Key takeaways on technology use in emerging and developing nations
Our new report looks at how people perceive the internet’s impact on their lives, how many people access it and who they are, and what people do online.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Our new report looks at how people perceive the internet’s impact on their lives, how many people access it and who they are, and what people do online.
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults own a smartphone, up from 35% in 2011. Our new report analyzes smartphone ownership and owners’ attitudes and behaviors.
In November 2010, 8% of online adults used the platform. As of January 2014, 19% of online adults were using Twitter.
The controversy over what the Facebook researchers did may be overshadowing other important discussions, specifically conversations about what they really found—not much, actually—and the right and wrong way to think about and report findings based on statistical analyses of Big Data.
The number of Facebook users who log into the social-networking service or share content through it on any given day.
Growing numbers of online Americans have had important personal information stolen and many have had an account compromised.
The Uniform Law Commission, a body of lawyers who produce uniform legislation for states to adopt, recently drafted the “Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Act (FADA),” which would grant fiduciaries broad authority to access and control digital assets and accounts.
Within a remarkably short period of time, some developing nations are catching up to the U.S. in technology use.
A new Pew Research Center survey finds that 55% of those ages 25 to 32 have posted a “selfie” on a social media site; no other generation is nearly as inclined to do this.
Digital tools have added a host of new dimensions to dating, whether it be the first flirty message or making it “Facebook official.”
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