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Sep 2, 2010CNN
CNN) -- Grown-ups don't text as much as teens -- at least not yet. A new survey suggests they may be catching up. About 72 percent of adult mobile phone users send text messages with their phones, according to a report released Thursday...
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Aug 28, 2010Chicago Tribune
Richard Bosack joined Facebook on Thursday, after his buddy Ray Urbans recommended the ubiquitous social networking site a few days earlier. Bosack is 89. Urbans is 96. The two Elmhurst men might be viewed as curiosities in an arena th...
Aug 27, 2010Orlando Sentinel
Ruth Roseboom checks her Facebook page at least once a day. The 78-year-old Celebration grandmother has 40 Facebook friends and likes to see what they are up to on any given time. Roseboom is part of a growing number of adults logging ...
Aug 27, 2010San Jose Mercury News
Just a few short years ago, Facebook was the exclusive province of postmillennial college undergraduates. Well, move over. The Woodstock generation -- and their parents -- are moving in. The phenomenal growth of Facebook, Twitter and ot...
Aug 27, 2010CNN
(CNN) -- Nancy Ehrlich was nearing 50 and frustrated, teaching at her small Pennsylvania town's elementary school with colleagues who didn't share her love of technology. Then, last summer, she found Twitter. Now, Ehrlich -- ...
Aug 27, 2010NPR
Grandma is posting a photo on Facebook. Grandpa is looking for former colleagues on LinkedIn. And more and more people ages 50 and older are joining social networks, according to a new Read More
Aug 19, 2010Associated Press
NEW YORK — Facebook users carrying their smart phones will soon be able to "check in" to real-world locations such as bars, parks and live concerts as the social network makes its first foray into the location services craze. "Where are...
Aug 12, 2010Washington Post
More than half of Americans generally disagree with federal government efforts to expand broadband connections around the nation, saying those projects are not important, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Pew Center. The f...
Aug 11, 2010Associated Press
The adoption of high-speed Internet service in homes has slowed to a crawl this year after a decade of rapid growth, according to two new studies. And it looks as if broadband is going to be a tough sell for those who don't already have it. <...
Aug 2, 2010PBS Newshour
With a contentious midterm election just around the corner, the Obama administration is continuing to tout what health reform will mean for Americans -- even turning the president into an online pitchman for the administration's new health coverag...
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The percentage of internet users have created content and commentary about the recession in places like blogs, social network sites and Twitter.
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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.