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Winda Benedetti, msnbc.com
May 18, 2012
Imagine a future in which you earn badges and achievements at every turn. Meanwhile, companies are constantly encouraging you to level up your life as a way to draw you in. Perhaps you earn a special badge as you run the treadmill at the gym or you l...
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Report
May 18, 2012Janna Anderson, Lee Rainie
Game mechanics like rewards and feedback loops are gaining ground in digital life and many experts think they will spread widely to key domains like education and health by 2020. Others worry about a darker side.
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Somini Sengupta, New York Times
Apr 28, 2012
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In London, travelers can buy train tickets with their phones — and hold up the phones for the conductor to see. And in Starbucks coffee shops here in the United States, customers can wave their phones in front of the cash register and without ev...
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Samantha Murphy, Mashable
Apr 17, 2012
Experts believe that cash and credit cards could be a thing of the past by 2020, a new study suggests.
A new study conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center revealed...
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Report
Apr 17, 2012Aaron Smith, Janna Anderson, Lee Rainie
In a Pew Internet/Elon University survey, internet experts predict that payment with mobile devices will be commonplace by 2020—although a number of potential hurdles and holdouts stand in the way
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Presentation
Mar 28, 2012Lee Rainie
How Baby Boomers use technology
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Report
Mar 23, 2012Janna Anderson, Lee Rainie
A Pew Internet/Elon University survey reveals that experts expect apps and the Web to converge in the cloud; but many worry that simplicity for users will come at a price.
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The Daily Circuit, Minnesota Public Radio
Mar 1, 2012
Senior Researcher at Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society David Weinberger discussed the future behavior of hyperconnected young adults on Minnesota Public Radio's "The Daily Circuit."
A Pew Internet/Elon University s...
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Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times
Feb 29, 2012
Teenagers today are growing up in an unprecedented environment of hyper-inter-connectivity. According to recent data collected by the Pew Internet Project, 95% of teens 12 to 17 are online, 76% use social networking sites and 77% have cellphones.
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Suzanne Choney, msnbc.com
Feb 29, 2012
Millennials — the always-connected generation, those born between 1981 and 2000 — have such a "thirst for instant gratification and quick fixes" that they're at risk of making poor life decisions based on findings from a fast Google search or a text ...
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