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Media Mention
Alice Marwick & danah boyd, The Daily Beast
May 20, 2012
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Far from being a source of isolation, the teen’s phone is a tether to loved ones; it is a personal object, a crucial connection. A study by the International Center for Media and the Public Agenda asked one thousand students in ten countries...
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Presentation
May 18, 2012Kristen Purcell
Kristen Purcell spoke about Americans' use of the internet and other digital technologies, and shared highlights from our report on the rise of e-reading.
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Media Mention
Courtney Humphries, Technology Review
May 15, 2012
Mobile health devices and software could change medicine profoundly, allowing people to continuously monitor vital signs and better track and modify behavior. That's important because chronic diseases like obesity and diabetes are on the rise. "We're...
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Commentary
May 15, 2012Amanda Lenhart
Parents are enthusiastic downloaders of all kinds of apps, particularly apps for children.
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Media Mention
Ashley Halsey III, Washington Post
May 13, 2012
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In an online survey of 1,300 teen drivers with cellphones, scheduled for release Monday, the youths said that even though their parents may warn them against it, they think adult drivers send text messages “all the time.”
A sizable proportion...
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Media Mention
Suzanne Choney, msnbc.com
May 12, 2012
Many of us are letting our smartphones use location information to do more and more things, but most of us have yet to adopt or embrace "geosocial" services like Foursquare. A new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project says that 74 perc...
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Report
May 11, 2012Kathryn Zickuhr
74% of smartphone owners use their phone to get real-time location-based information, and 18% use a geosocial service to “check in” to certain locations or share their location with friends
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Media Mention
Samantha Murphy, Mashable
May 11, 2012
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Smartphone adoption has grown from 35% in 2011 to 46% in 2012, bringing with it more access to location-based apps and services. The amount of consumers who “check in” to certain places via geo-social services has reached 18%, up from 12% in 201...
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Media Mention
Chloe Albanesius, PC Magazine
May 11, 2012
The number of people who use "geosocial" location-based services like Foursquare has more than doubled in the last year, according to a Friday report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
About 10 percent of adults now "check in" to vario...
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Presentation
May 10, 2012Lee Rainie
Lee Rainie will give the keynote presentation titled "Learning in the Digital Age: Where Libraries Fit In" at the 21st Annual Minitex ILL Conference in Minnesota.
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More in: Broadband, Mobile, Social Networking, Libraries