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Who wants the iPhone 4S most? Leeds of course
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RIM beats Apple for loyalty
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Off your Facebook: Drunks make up 76 per cent of photos
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BlackBerry failure could see 1 in 5 move to iPhone
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Study finds mobile phones don't cause cancer
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Off your Facebook: Drunks make up 76 per cent of photos on site in UK
Overly social network 15 December 2011 10:24 GMT TweetOver three quarters of the tagged pictures on Britons' Facebook pages are of drunks, according to a survey carried out by photo book website MyMemory.com. 76 per cent of those polled said that the shots contain one or more people that were under the...
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Study finds mobile phones don't cause cancer
Largest research ever 21 October 2011 8:58 GMT TweetLatest research involving a large section of the Danish population suggests that there is no link between the long-term use of mobile phones and brain cancer.
The study, that was originally published in the bmj.com, involved the analysis data...
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BlackBerry failure could see 1 in 5 move to iPhone
A bad week for RIM 14 October 2011 12:52 GMT TweetIt's not been a great week for BlackBerry, and with the launch of the iPhone 4S, along with all the fandom that goes with it, the news that many BlackBerry users would potentially opt for an iPhone as a direct result of Blackberry’s service...
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The city that wants the iPhone 4S most is... Leeds?
Says Phones4u 13 October 2011 11:35 GMT TweetVirtually everyone the world over is excited about the iPhone 4S, Leeds in particular, who according to Phones4u is the most excited city in the country.
Rather unsurprisingly London follows closely behind, with Birmingham up next. Phones4u...
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RIM beats Apple for brand loyalty, but where does your phone maker come?
Keep it in the family 4 October 2011 16:54 GMT TweetNew figures released by Comscore suggest that BlackBerry owners are the most loyal phone users in the UK, pipping Apple to the top spot.
In the survey, which looks at manufacturer churn rates in the UK in May, June, and July; BlackBerry maker...
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UK download speed above global average
But far behind the leaders 23 September 2011 14:37 GMT TweetBefore you start cursing your ISP when a sudden lag costs you a goal during a game of Fifa online, or means you take a bullet in the head on COD, then take comfort that we're above the global average when it comes to download speeds... just.
A...
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Ravers more likely than rockers to lose iPhones at festivals
Leave home without it 7 July 2011 12:53 GMT TweetGadget insurance provider Protect Your Bubble has released the results of a survey taken from the Wireless Festival, Hyde Park. It showed that 1 in 4 people will lose something at a festival this year, with dance fans apparently most at risk with 1...
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University study shows UK still prefers face-to-face communication
However, hints at dependence on alternatives 5 July 2011 16:05 GMT TweetA study has been conducted by the University of Cambridge that suggests one in three people feel overwhelmed by communications technology.
The study, commissioned by BT to promote the BT Balanced Communications Diet, looked into the impact... -
Bill Gates more influential than Martin Luther King Jnr
The kids of today, eh? 4 March 2011 12:35 GMT TweetBill Gates has topped a top ten list of "world changers", according to Dragon Age 2 publisher Electronic Arts (no, really). A survey of Brits under the age of 25 puts Microsoft founder and chairman Gates at the summit, with Facebook-supremo Mark Zuckerberg...
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iPad success sees rise of two tablet household
According to YouGov survey 21 December 2010 13:32 GMT TweetA recent survey from YouGov highlights the rise of the two tablet household, revealing that nearly 17 per cent of Apple iPad owners state "that there is more than one tablet in their household, either owned by themselves or another family member".
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Royal Society celebrates its 350th anniversary
And surveys 2000 people on future of science 30 November 2010 16:02 GMT TweetThe Royal Society, one of the oldest scientific institutions in the world, has recently celebrated its 350th anniversary (its official foundation date being 28 November 1660) and with it has surveyed 2000 people in order to find out their views on...
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97 per cent of Brits expect all TV to be VOD by 2015
Through connected TVs or services like Virgin Media 10 September 2010 16:27 GMT TweetAccording to a survey commissioned by the Rovi Corporation, a vast majority of UK residents believe that, in the next five years, television will become almost exclusively video-on-demand.
A staggering 97 per cent of those asked, from a poll...
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Gaming overtakes downloading music and films says Ofcom
Consoles key to the figures 20 August 2010 23:49 GMT TweetOnline gaming is now more popular than downloading music and films when it comes to things to do online, according to a new report out by Ofcom.
According to Ofcom’s recent Communications Market Report 2010, 39 per cent of those surveyed...
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UK web users say Foursquare's days are numbered
Survey finds people will switch to Facebook Places 20 August 2010 10:43 GMT TweetHere's some worrying news for Foursquare in the UK. A whopping 82 per cent of users of the Myvouchercodes.co.uk website said they would ditch the location service once Facebook Places launched in the UK.
The site surveyed 1184 British Foursquare...
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Brits spend quarter of waking time on Internet
We said "waking" time 19 August 2010 11:11 GMT TweetThe UK population spends a quarter of its time on the Internet, primarily on social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, according to a survey carried our by Government regulator Ofcom.
In addition, we are each sending four times...
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