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The major sound-oriented activities is not the same for each type of connected device, nor across all of the countries surveyed. This MetaFAQs reports on the top activities for each type of connected device – smartphones, PCs, and tablets – and separately for the US, Germany, the UK, and Japan.
Continue reading “Top listening activities by device type and country [MetaFAQs]”Chromebooks have been offered as a low-cost alternative to full-featured Windows and Apple notebooks. One often-cited segment includes students and their parents. This MetaFAQs looks into the active installed base of Chromebooks among parents in the US, the UK, Germany, Japan, and China.
Continue reading “Chromebooks make a tiny dent with parents [MetaFAQs]”Online Americans use their printers differently than only a few short years ago. As they have increased their use of smartphones and social networks to share personal memories, printing photos or greeting cards have declined. This MetaFAQs reports on the many activities online adults do with their home printers, comparing current results with those from 2016.
Continue reading “Biggest shifts in major home printer activities [MetaFAQs]”Even while taking pictures is a regular part of most American’s lives as an everyday activity with their smartphone, printing them on a home printer is a declining trend. This MetaFAQs reports on the regular use of home printers to print photos and the use of smartphones to take pictures from 2016 through 2020.
Continue reading “Home photo printing declining while smartphone photos are prevalent [MetaFAQs]”How are users using tablets? What are the main activities used on their tablets? Does this vary by country? This MetaFAQs reports on the top 12 activities regularly used on the primary tablet of online adults in the US, the UK, and Germany.
Continue reading “Top tablet activities by country [MetaFAQs]”Since the COVID-19 pandemic, home printers have been increasingly used for work. This growth is primarily among American adults that are neither the youngest nor the oldest. This MetaFAQs reports on the use of home printers for personal activities as well as work-related activities by age group.
Continue reading “Using home printers for work activities is strongest among mid-age groups [MetaFAQs]”Smartphones are in widespread use, as are PCs and tablets. They are being used for more than phone calls. This MetaFAQs looks at the regular smartphone activities of employees in the US, Germany, and China, detailing the work-related activities they do.
Continue reading “Smartphones are workhorses [MetaFAQs]”Ad blocking is an active practice among many online adults. This MetaFAQs looks at the active use of ad-blocking software among the users of any of Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp compared to those not using those platforms. This is detailed for six countries: the US, Germany, the UK, Japan, China, and India.
Continue reading “Active Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp users block ads above average [MetaFAQs]”During the COVID pandemic, many employees were suddenly working from home. Many tapped into their personally-owned devices to get work done. This MetaFAQs looks at the work-related activities being regularly done using a tablet among online adults in the US, the UK, and Germany.
Continue reading “Top work-related tablet activities by country [MetaFAQs]”The home PC has been a central part of the American technology user’s world for years, and while remaining so for many, the home PC is slowly losing its primacy among some market segments.
Home PCs have been challenged by the emerging use of smartphones and tablets, not only among younger Americans. Older Americans have also rapidly adopted smartphones and are starting to discover how to use them well. Home PC makers, software developers, and service providers have worked hard to keep the home PC as a central device, or at least one that is included.
Continue reading “Key home PC trends [TUPdate]”