Instant Messaging Archives - e-Strategy Trends

Interest in Messenger bots is declining, according to the latest annual Social Media Examiner report.

Chart: Smartphone Activities Among 50-Plus

Seven in 10 Americans ages 50 and older own a smartphone, says the AARP in research, and those Americans are most likely to use their devices for messaging.

B2B marketers appear to be relying on a few key social media channels, with LinkedIn (89%), Twitter (86%) and Facebook (82%) closely bunched at the top.

Chart: Most Effective Workplace Communications

Both CIOs and employees feel that email and in-person meetings are more effective for daily communications at work than instant messaging (IM).

Chart: Most Popular Apps - 18-34 Year-Olds

There’s one app millennials can’t live without, and it’s not Instagram, WhatsApp, or Snapchat.

Roughly seven in 10 US teen smartphone users spend at least three hours per day watching video on their phones.

Social networking accounts for almost 1 in every 5 minutes spent online, according to a recent study from comScore.

Almost 8 in 10 Americans aged 12 and older currently use some form of social media, according to the latest annual Infinite Dial report [PDF] from Edison Research and Triton Digital.

As part of an ongoing examination of social media and news, Pew Research Center analyzed the scope and characteristics of social media news consumers across nine social networking sites.

This infographic from SSLs.com highlights some of the milestones of internet history, from the first email to the first eCommerce transaction to the first tweet.