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  • Study Finds Rise in Texting Even as Revenue Drops

    A new report finds that certain activities that people do on a cellphone, like taking a picture and shooting video, have increased significantly in the last few years. Texting, in particular, has grown considerably — but not texting in the traditi...

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  • Pew: 19 percent of smartphone users have health apps

    About 11 percent of all mobile phone users and 19 percent of smartphone users have at least one health app on their device, according to Pew Internet & American Life Project's Mobile Health 2012 survey, which the group published this morning. The ...

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  • Social media killing the secret ballot?

    One of every five registered voters will share how they voted online, according to a new report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The report, “Social Media and Voting,” also found that nearly a third of registered voters have been encou...

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  • Technology Changing How Students Learn, Teachers Say

    There is a widespread belief among teachers that students’ constant use of digital technology is hampering their attention spans and ability to persevere in the face of challenging tasks, according to two surveys of teachers being released on Thur...

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  • Teachers call online search mixed bag

    Most teachers believe search engines like Google are beneficial to their students, but they also think those same Internet research tools are creating an "easily distracted generation with short attention spans," according to a new study released ...

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DATA POINT

69%

of those who are texters say they get unwanted spam or text messages. Of those texters, 25% face problems with spam/unwanted texts at least weekly.

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The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center. The Center is supported by The Pew Charitable Trust.