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The new stats from Xobni and Harris Interactive reveals that 79% of working Americans receive job-related emails during holidays and 59% check them. Harris Interactive conducted an online survey on behalf of Xonbi and polled 2,179 adults aged 18 and older on their holiday email usage. The survey, thus, found that 41% of those who receive work emails over the holidays were not terribly thrilled with it. Twelve percent of respondents said they "dreaded" seeing work emails, and 10 percent said they felt pity for those bosses who actually send work emails out over the holidays.

Broadband for America, an advocacy group with members including AT&T and Verizon Communications, released a new survey that found 57% of likely voters in the U.S. don't support any Internet regulation by the federal government. AT&T and other groups used the results of the survey to back their opposition to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's ongoing effort to enact network neutrality rules saying that the agency should not proceed with rules prohibiting broadband providers from selectively blocking or slowing Web traffic.

According to the results of a study released by the Pew Internet & American Life Project major part of American consumers do not favor the idea of making affordable high-speed Internet access a government priority.

Pew conducted a survey which polled 2,252 adults nationwide over the phone and asked whether expanding affordable broadband access to everyone in the country should be a top priority for the federal government.

A personal finance website HelloWallet which claims to help people reach their financial goals announced the addition of new options. The two new features dubbed To-Do-Calendar and Visualize Savings are meant to help the users to better track their long-term savings and receive proactive, personalized financial advice.

The To-Do Calendar automatically schedules personalized financial tips that help its members improve their financial health.

According to a new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project although American people are often using online tools to connect to their neighbors or learn the latest news in their communities, physical contact remains the priority.

The report shows that 22% of all adults which represent 28% of all Internet users have subscribed for Internet alerts on local issues such as traffic, weather alerts, school events and crime alerts.

As more and more countries outside the United States are implementing chip-and-PIN technology for accepting credit or debit card payments Americans are increasingly facing problems when travelling abroad. As long as US-issued cards still deploy magnetic strips it is very difficult to use them in a number of European and other countries.

 According to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll most of American people believe the nation has the wrong direction in its development. Asked if things in the U.S. are generally headed in the right direction or are off on the wrong track, 52% said they were off on the wrong track. 36% of the respondents said the country was headed in the right direction.