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44% of African-Americans & Latinos Own Smartphones in the US

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New data from the Pew Internet Project finds that over one-third of American adults – 35% – own a smartphone. Smartphone ownership is highest among the well-off, the well-educated, the (relatively) young, and non-whites. Fifty-nine percent of adults in households earning $75,000 or more have smartphones, nearly half – 48% – of those with a college degree own smartphones, and 44% of blacks and Latinos are smartphone owners. Read →

25% of African Americans Online Use Twitter

Twitter Captures Majority of Media Attention

New data from the Pew Internet & American Life Project shows that African Americans and Latinos online are significantly more likely than whites to use Twitter. In addition, 1 in 10 African-Americans online visit Twitter daily – double the rate of Latinos that do so, and almost 4x the rate of whites. Read →

51% of Twitter Users Follow Brands, vs. Only 16% of All Social Network Users

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Edison Research has released a report, “Twitter Usage in America: 2010,” based on a telephone survey (via landline and mobile phone) of 1,753 Americans was conducted in February 2010.  eMarketer has added some additional analysis to highlight some key findings: Twitter users were significantly more likely than members of other social networks to friend or follow [...] Read →

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