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The research industry has a very good answer to those that question its validity in these times of crisis. When times are bad you need to make better, faster and more informed decisions. That is where market research comes in, especially online research which allows you to get faster results.
Nevertheless, big consumer marketers are seeking [...]

According to this eMarketer article (which quotes the latest comScore measurment) the Internet surpassed the 1 billion user mark. In fact, eMarketer puts the number at 1.172 billion when a broader sense of the definition is applied (counting access from Internet cafes, mobile phones or PDAs).
“Surpassing 1 billion global users is a significant landmark in [...]

According to this Knowledge@Wharton article workers and professionals in Latin America are finally overcoming the connectivity gap that had always kept them behind.
The article cites an IDC study showing that 64% of entrepreneurs and independent professionals who use computers in the region are either “hyper-connected” or “more and more connected to the Internet” when they [...]

As you now probably heard, Livra Panels has been acquired by Ipsos. Ipsos is the leading market research agency in Latin America and we are very flattered to have been chosen by them.
We have worked for 8 years to build (what we believe is) a fantastic company. We managed to recruit exceptional people, disrupt a [...]

We came across an interesting press release from Hi Media Group this morning:
• Latin Americans spend  375 minutes per user per month on social networking sites (as opposed to 249 minutes in USA)
• Visitors to social networks grew by 16% from November 2006-June 2007.
• With 75% of all unique visitors going to social networks, Brazilians [...]

John Tierney, from the New York Times’ Tierney Lab blog, posts an interesting article on the reliability of a survey done by volunteers.
Here are a couple of interesting excerpts:
“Respondents and non-respondents, no doubt, differ on a variety of dimensions, such as how much free time they have, their ability or motivation to introspect, and their [...]

According to the Mercury Times, Google’s Eric Schmidt has indicated that he plans to invest significantly (via acquisitions and growing their own offices) in Latin America.
The article mentions that Google expects Latin American sales to more than double this year. That’s awesome (he didn’t mention anything about this though…).
We are very optimistic about the region [...]

Yes, after many many many (many) months of work, we are releasing a closed BETA of the new Livra (Code name Cereza).
The new Livra is the first social networking website of its kind, totally focused on product reviews and surveys.
We think it’s awesome, yes we are kind of biased but first report from testers is [...]

According to the Brazilian Quarterly PC tracker study, in 2007 Brasil was the 5th biggest PC market in the world. This is the chart:
1. USA (64 million sold)
2. China (36 million sold)
3. Japan (13 million sold)
4. United Kingdom (11.2 million sold)
5. Brasil (10.7 million sold)
The study also projects that Brasil will be the  third biggest [...]