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Survey Shows Blogs, Online Product Reviews Significantly Influence Mobile Phone Purchases

WESTERVILLE, Ohio - According to the September 2008 Ad-ology Media Influence on Consumer Choice survey, 60.5 percent of U.S. consumers who recently purchased a mobile or wireless phone said online product reviews and user comments had some or significant influence on their purchase decision.

Survey Shows Blogs, Online Product Reviews Significantly Influence Mobile Phone Purchases

WESTERVILLE, Ohio, BUSINESS WIRE -- According to the September 2008 Ad-ology Media Influence on Consumer Choice survey, 60.5 percent of U.S. consumers who recently purchased a mobile or wireless phone said online product reviews and user comments had some or significant influence on their purchase decision.

Survey Shows Blogs, Online Product Reviews Significantly Influence Mobile Phone Purchases

WESTERVILLE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--According to the September 2008 Ad-ology Media Influence on Consumer Choice survey, 60.5 percent of U.S. consumers who recently purchased a mobile or wireless phone said online product reviews and user comments had some or significant influence on their purchase decision.

Blogs Increasingly Have Power To Influence Health Policy, Improve Discourse on Health Care Issues, HHS Secretary Says

Coverage & Access | Blogs Increasingly Have Power To Influence Health Policy, Improve Discourse on Health Care Issues, HHS Secretary Says

Science in America

The BBC rounds up the influence of science on US presidents past as well and the current candidates. Science, says the article, informs presidential decision-making from energy policy, to war, to the conduction of research in the nation. Physicist Michio Kaku tells the BBC that grasping the science behind building atomic bombs could influence if or when a country goes to war. Nobel laureate Paul Nurse adds that the current stem cell research policy "is absolutely text book stuff of how not to get politics engaged with science." If you're in the UK, you can watch the report here.

Are IT Security Professionals Less Happy?

zentanu writes "It's said that if you want to be happy, be a gardener. What about IT security professionals? Having worked as an IT security consultant for several years, I now wonder if my job has a negative influence on my happiness, because it constantly teaches me to focus on the negative side of life: I always have to think about risks and identify all sorts of things that could go wrong. As an auditor I search for errors that others have made and haughtily tell them. As a penetraion tester I break systems that system engineers and administrators have laboriously built. I assume inside threats and have to be professionally suspicious. The security mindset surely helps me in my job, but is it good for me on the long run? What kind of influence has being an IT security professional had on your general attitude towards life? What helps

Takashinga influence there for all to see

Zimbabwe have named their Board XI squad for the opening match of the tour by Pakistan's National Academy which gets underway next week.

Flintoff hails influence of captain Pietersen

Andrew Flintoff believes the inauguration of Kevin Pietersen as England captain has changed the dressing room dynamic for the better.

Concert traces influence of gypsy music on composers

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Video Games Influence War Robots

August 12, 2008—Real-life war has long influenced video games, but now the shoe is on the other foot: Gaming consoles are influencing the way military robots are controlled.

Sphere of Influence 'Earth Revealed' Exhibit Teaches About Global Warming, Planets

Real-time maps of the weather, current sea-surface temperatures, a NASA shuttle jetting across the sky. It may sound like a space station control room, but it's only the West Pavilion of the Museum of Science and Industry.

Activision says they "influence hardware design"

Blizzard on Battle.Net 2.0: "We want to have a minimum feature-set available" for StarCraft II launch (StarCraft II)

Gas prices, iPhone influence enterprise mobile decisions

Broadband Service Provider Trident SR Sdn. Bhd.

Hubbub shows bloggers' influence

Republican candidate John McCain's staffers may deplore the online rumor mill that forced them to announce the pregnancy of newly minted running mate Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter.

11:59am Bloggers influence on US race

Bristol Palin, the 17-year-old daughter of Sarah Palin, holds her brother Trig. Bristol is about five months pregnant and is going to keep the child and marry the father (Reuters)

Genes And Nutrition Influence Caste In Unusual Species Of Harvester Ant

Researchers trying to determine whether nature or nurture determines an ant’s status in the colony have found a surprising answer. Both.

Genes and Nutrition Influence Caste in Unusual Species of Harvester Ant

Is nature or nurture more important in determining an ant’s status in the colony? That is the question researchers posed in a new study of the Florida harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex badius, a resilient creature found in many parts of the southeastern United States. The answer? Both nature (i.e. the ant’s genetic makeup) and nurture (what it eats, for example) play a role in determining its fate.

VIDEO: Video Games Influence War Robots

August 12, 2008—Real-life war has long influenced video games, but now the shoe is on the other foot: Gaming consoles are influencing the way military robots are controlled.

Blogging Has Growing Influence on Health Policy, Leavitt Says

The ever-evolving blogosphere is now helping to shape the health policy debate by allowing more interaction between the public and policy makers, said Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael O. Leavitt , a blogger himself.

AIG Founder Wielded Personal Influence in Washington: Insurance Firm Developed Significant Clout

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Palin hubbub shows blogs' influence on election race

fers may deplore the online rumor mill that forced them to announce the pregnancy of newly minted running mate Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter.

Palin hubbub shows blogs' influence

Republican candidate John McCain's staffers may deplore the online rumor mill that forced them to announce the pregnancy of newly minted running mate Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter.

Report: Online campaigns, research influence in-store sales

Here is one more reason to advertise online: kids getting ready for the back-to-school rush are shopping online. Although this doesn't translate to online sales, it does translate to in-store sales. According to a new report from Performics, teens are shopping online and influencing their parents' in-store purchases.

Sick Celebrities and Seasons Influence Internet Searches for Health News

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AIG Founder Wielded Personal Influence in Washington: Insurance Firm Developed Significant Clout

Maurice R. "Hank" Greenberg, the hands-on founder of AIG, met with presidents including Ronald Reagan.


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