MetaFacts periodically releases research findings that are highlighted in a newsletter. These are primarily based on our ongoing TUP/Technology User Profile study research. Each issue includes highlights from MetaFAQs – addressing a specific current or frequently-asked question, TUPdates – drilling down more deeply to cover a topic in more detail, the even more comprehensive TUP Profile reports, and other deliverables.
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Recent newsletter topics
Listed below are some recently released topics.
- Background: Printer users have various options to refresh their printing supplies, from buying new cartridges, using refilling services, or refilling a tank or cartridge themselves. As printer users continue to evolve in how they use printers, their choice of printing supplies is likely to evolve and essential to monitor. Approach: MetaFacts surveyed 81,608 online adults […]
- Background: Home computers are not being used by the same people or in the same way as they were a few years ago. Economic shifts exacerbated by the pandemic, digital transformation, and smartphones' ubiquity have challenged the traditional order. While the installed base of home computers continues to be dominated by a few manufacturers, including […]
- Background: Lenovo continues to steward the well-established IBM ThinkPad brand of mobile computers, extending its reach into both commercial and consumer markets. However, the market for home notebooks/laptops has faced headwinds in recent years as consumers continue migrating their personal activities to smartphones. Also, since many employees, especially information workers, continue working remotely, many employers […]
- Background: Printer users and printing shifted dramatically during the pandemic and ensuing economic changes. As many employees worked remotely for the first time, many struggled to establish a functional workspace at home, most often with little support from their employers. Students also adapted to many changes, with many shifting to virtual classrooms, including both adult […]
- Background: Printer users and printing shifted dramatically during the pandemic and ensuing economic changes. As many employees worked remotely for the first time, many struggled to establish a functional workspace at home, most often with little support from their employers. Students also adapted to many changes, with many shifting to virtual classrooms, including both adult […]
- Background: Microsoft Windows 10 has marked the end of an era in many ways. As fewer online adults actively use computers, Microsoft and its OEM partners have felt increasing pressure to encourage users to use PCs again. Most Windows 10 users already use other devices to complete their online activities, from smartphones and tablets to […]
- Background: Mobile computing has extended the lifetime of computer use, especially home computer use, over the last half decade. However, users are increasingly turning to their smartphones as their primary mobile device, using them for activities formerly done with home notebooks/laptops. During this same time, the pandemic and subsequent remote work bolstered home notebook/laptop purchases. […]
- Background: Economic pressures on employers have encouraged many to carefully manage the computers they provide to employees. This includes some employees being provided used or refurbished computers. Approach: MetaFacts surveyed 81,608 online adults in the US, Germany, UK, and Japan from 2018 through 2024 as part of its annual TUP/Technology User Profile study. Within the […]
- Background: Despite a continuous stream of new smartphones, used and refurbished smartphones continue to be actively used. With continued economic pressures in many countries, smartphone users, like users of other technology products, have sought to find ways to extend their technology spending. Approach: MetaFacts surveyed 81,608 online adults in the US, Germany, UK, and Japan […]
- Background: Wireless item trackers such as Apple AirTags or from Tile have reached beyond double-digit market penetration. For technology market leader Apple, the devices hold the promise of extending the depth of user engagement with and reliance on the Apple ecosystem. Location sharing is a double-edged sword, since it increases the risk of a privacy […]
- Highlighted in this week’s release Home printer market growth quadrants & long-term trends – The use of home printers has declined as a growing share of technology users increasingly transform their images, documents and interactions to digital. Furthermore, users have migrated many activities away from home computers. This TUPdate identifies the areas with the highest […] The post MetaFacts TUP newsletter-November 14, 2024 first appeared on MetaFacts.
- Summary Since the COVID-19 pandemic, home printers have been increasingly used for work. This growth is primarily among American adults that are neither the youngest nor the oldest. This MetaFAQs reports on the use of home printers for personal activities as well as work-related activities by age group. Indexing Categories: Activities, Printers, User Profile Waves: […] The post Using home printers for work activities is strongest among mid-age groups first […]
- Even while taking pictures is a regular part of most American’s lives as an everyday activity with their smartphone, printing them on a home printer is a declining trend. This MetaFAQs reports on the regular use of home printers to print photos and the use of smartphones to take pictures from 2016 through 2020. About […] The post Home photo printing declining while smartphone photos are prevalent first appeared on […]