Despite seemingly giving us so many more ways to stay "in-touch" with people, a new survey says technology can actually cause us to feel further apart!
According to Arbitron Inc., the number of Americans with a smartphone is over 50 percent. Arbitron is the company that measures and monitors radio listenership in hundreds of markets around the country (similar to the Nielsen television ratings system).
When it comes to dodging work, we tip our hats to an unidentified developer who outsourced his programming duties to a Chinese company while he surfed the internet all day. Brilliant! But imagine if he devoted as much energy to his actual job. Someday, he might've gone somewhere.
As we get ready to ring in the new year, we look back at who won, and lost big-time in 2012. Where did Facebook land? Groupon? Ever heard of LinkedIn? You will.