And one driver of that trend, says Gregory Guldner, director of the Center for the Study of Long Distance Relationships, is the perception that technology reduces the emotional separation of distance.

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Given the small effect observed in this large study, the lack of a clear trend with increasing coffee consumption, and the fact that other risk factors are likely to be correlated with coffee consumption, any conclusion regarding the relationship of coffee drinking to risk of stroke remains moot.

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According to a recent Harris Interactive study, 96% of US adults prefer free apps, a trend that holds steady across more affluent demographics.

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Yet the study revealed an important exception to that trend: an uptick in the number of people who binge drink at least once a month.

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The study shows, however, that the trend has been steady ever since, with no period of leveling off.

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The trend was signaled in a Gartner Group study, which found that Chief Financial Officers alone authorized a whopping 26% of all IT spending decisions at their organizations, as opposed to just 5% by CIOs.

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