Pew report: 24% of US adults use apps on their cellphones
Submitted by Amandeep Dhaliwal on Wed, 09/15/2010 - 11:59According to a Tuesday-released survey by the Pew Internet Project, that the popularity of applications is on the rise is evident from the fact that almost one-quarter of cellphone users in the US are now using their handsets for running apps.
Most American Adults Seek Information on Government Spending and Actions
Submitted by Justin Sorkin on Tue, 04/27/2010 - 14:15A recent study conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project has revealed that around 40% of the adults in America look for the information on Government spending and activities online.
Increasing Women in Workforce, Universities Earn More than their Male Counterparts
Submitted by Jason Ramsey on Tue, 01/19/2010 - 14:05The changes, summarized in a Pew Research Center report being released Tuesday, reveal the constant proliferation of working wives over the past 40 years — a period in which American women outpaced men in both education and earnings growth.
Pew study: Only a small fraction of US teens participate in ‘sexting’
Submitted by Sundeep Matharu on Wed, 12/16/2009 - 11:15According to a recently-released study conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, though 'texting' has become a routine activity with a vast number of teenagers having mobile phones, only a small fraction of them participate in 'sexting' - that is, sending or receiving sexually suggestive or nude pictures through text messages.
Pew study: Nearly 50% US teenagers have used cellphone while driving
Submitted by Sundeep Matharu on Tue, 11/17/2009 - 06:17Going by the findings of a study the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, nearly 50 percent of cellphone-owning US teenagers, between 16 and 17 years, admit that they have talked on the phone while driving, with one-third of them saying that they have texted while behind the wheel.
Pew study: One-fifth of Internet users share personal and business information via Twitter
Submitted by Amandeep Dhaliwal on Thu, 10/22/2009 - 06:17Going by the latest statistics forwarded by the Pew Internet & America Life Project, the massive appeal of the popular microblogging site Twitter has spread so widely across its US users that young adults and teenagers merrily ‘tweet’ their personal and business-related information back and forth.
Pew survey: Increase in broadband adoption in American households
Submitted by Justin Sorkin on Thu, 06/18/2009 - 19:34Going by a Wednesday report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, a survey of the number of adult Americans using broadband Internet at home in April 2009 showed a 15 percent increase vis-a-vis the last year figures, with almost 63 percent US adults now having broadband connections at home. Compared to the 2007 figures, the hike is even more substantial at 54 percent!












