Fifteen percent of online adults use Twitter, about the same number who said they used the microblogging service last May, according to a study by the Pew Research Center. As of February 2012, some 15% of online adults use Twitter; 8% do so on a typical day. Overall Twitter adoption remains steady, as the 15% […] http://dlvr.it/1fH8Vd
Recruiters devote 19 percent of the time they spend on your LinkedIn profile to looking at your picture, according to a study conducted by TheLadders, a job-matching service for professionals. An eye tracking heatmap constructed by the firm shows that recruiters then look at skills, specialties and older work experiences. Current job position and education […] http://dlvr.it/1dpQsQ
Want to know where all of your money is going? Talk to your hand. More than half of American adults believe technology like smartphones has made it easier to spend money. Only 3 percent say it has made it easier to save, according to a survey conducted for the American Institute of CPAs by Harris […] http://dlvr.it/1cFvNm
Those people in your store with the mobile phones? They’re more likely to browse than buy. That’s the conclusion of Jinal Shah, a digital strategist at JWT in New York. Shah and her team conducted a quantitative study, zeroing in on anyone 18 years old and above who used a smartphone or tablet to shop […] http://dlvr.it/1YxQQm
Gini Dietrich has posted 16 ways to use Pinterest for PR on Ragan PR Daily. She covers some of the basics–think visually, avoid blatant promotion, make sure that the links work. She also lists a few ways to leverage the social network to reach others influential in the media. Here are three of my favorite […] http://dlvr.it/1Y38M3
Nearly 9 in 10 smartphone owners use their devices for consumer research. They are using them to perform real-time searches to help arrange meetings with friends, solve problems or find information to settle an argument, according to a new study from the Pew Internet & American Life project. Within the past 30 days, smartphone or […] http://dlvr.it/1XnM9h
It’s Nurses Week, time to pay tribute to the people who keep us on our feet. For me it’s more than a Hallmark event. Our daughter graduates from nursing school in a year and has learned from the inside the rigors of the profession … as well as the value of digital charting. […] http://dlvr.it/1XGp7X
What’s the best job in the world? Software engineer, according to CareerCast.com, which ranked 200 jobs based on five criteria: physical demands, work environment, income, stress and hiring outlook. (The firm used data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and other government agencies.) The worst job? Lumberjack. Rounding out the top five were actuary, human […] http://dlvr.it/1VjdkQ
Harry Potter is rushing through the Muggle-world train station when he walks into a pillar. He’s on his way into the wizard’s world. You could say he can’t see until he can believe. Or that sometimes the facts, the literal things in life, get in the way. In an era of 140-character messages, Riley Gibson […] http://dlvr.it/1TbzdY
Young women have reversed the gender stereotype on work by saying they now value a high-paying career more than their male counterparts. The results were published last week by the Pew Research Center. “Reversing traditional gender roles, young women now surpass young men in saying that achieving success in a high-paying career or profession is […] http://dlvr.it/1T8QY5
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