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“Half of all adult cell phone owners now incorporate their mobile devices into their television watching experiences. These connected viewers used their cell phones for a wide range of activities during the 30 days preceding our April 2012 survey: 38% of cell owners used their phone to keep themselves occupied during commercials or breaks in …
The Cost of Connectivity – A comparison of high-speed Internet prices in 22 cities worldwide, by Hibah Hussain, Danielle Kehl, Benjamin Lennett, Chiehyu Li, Patrick Lucey. New America Foundation, July 19, 2012 “In this study, we compare high-speed Internet offerings in 22 cities around the world by price, download and upload speed, and bundled services. …
“News is becoming a major part of what Americans watch on YouTube. In the last 15 months, a third of the most searched terms on the video sharing site were news related. A new study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism explores the character of news on YouTubewhat kinds of stories people access, who …
Computer and Internet Use at Home: 2010 “These tables provide information about computer and Internet use from the Current Population Survey (CPS) School Enrollment and Internet Use Supplement. The tables display national and state level data and examine householder and individual characteristics by school enrollment, age, race, sex and Hispanic origin. Additional tables use data …
Interoperability Case Study: The Bar Code/UPC, Published July 15, 2012 by Matthew Becker. Download from SSRN “This case study is part of an ongoing series developed in support of a larger text on interoperability by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser Interop: The Promise and Perils of Highly Interconnected Systems (Basic Books, forthcoming, June 2012). The …
Via LLRX.com – Competitive Intelligence – A Selective Resource Guide – Completely Updated – July 2012 Sabrina I. Pacifici’s comprehensive current awareness guide focuses on leveraging a selected but wide range of reliable, topical, predominantly free websites and resources. The goal is to support an effective research process to search, discover, access, monitor, analyze and …
Navigating the Social Network – The Air Force Guide to Effective Social Media, March 2012 With the emergence of social media, information sharing continues to be dynamic and evolving. Social media is a global cultural phenomenon, and for many Americans it has become such a part of their daily activities they cant imagine living without …
Family Caregivers Online by Susannah Fox, Joanna Brenner, July 12, 2012: “Thirty percent of U.S. adults help a loved one with personal needs or household chores, managing finances, arranging for outside services, or visiting regularly to see how they are doing. Most are caring for an adult, such as a parent or spouse, but a …
Information Technology Reform – Progress Made but Future Cloud Computing Efforts Should be Better Planned, GAO-12-756, Jul 11, 2012: “As part of a comprehensive effort to increase the operational efficiency of federal technology assets, federal agencies are shifting how they deploy IT services. OMB issued a Cloud First policy in December 2010 that requires federal …
Teens 2012: Truth, Trends, and Myths About Teen Online Behavior, by Kristen Purcell, July 11, 2012. “Pew Internet’s newest data on how teens use the internet, mobile phones, social media and social networking sites, as well as teen communication preferences and online information consumption.” 46% of US adults now own Smartphones, up from 35% in …
Department of Defense, Chief Information Officer, Cloud Computing Strategy, July 2012 “The DoD Enterprise Cloud Environment is a key component to enable the Department to achieve JIE [Joint Information Environment] goals. The DoD Cloud Computing Strategy introduces an approach to move the Department from the current state of a duplicative, cumbersome, and costly set of …
Reforming Copyright Is Possible – And it’s the only way to create a national digital library, by Pamela Samuelson “The failure of the Google Book settlement, however, has not killed the dream of a comprehensive digital library accessible to the public. Indeed, it has inspired an alternative that would avoid the risks of monopoly control. …
