2012

• Report

  The rise of in-store mobile commerce

  Jan 30, 2012Aaron Smith

  During the holiday season, 25% of cell owners used their phone inside stores to gather price comparisons; 24% used them to look up online reviews.

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• Infographic

  A Snapshot of E-reader and Tablet Owners

  Jan 27, 2012

  The number of Americans owning either an e-reader or tablet jumped from 18% in December 2011 to 29% in January 2012. Who are these owners? View a breakdown of e-reader and tablet owners who belong to different demographic groups.

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• Presentation

  Peer-to-peer Healthcare and the C3N Project

  Jan 24, 2012Susannah Fox

  Susannah Fox presented Pew Internet's latest research on mobile, social networks, teens, and health.

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• Report

  Tablet and E-book reader Ownership Nearly Double Over the Holiday Gift-Giving Period

  Jan 23, 2012Lee Rainie

  Between mid-December and early January, the number of owners of each device rose from 10% to 19%. Overall, 29% of adults own at least one of them.

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• Media Mention

  Holidays push tablets, e-readers into 1 of every 4 hands now: Pew

  Suzanne Choney, msnbc.com

  Jan 23, 2012

  Get an iPad, Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet over the holidays? You're not alone: Tablet and e-reader ownership increased by nearly double over the holidays, and more than 1 out of every 4 Americans now has one of the devices, according to a new study.

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• Media Mention

  Ownership of tablets, e-readers almost doubles in one month

  Doug Gross, CNN

  Jan 23, 2012

  A new report from one of the Web's leading researchers spells out what news reports have suggested: that tablet computers and e-readers made a huge leap in popularity this holiday season.
  
  The number of U.S. adults who owned tablets such as Apple's...

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• Media Mention

  Tablet and E-Reader Sales Soar

  Julie Bosman, New York Times

  Jan 22, 2012

  For adults, tablet computers and e-readers were the gifts of choice, judging by a new report that indicates the number of adults in the United States who own tablets and e-readers nearly doubled from mid-December to early January.
  
  The report, whic...

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• Presentation

  The New Environment for Advocates & NGOs

  Jan 17, 2012Lee Rainie

  Director Lee Rainie presented 10 fresh realities of the digital age to journalists, government officials, and leaders of non-governmental organizations from 33 countries.

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• Media Mention

  1 in 10 Americans Make ‘Impulse’ Donations Via Text [STUDY]

  Kate Freeman, Mashable

  Jan 14, 2012

  “Impulse decision” usually has a negative connotation — except when it comes to making charitable donations via text message. r>r> A recent study shows that almost one in 10 Americans has donated via text— and that it was an impulse donation. r>...

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• Media Mention

  Survey finds most Haiti text donors have donated to other disaster recovery efforts since

  Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

  Jan 12, 2012

  The massive earthquake that devastated Haiti two years ago prompted an outpouring of charitable donations and propelled a new way of giving — through text messages — into the public eye.
  
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  A survey released Thursday by the Pew Research Cent...

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