June 2012
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“… no one likes being outsmarted by their thermostat.”
– David Weinberger, a senior researcher at Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, in our new report on the future of smart systems.
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“I still want my jetpack, by the way. I was promised a jetpack 50 years ago.”
– danah boyd, on Homes of the Future in our new report out today: The Future of Smart Systems
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Our research on the role of libraries in users’...
If you didn’t already know, we have received a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to study the role of libraries in users’ lives and in their communities. The grant is for three years, and the research agenda has already begun to unfold. We just published our second report in the series; here’s a look back at stage 1 of our timeline and the first report …
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Pew: 17% Of U.S. Cell Phone Users Now Mostly Use... →
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17% of U.S. adult cell phone owners now go online using their phones more than their desktops, laptops or tablets. That’s the number for all cell phone owners in the U.S, including those with feature phones. Just looking at those who already use their phones to go online (55% of all cell phone owners), a whopping 31% now say they mostly use their phones to go online.
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“A few months ago I was housebound due to a nasty illness,” one told us, and...”
– Library patron, responding to an online canvassing for our new report on libraries, patrons, and e-books.
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“People are asking for digital content. Anything digital. They are hungry for it.”
– Library staff member, responding to our online canvassings of patrons and librarians for our new report on libraries, patrons, and e-books. Read the full report here.
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Watchpewresearch:
Paul Taylor of the Pew Research Center, discussing the effects of and the reasons behind the decline in the net worth of the median American family on the PBS NewsHour, which has fallen nearly 40 percent from 2007 to 2010, as reported by the Federal Reserve this week.
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WatchPeer-to-peer Healthcare: Crazy. Crazy. Crazy. Obvious.
Patients and caregivers know things — about themselves, about each other, about treatments — and they want to share what they know to help other people. Technology helps to surface and organize that knowledge to make it useful for as many people as possible.
This 5-minute excerpt of Susannah Fox’s Medicine 2.0’11 keynote gives an...
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“People are not hooked on gadgets—they are hooked on each other.”
– Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman, Networked individualism: What in the world is that?
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Anonymous asked: Have you done any cool research about tumblr?
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Is Facebook making you lonely or feel more... →
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Twitter Use: 2010 - 2012
We asked our first stand-alone Twitter question in 2010; see how the updates have evolved.
Twitter Use 2012
May 31, 2012
15% of online adults use Twitter, with 8% using the service on a typical day. African-Americans, young adults, and mobile users stand out for their high rates of Twitter usage.
Twitter Update 2011
June 1, 2011
13% of online adults use Twitter, and half of Twitter...
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How have you used your social network to make... →
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