(AP) WASHINGTON - The 2010 census missed more than 1.5 million minorities after struggling to count black Americans, Hispanics, renters and young men, but was mostly accurate, the government said Tuesday. The Census Bureau released an extensive assessment of its high-stakes, once-a-decade headcount of the U.S. population. Based on a sample survey, the government analysis has been a source of political controversy in the past over whether to "statistically adjust" census results to correct for undercounts, which usually involve minorities who tend to vote Democratic. The findings show the 2010 census over-counted the total U.S. population by 36,000 people, or 0.01 percent, due mostly to duplicate counts of affluent whites owning multiple homes. That is an improvement from a census over-count of 0.5 percent in ... Continue reading →
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Survey: 52% of media professionals abandon websites when they hit a paywall by Andrew Beaujon Published May 18, 2012 8:12 am Updated May 18, 2012 8:57 am DigiCareers | eMarketer A new survey found that more than half of media professionals polled immediately leave a website after encountering a paywall. One-quarter said they were unlikely to return to the site, and 63 percent said that they expect to see no ads after crossing over a paywall. More than 200 people, whom DigiCareers describes as new media professionals, were surveyed between April 16 and April 23, 2012; the margin of error is 6.9 percent with a confidence level of 95 percent. In a Pew survey done two years ago, 15 percent of respondents said they would ... Continue reading →
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China Mobile told its shareholders on Wednesday that the company is in talks with Apple on carrying the iPhone. “China Mobile and Apple both have the will to strengthen cooperation,” Chairman Xi Guohua said, according to Bloomberg. “When there is more specific news, we will disclose it.” The company reportedly indicated it is unclear whether a deal will be reached this year. An Apple representative was not immediately available for comment. However, sources have said that a meeting with China Mobile was among the stops CEO Tim Cook made during a China trip earlier this year. With roughly two thirds of a billion users, China Mobile is the biggest carrier in the world, as measured by number of customers. The company’s current 3G network doesn’t ... Continue reading →
