1.1 Billion Smart Connected Devices To Ship This Year

"More than 916 million smart connected devices--including PCs, smart phones, tablets, and other similar devices--shipped worldwide last year. And, according to a new report, that number could double in the next five years. Expenditures on these devices exceeded $489 billion."

Research: Women Make Better Bosses

"Women make better bosses. That’s the finding of a new survey, which found that women in management positions lead in a more democratic way, allow employees to participate in decision-making and establish interpersonal channels of communication."

Texting is Ultimate Social Tool for Teens, Study Says

"Mobile devices often get accused of alienating people from the world around them. But for U.S. teens, cell phones (especially text messaging) are a key way to stay connected with friends and other people in their lives, according to new research from the Pew Internet & American Life Project."

Study: People With Lots of Facebook Friends More Likely to be Narcissists

"Research from Western Illinois University showed a link between the number of Facebook friends you have and how active you are on the site to the likelihood of being a "socially disruptive" narcissist."

Study: Marriage Education Can Be Helpful

"A study of more than a dozen different marriage education classes showed the programs help couples improve communication, U.S. researchers said."

Trying to be Empathetic Key for Couples

"A man likes to know when his wife or girlfriend is happy, but a woman wants the man in her life to know when she is upset, U.S. researchers found."

Survey: Most U.S. Cell Phone Owners Have Smartphones

"As of February, more U.S. adults own smartphones than simpler feature phones, according to new research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project."

Study: We're Getting Less Friendly on Facebook

"Whether it's pruning friends lists, removing unwanted comments or restricting access to their profiles, Americans are getting more privacy-savvy on social networks, a new report found."

Facebook Profiles Predict Job Success

". . .the findings of a new study by a trio of universities that looked at how Facebook profiles predict job success."

Nielsen: SmartPhone Ownership by Age and Income

This information is based on a Nielsen survey in January of 20,000 Americans who own a smartphone.

Internet Cupids Often Miss their Mark

"Combing dating websites for that perfect love match can be very frustrating, and a group of U.S. psychology professors released a report on Monday explaining why there is no substitute for meeting face-to-face."

Study: Cellphones Make Users Selfish

"A U.S. study found that cellphone use is linked to selfish behavior and may make users less socially minded, researchers said."

Meetings Can Make You, Uh, Stupid

"To look at how meetings might affect our ability to think, the researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to watch people’s brains as they worked in a group setting, according to the new report published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B."

Studies: Facebook Can Hurt Self-Esteem

"According to three new studies, Facebook can be tough on mental health, offering an all-too-alluring medium for social comparison and ill-advised status updates. And while adding a friend on the social networking site can make people feel cheery and connected, having a lot of friends is associated with feeling worse about one's own life."

Twitter is Harder to Resist Than Cigarettes and Alcohol, Study Finds

"Tweeting or checking emails may be harder to resist than cigarettes and alcohol, according to researchers who tried to measure how well people could resist their desires."

Study: Web Hinders Youth Social Skills

"Young girls who spend the most time multitasking between various digital devices, communicating online or watching video are the least likely to develop normal social tendencies, according to the survey of 3,461 American girls aged 8 to 12 who volunteered responses."

YouTube Hits 4 Billion Daily Video Views

"YouTube, Google Inc's video website, is streaming 4 billion online videos every day, a 25 percent increase in the past eight months, according to the company."

Phone, Tablet Users Spend More Time With Apps Than Web

"Phone and tablet owners used to spend most of their time surfing the Web. Now they're using apps, according to data from Flurry Analytics."

Lip-Reading Helps Babies Learn to Speak

"U.S. researchers collected empirical evidence that infants engage in lip-reading when learning how to talk. . ."

Some Countries Are More Social Than Others, Survey Finds

"In the big cities of India and China, it seems, people can't help being social. Nearly everyone who uses the Internet there is also active on social networks, according to a global survey by Forrester Research, and three out of four write blog posts or upload pictures and music."