These then link to a web-based dashboard where survey data can be tracked on Google Maps and Google Earth, according to Water for People.

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Earlier this week, news broke that Seattle-based QuestionPro, a leading web-survey and market research company, has acquired Pollbob, a New Orleans-based startup at the forefront of the mobile social polling space.

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The survey showed an increase in the use of web-based, or non-peer-to-peer methods, during the last six months.

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Rather, they point to a 1998 International Data Corp. survey of emerging markets, which predicted that Web-based training is poised to explode.

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According to the NETendances 2010 survey conducted by CEFRIO, 2.9 million Quebecers use Web-based social networks, 1.4 million on a daily basis.

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