{"id":4084,"date":"2015-01-06T10:03:07","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T23:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=4084"},"modified":"2015-01-06T22:36:47","modified_gmt":"2015-01-06T11:36:47","slug":"vain-aussies-love-video-calling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/vain-aussies-love-video-calling\/","title":{"rendered":"Vain Aussies love Video Calling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before you face time, Skype or even hangout in Google do you catch yourself in the mirror and feel the need for adjustments?<\/p>\n<p>According to a 2014\u00a0survey, around 10 million Australians make video calls&#8230;and spend a surprising amount of time preparing for them.<\/p>\n<p>The survey by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.belong.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">Belong Broadband<\/a> revealed that with the growth in video calling we\u00a0are spending more time getting ready just for video calls with 40% \u00a0fixing their hair, 30% checking \u00a0the background is OK and a third aren&#8217;t even answering them if they don&#8217;t feel they look good enough. they don&#8217;t look good enough.<\/p>\n<div>Additionally&#8230;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>A quarter are more concerned with checking themselves in the preview screen than the people they are calling<\/li>\n<li>10% take between 15 and 30 minutes to get ready for a call<\/li>\n<li>1 in 5 make sure the angle and light is flattering<\/li>\n<li>15% change their clothes<\/li>\n<li>1 in 10 only worry about the top half of their outfit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/belong.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4085\" src=\"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/belong-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"belong\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/belong-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/belong-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/belong-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/belong-55x55.jpg 55w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/belong-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/belong.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before you face time, Skype or even hangout in Google do you catch yourself in the mirror and feel the need for adjustments? According to a 2014\u00a0survey, around 10 million Australians make video calls&#8230;and spend a surprising amount of time preparing for them. 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