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    Make Calls Online

    Nearly a quarter of internet-using adults have placed a phone call online.

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    Internet Phone Calls

    After years of modest activity, online phone calling has taken off as a quarter of American adult internet users (24%) have placed phone calls online. That amounts to 19% of all American adults.

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    Part 3: Social networking site users have more friends and more close friends

    The average American has 634 ties in their overall network, and technology users have bigger networks. Social networking sites (SNS) provide people with the opportunity to friend members of their overall network of family members, coworkers, and other acquaintances. Much has been made of the use of the word “friend” in this context. Those who […]

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    What Really Works in Mobile Health

    Susannah Fox presented the Project’s latest findings on how mobile access is affecting health and health care.

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    A Tech Mogul’s Biography Galvanizes Social Media

    Bloggers and tweeters agreed last week that Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ upcoming biography was big news while another high-tech executive generated major attention on blogs for walking out on an interview. A touching reunion between a woman and her dog was among the top YouTube videos.

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    Japan and Global Warming Top the Bloggers’ Agenda

    Bloggers last week continued to follow the troubling news coming out of Japan and returned to a familiar topic—global warming—in stark contrast to the mainstream media’s attention to Beltway budget battles. Google’s new video initiative was No. 1 on Twitter while soccer-related violence was the top YouTube news clip.

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    Paying Up Online: An interview with Jim Jansen

    An interview with Senior Fellow Jim Jansen, recorded at the “Buying & Selling EContent” Conference, about paying for online content. (With downloadable audio and transcript)

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    Profiles of Health Information Seekers

    Who gathers health information online? Health information gathering online has been consistently popular over the last decade. Eight in ten internet users looked online for health information in 2002 and the same proportion do so today. What has changed is who has access to the internet.  With the exception of adults age 70 and older […]

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