Spam: How it is hurting email and degrading life on the Internet
Internet users are frustrated and unhappy about spam, as they see it making email less reliable, effective, and fun.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Internet users are frustrated and unhappy about spam, as they see it making email less reliable, effective, and fun.
The number of American adults downloading music continues to grow and two-thirds of those who download or share files say they don’t care whether the files are copyrighted or not.
Email has become an increasingly popular and potent tool for political communication in America.
40 million Americans, one third of all Internet users, have looked online for information about a place to live.
85% of American Internet users have ever used an online search engine to find information on the Web and 29% of Internet users rely on a search engine on a typical day. Only the act of sending or reading email outranks search-engine queries as an on…
Americans take advantage of the Internet while executing their holiday plans—from online shopping, and sending of e-greetings, to travel, party and event planning.
Online Americans have great concerns about breaches of privacy. At the same time, they do a striking number of intimate and trusting things on the Internet, and the overwhelming majority has never had a seriously harmful thing happen to them online.
Women surge online and are even more enthusiastic than men about the way email improves their connections and increases their communication with key family members and friends
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