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Yvonne Garth

2010 Mobile Access survey: Calls not important feature : Product Reviews Net - 0 views

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    "Cell phones have changed a lot over the years, and their main functions was to make calls - so how come the recent 2010 Mobile Access survey shows that making calls is not the most important feature? This was certainly bound to happen once SMS and other such features came about."
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    The article explains how the cell phone is not mainly used for making calls in 2010, but is used to access the Internet.
erika webb

Digital Divide Opens Up in Patient Use of Online Medical Records - iVillage - 0 views

  • That said, less than 10 percent of Americans appear to be using electronic medical records, with almost half saying they're not even clear if their doctor actually offers access, according to a Harris Interactive/HealthDay survey of more than 2,000 American adults
  • blacks and Hispanics were only half as likely to sign up for personal health record access compared with white patients, the authors noted, and the wealthiest patients were 14 percent more likely to initiate personal health record use than the poorest patients.
  • Older patients, between the ages of 51 and 65, constituted the largest slice of the high-user group, they found, accounting for four in 10 among such patients.
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    Article regarding the disparity in use of online medical records.
Angela McCauley

JAMA -- Use of the Internet and E-mail for Health Care Information: Results From a Nati... - 0 views

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    Using internet and email for health care information.
erika webb

Major survey reveals why older people are increasingly on the wrong side of the 'digita... - 0 views

  • “I have had letters and calls from many, many readers whose opinions back up this report and reveal a lack of interest and even a huge distrust of the web, and there are probably millions of people who are determined never to consider even trying to operate a computer.”
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      I think this is very true. My grandmother has never used anything more advanced than a typewriter and she is very skeptical about the internet.
  • So why aren’t older people using the web? According to Professor Bill Dutton, who directs OxIS, trust in the Internet is based largely on experience with this technology. As he said: “Getting elders to experience the Internet, when they distrust it, is the central challenge.”
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    Burks - I'm experimenting with this, as it is new to me...can you point out anything I might do or try differently?
Lucas Jockisch

Social Media Services That Work For You and Marketing? : Product Reviews Net - 0 views

  • The reason for this post was to get some feedback from our readers, and to find out what social media services you use that work well for you. This can be on a personal level or business level.
  • The popularity of social media marketing and tips for social networks is growing now faster than any year before, and 2011 is set to only increase with businesses and brands embracing these social services more than before
Yvonne Garth

Majority of Consumers Research Online before Buying - Business Industry - DigitalCamera... - 0 views

  • The study "Understanding How Consumers Use the Internet to Research and Shop for CE (consumer electronics) Products" consisted of a 25-minute survey of a sample consumer group who bought or were planning on purchasing electronics, including mobile phones, computers, digital media players, televisions, and digital cameras. In the study, CEA and Yahoo! tracked $32.5 billion worth of purchases and found that $25.1 billion, 77 percent, of those purchases were made after Internet research.
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    This article shows how many people research a product online before making a purchase. -Yvonne Garth
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