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One in five Americans wears a smartwatch or fitness tracker, Pew claims

Post author By Randall
Post date January 9, 2020
Categories In activity tracker, Fitness Tracker, gear, pew, pew research, pew research center, Smartwatch, Tech, Wearables

[ad_1] Just don’t ask them about sharing their health data with scientists. Pew warned that there was “no clear consensus” about the acceptability of sharing info in the name of heart disease research. About 41 percent of respondents considered it acceptable, but 35 percent didn’t — and 22 percent were unsure. Approval shot up to […]

Americans believe social networks make the news worse

Post author By Randall
Post date October 2, 2019
Categories In Facebook, fake news, gear, Google, Internet, News, pew, pew research center, Social Media, social network, social networking, study, survey, Tech, Twitter

[ad_1] About 88 percent of those in the study said that social networks favored news outlets with “attention-grabbing articles” — that is, sensationalist fare. Roughly 84 percent said companies liked sites that had many social followers, while 79 percent thought the companies favored news with a specific political stance. There were also gripes about bias, […]