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Media Mention
Somini Sengupta, New York Times
Sep 5, 2012
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday nudged application developers to take steps to protect consumer privacy. But many consumers seem to be already taking steps to guard their personal information from data-grabbing apps.
A study by the Pew R...
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Associated Press
Sep 5, 2012
Many cellphone users say they have decided not to use an app on their phone because of concerns about privacy.
More than half of Americans who use apps say they have decided not to install one once they found out how much personal information they...
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Report
Sep 5, 2012Jan Lauren Boyles, Aaron Smith, Mary Madden
More than half of app users have uninstalled or avoided an app due to concerns about personal information
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Nick Judd, TechPresident
Sep 4, 2012
There's a joke quote circulating on Facebook that goes like this: "'Your relentless political Facebook posts finally turned me around to your way of thinking,' said nobody, ever."
The funny thing is, that might not actually be true.
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Presentation
Aug 15, 2012Lee Rainie
Lee Rainie will present the latest Project findings about how many people have mobile devices and how they use these devices
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Amy Gahran, CNN
Aug 3, 2012
Nearly nine out of 10 U.S. adults have a cell phone -- and they're having a lot of problems with them. New research from the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that almost three-fourths of phone users experience dropped calls at least occas...
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Media Mention
Wilson Rothman, msnbc.com
Aug 2, 2012
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"The big change that mobile connectivity has brought to users is the instant availability of people and data," wrote Jan Lauren Boyles, a Pew Internet Project researcher who authored this report.
"As mobile owners become fond of just-in-t...
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Joanna Stern, ABC News
Aug 2, 2012
You hear the text message alert ping, scramble to find your phone, only to find that the message is from an unknown number and the message is asking you to click on a link or text back.
It’s text spam, and according to data released today by the P...
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Olga Kharif, Bloomberg
Aug 2, 2012
Despite the impressive names cellular carriers have come up with for their wireless-data systems, such as 3G, 4G and 4G LTE, subscribers are still reporting issues.
Most mobile-phone owners in the U.S. say they sometimes experience slow download s...
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Report
Aug 2, 2012Jan Lauren Boyles, Lee Rainie
Telemarketing calls and spam texts are realities for most cell phone users. Smartphone owners are particularly likely to report dropped phone calls and slow download speeds.
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