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Jan 30, 2009ReadWriteWeb
According to Pew's research, Generation X is most likely to shop, bank, and look for health information online, but boomers are just as likely as Gen Y to make travel reservations online. Even the older Silent Generation is competitive when it com...
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Jan 29, 2009Ars Technica
In fact, "older" folks (those over age 32) do a lot of things online more than the young 'uns do. Older users in general don't use the Internet as an entertainment source to the same extent that younger netizens do, instead using it primarily for ...
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Jan 28, 2009USA Today
Teens and young adults seem to live online, but a new report by the Pew Research Center finds that other generations are catching up: Generation X primarily uses the Internet for shopping and banking; Baby Boomers for travel reservations; and the ...
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More in: Generations, Email, Banking, Shopping
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Feb 28, 2008San Jose Mercury News
Americans are conflicted about Internet privacy. They say they want better protection for their personal data, but often trade away safeguards to connect with friends or find what they are looking for online...
Ninety-four percent of America...
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Dec 30, 2007New York Times
Susannah Fox, associate director of the Pew project and an author of both the 2000 and 2007 surveys, told me that she was surprised by the reduced concern about online publication of personal information. Internet users are not just passively allo...
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More in: Identity, Work, Web 2.0
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Dec 17, 2007Information Week
"While the media and lawmakers question future prospects for privacy if Google (NSDQ: GOOG)'s planned acquisition of DoubleClick is allowed to proceed, the majority of U.S. adults appear to be unconcerned about the proliferation of personal inform...
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Dec 17, 2007InternetNews.com
"More than twice as many Internet users today are plugging their own names into a search engine to find out what kind of personal information is available on the Web than just five years ago, according to new research from the Pew Internet Project...
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Dec 17, 2007Search Engine Land
"A Pew Internet Survey out this week found that 47% of internet users have done ego searches, up from 22% five years ago. That nearly half of internet users are searching for themselves seems excessive, but only 3% say they check regularly. Most ...
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Dec 17, 2007The Star-Ledger
"Vanity searchers.
That's what researcher Susannah Fox dubbed Internet users who admitted typing their own names into the Google search engine back in 2002.
These days, Fox says she regrets the term. Googling your name isn't vain -- ...
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Dec 16, 2007Associated Press
"More Americans are Googling themselves--and many are checking out their friends, co-workers and romantic interests, too.
In a report Sunday, the Pew Internet and American Life Project said 47 percent of U.S. adult Internet users have l...
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More in: Search, Identity