Key takeaways on mobile apps and privacy
Six-in-ten app downloaders have chosen not to install an app when they discovered how much personal information the app required in order to use it.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Six-in-ten app downloaders have chosen not to install an app when they discovered how much personal information the app required in order to use it.
Experts foresee changes across all aspects of life as digital connectivity advances. They predict hyper-personalized interactions, 3D holograms, immersive virtual reality and a deepening dependency upon machines as we navigate our lives.
Nearly half (47%) of American adults get at least some local news and information via their smartphones or tablet computers.
A Pew Internet/Elon University survey reveals that experts expect apps and the Web to converge in the cloud; but many worry that simplicity for users will come at a price.
The share of cell phone owners who download apps nearly doubles in two years, but just 46% of downloaders have paid for an app.
35% of U.S. adults have cell phones with apps, but only 24% of adults actually use them. Apps users are younger, more educated, and more affluent than other cell phone users.
While cell phone ownership remained stable, usage of eight cell phone applications grew significantly over the past year among cell owners.
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