The annual IBM Cyber Monday benchmarksurvey of 500 retailers revealed that the number of people who use a mobile device to visit a retail Web site jumped 11 percent between 2010 and 2011.
West Texas Intermediate crude, the U.S. benchmark fuel, remained largely flat between January 20 and Friday, when the most recent survey was conducted.
According to the survey data, in 2008, the year that the researchers chose as their benchmark, Australian adults collectively viewed 9.8 billion hours of television.
The study was produced with the University of York and the survey's co-author, Jonathan Bradshaw, said it "establishes a valuable benchmark that we can use to track changes in well-being over time".