies per year, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 British adults carried out by digital printing website HelloCanvas.co.uk, found that while…
Average Brit uses gadgets 60 times a day
Our reliance on technology has reached such a high level that we now reach for a gadget every 16 minutes on average. That's the main finding of a survey of 1,000 British adults published by ElectricTobacconist.co.uk as part of the UK Gadget Usage Report 2017. It revealed that the average Briton uses smartphones, tablets and Fitbits/activity…
Half of Brit teens would consider engineering career, says report
At last some good news for those worried about the skills shortage, especially with forthcoming Brexit. A new report by recruitment website Jobsite shows that as many as 50% of 16-18 year olds would consider a career in engineering. With an annual shortfall of at least 20,000 skilled workers, generating interest in engineering has been…