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Confusing online content licenses hinder viewership [with chart]
A new study found that a lot of the confusion regarding online movies and TV shows is caused by the business side of the entertainment industry, not the technology.
Research: audiences prefer not to interrupt shows for social [with infographic]
A majority of people are unlikely to use automatic social alerts that tell friends what entertainment they’re watching or hearing, and they prefer not to comment until it's over, research shows.
Research: almost all magazines have mobile action ads [with chart]
All but one of the top 100 U.S. magazines had a mobile action code in its advertising during the first quarter of 2012, according to a study by Nellymoser, up from 78 percent in Q1 2011.
comScore: Users embracing video on tablets over smartphones [with chart]
ComScore, the digital measurement firm, has released a new report that shows that tablet users are nearly three times more likely to watch video on their devices compared to smartphone users.
Research: mobile data traffic to grow 15 times by 2017 [with...
A new report from Ericsson forecasts, among other things, that PC and tablet mobile subscriptions will almost close the gap with the number of fixed broadband subscriptions by 2017 as consumers continue to demand access at their convenience.
Pew Internet: Twitter usage doubled in the past year [with chart]
Twitter usage continues to grow, even as the number of users has pretty much leveled out in all but the youngest adult age group, according to Pew Internet.
Recorded Future raises $12m for predictive aggregation [with explanatory videovideo]
Recorded Future, a news and social media content aggregator, has raised $12 million in venture capital, led by Balderton Capital.
Research: 80% of heaviest data users are on iPhones [with chart]
iPhone owners account for 80 percent of the heaviest smartphone data users, according to a new report from U.K.-based Analysys Mason.
KPCB's Meeker on mobile, investments and more [with full presentation]
Mary Meeker, the KPCB analyst whose Internet insights are mandatory reading, spoke today at the D10 conference. Her presentation is embedded below, but here are a few takeaways.
Research: Most web searchers use more than one language [with chart]
A considerable majority - 76 percent - of the world’s Internet users conduct searches in more than one language, according to new research.
