Hot-Button Topic: Do Women Buy More Consumer Tech Than Men?

Women spend more than men on consumer electronics. And men spend more than women on consumer electronics. Confused yet? Here’s a different way of looking at it.
In the 1986 movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", Ferris got a computer, while Jeannie got a car.

You Watch a Lot of Web Video. You Watch Way More TV.

Important reminder as we begin the Future of TV discussion: Even for you whippersnappers, watching TV is the equivalent of a part-time job.
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Most Likely iPad Buyer Is a Male, Pet-Owning Gamer (Who May Be a Scientist)

The folks at BlueKai have put together a chart of who is most likely to buy an iPad, and it appears those with both time and money on their hands top the list.
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If You Are Under 45, Chances Are You Have a Smartphone

Though only 30 percent of people between the ages of 55-64 have a smartphone, older Americans are one of the fastest-growing age groups of smartphone buyers.
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You Probably Won’t Change That Dial, Because You’re Busy Checking Email

Forty percent of us watch TV with a clicker in one hand, and an iPad or smartphone in the other.
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Nielsen: Android Outsells iPhone Two to One

Some 56 percent of new smartphone buyers choose Android.
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Killing It on Android: Things Owned by Google. And Facebook!

A cool bit of infoporn from Nielsen.
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iPads No Longer Just for All the Young Dudes

Same goes for smartphones and e-readers.
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Android Owners Spend an Hour a Day Staring at Their Phones

Using the 2011 equivalent of its flagship TV-tracking boxes, Nielsen has found that smartphone owners spend 56 minutes a day browsing the Web or using apps on their devices.
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Why Watch TV at Home When You Have a Perfectly Good iPhone to Squint At?

Here’s another study that says lots of people are watching stuff on their gadgets when they’re just a few feet from their own TVs.
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