News tagged with generation y

Gen Y's embrace of hybrids may be auto market's tipping point

(PhysOrg.com) -- Generation Y's strong affinity for hybrid vehicles could make it the generation that leads the automotive market away from traditional gasoline-powered vehicles, according to an annual survey by Deloitte ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Retention study identifies key factors affecting three generations of nurses

If organisations want to retain qualified nurses they need to tackle the different work factors that are important to the three key age groups and build on the strong attachment that many nurses feel to the profession. Those ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Experts and parents are unsure of new touch-screen tablet, marketed for very young children

A computer for babies may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but a Canadian company has just made it reality. Last month Rullingnet Corp. launched Vinci, a 7-inch touch-screen tablet that sells for $389 to $479 and ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Myth-busting the cybersafety debate

We know that most fears originate from a lack of understanding. We also know that social networking is a mystery to many people outside of Generation Y. So it should not come as a surprise that many people - parents in particular ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Twilight, Eclipse -- How vampires have become modern day gothic Buddhas.

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the third instalment of the wildly successful vampire franchise Twilight, a University of Western Sydney expert says the series and the rise in vampirism highlights the growing phenomenon of new spiritualities ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 05, 2010 | popularity 2.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Go easy on the environment -- and our wallets, says Generation Y

When it comes to saving the environment, Generation Y is all for it - as long as it comes with an economic benefit, according to new research by Michigan State University in collaboration with Deloitte LLP.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 21, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Cuba's cyberwar intensifies

Cuban bloggers are fighting a cyberwar with the government to give their own version of reality on the communist island, from hotels and using memory sticks and laptops obtained from abroad.

Technology / Internet

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0