A new Nielsen study has pointed out the obvious fact that people use their smartphones and tablets while watching television. I do it all the time and chances are you do too. However, Nielsen took the study a step further by finding out what owners of smartphones and tablets were doing while watching television. The results aren’t that surprising, but the accompanying statistics are.

Wednesday was not a good day for AT&T. The United States Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit that is meant to block the AT&T/T-Mobile merger from going through. AT&T also made local headlines when a window just above the 19th floor of its downtown Indianapolis building shattered, effectively shutting down traffic for hours. Today, Sprint has refuted AT&T’s claims that a T-Mobile merger would create 5,000 call center jobs.

Teenagers that frequently use social networking sites are more likely to use drugs, alcohol and tobacco according to a study from Columbia University’s National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse.

A new study conducted by Nielsen has shown that when it comes to Android smartphones, users spend way more time with apps than the actual web browser. Despite the fact that the web browser on the recent Android phones offers close to the same experience you’d get on a PC or laptop, mobile users want an experience that is optimized for their devices.

A study conducted by billmonitor found that an overwhelming number of customers in the UK spend more for their cell phone contracts than necessary. This report was created by analyzing 28,417 cell phone bills and 8,530,118 contracts last month in the UK.

Another survey is out that polls 250 developers created by Baird’s William Powers. Here we go again. These developers responded that Android’s fragmentation, that is different devices on different software versions, is a problem for developers. Here are the results when asked “do you view Android fragmentation as a problem?” 24% Huge problem 34% Meaningful more »

Wow. 20% of downstream traffic during primetime hours is streaming video from Netflix according to Sandvine’s “Fall 2010 Global Internet Phenomena” study. Netflix says only 66% of its customers have streamed video online so far. The company looked at traffic sources and expects its news to be a wake up call to US carriers. Thats more »

The funny thing about kids is you’ve got 100% turnover in just a few years. A new study, performed by researcher Jakob Nielsen of the Nielsen Norman Group finds that kids and adults see the web very differently. Kids seek out entertainment while adults seek community, getting things done. One big difference was uncovered: kids more »

Is RIM losing the attraction it once held so proudly? Maybe, according to a study by Crowd Science that looked at mobile phone owners and asked what their next device will be. While customer preference before a purchase might be radically different from what they actually buy, the study is interesting in seeing how smartphone more »

Surveys of any kind regarding technology are always tough to prove, though that doesn’t make them any less interesting. In a Motorola-commissioned survey, it looks as if the generational gap regarding “being connected” via technology is disappearing. The study was done to find out the connection “Millennials,” “Gen Xers,” and “Boomers.” The study has shown more »