The Mobile Difference
Wireless connectivity has drawn many users more deeply into digital life.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Wireless connectivity has drawn many users more deeply into digital life.
Some 69% of online Americans use webmail services, store data online, or use software programs such as word processing applications whose functionality is located on the web. Online users who take advantage of cloud applications say they like the co…
The internet plays an important role in how people conduct research for purchases, but it is just one among a variety of sources people use and usually not the key factor in final purchasing decisions.
62% of all Americans are part of a wireless, mobile population that participates in digital activities away from home or work.
When you look at the data on Americans without broadband at home, it suggests it will take time to get these holdouts off the digital sidelines.
Adoption of high-speed internet at home grew twice as fast in the year prior to March 2006 than in the same time frame from 2004 to 2005. Middle-income Americans accounted for much of the increase.
While telephone calling using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) has attracted considerable attention in the business community and among policymakers, 27% of Internet users in the United States – or 17% of all Americans – have heard of the service….
Email has become an increasingly popular and potent tool for political communication in America.
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