Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, November 25, 2020 How many online adults regularly manage the contact information in their connected devices? Is this being actively done by younger or older adults? This MetaFAQs looks into the active use of managing contacts by age group and country. About MetaFAQs MetaFAQs are answers to frequently asked questions…
Rapid growth in work group chat app use [MetaFAQs]
Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, November 21, 2020
In response to the pandemic, many online employees began to work at home either occasionally or all the time. One way to collaborate and stay in touch with coworkers and managers is through group chat/discussion apps and platforms. This MetaFAQs details the rapid change between 2019 and 2020 using these communication activities by online employees, including results from the US and Germany.
Smartphone activities by watch OS [TUPdate]
Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, November 19, 2020
The Smartphone-smartwatch connection
Smartwatches offer the promise to extend the user’s experiences. Most are tightly coupled with a smartphone and its ecosystem. We looked into whether smartwatch user’s behaviors are different between iPhones and Android smartphones. Drilling into the MetaFacts TUP/Technology User Profile 2020 results, showed there is not only a gap between OS but also between countries.
Apple MacBooks and Windows notebooks used differently by Americans [MetaFAQs]
Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, November 9, 2020 Are notebooks really that different from each other? Do users use a Windows notebook differently than users of Apple MacBook? This MetaFAQs looks at the regular activities being done with both types to address this question. About MetaFAQs MetaFAQs are answers to frequently asked questions about technology…
Top listening activities by device type and country [MetaFAQs]
Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, November 1, 2020 The major sound-oriented activities are 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…
Smartphones are workhorses [MetaFAQs]
Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, October 15, 2020 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. About MetaFAQs MetaFAQs are answers to…
Top work-related tablet activities by country [MetaFAQs]
Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, October 10, 2020 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. About MetaFAQs MetaFAQs…
Work from home on the shoulders of employees, for now [TUPdate]
Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, September 25, 2020
Working exclusively from home
Are you reading this from home? That makes you one of the 391 million online adults working remotely we found in our TUP/Technology User Profile survey across 6 countries. If you are like the average employee around the world, you are also reading this on your own PC, tablet, or smartphone, and not one provided by your employer.
Home PCs are the new work PCs
The work from home privilege [MetaFacts Pulse Survey]
By Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts
Working from home. While it is a blessing for some and may feel like a curse for others, only a few get the privilege. Being able to work from home during widespread public health safety shutdowns has sustained employment for many employees. It has also brought new challenges for those with school-age children or insufficient technology. It has also brought about faster adoption of certain technology products and services while revealing long-present sociological differences. The differences may persist while many of the technological changes will be temporary and evolutionary, not revolutionary.
MetaFacts work from home study – [Highlights, MetaFacts Pulse Survey]
This TUPdate investigates and profiles working Americans who are working from home. With the COVID-19 pandemic and economic shifts taking place now, many are not technologically ready for a work-at-home or stay-at-home experience.
MetaFacts conducted a series of surveys during the periods March 26-30, 2020, and April 8, 2020.