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    Usage and Adoption

    Internet and broadband adoption rates among seniors are steadily increasing, but still well below the national average Six in ten seniors—59%—report using the internet. This is a six percentage point year-over-year increase from the 53% of older adults who went online at a similar point in 2012. Five years ago in May 2008, just 35% […]

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    About this Report

    This report is the latest research report in a sustained effort throughout 2014 by the Pew Research Center Internet Project to mark the 25th anniversary of the creation of the World Wide Web by Sir Tim Berners-Lee (The Web at 25). A February 2014 report from Pew Internet Project tied to the Web’s anniversary looked at […]

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    Attitudes, Impacts, and Barriers to Adoption

    Many seniors face physical challenges to using new digital devices Not only do seniors use many common technologies at relatively low rates, they also face unique barriers and challenges to increasing those adoption levels.[1. In previous Pew Research surveys on this subject, we have found that many seniors take a skeptical view towards the potential […]

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    The Gurus Speak

    Some of the most prominent and respected technology experts and analysts made far-ranging predictions about the Internet of Things. Their answers: Continuous monitoring will be a “powerful element in our lives” It will create a world in which “people are always able to get information about essentially anything they encounter” David Clark, a senior research […]

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    Main Report: An In-depth Look at Expert Responses

    A large majority of the technology experts and engaged Internet users who responded to this canvassing—83%—agreed that the Internet/Cloud of Things and embedded and wearable computing will have widespread and beneficial effects by 2025. Most of the responses shared in this report are from people who took credit for their remarks, but a few of […]

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    Emerging Nations Embrace Internet, Mobile Technology

    Survey Report In a remarkably short period of time, internet and mobile technology have become a part of everyday life for some in the emerging and developing world. Cell phones, in particular, are almost omnipresent in many nations. The internet has also made tremendous inroads, although most people in the 24 nations surveyed are still […]