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An Average American Consumes 34 Gigabytes a Day, Study Says - NYTimes.com
"The average American consumes about 34 gigabytes of data and information each day — an increase of about 350 percent over nearly three decades — according to a report published Wednesday by researchers at the University of California, San Diego."
Wireless Internet Use | Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project
"An April 2009 survey by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project shows that 56% of adult Americans have accessed the internet by wireless means, such as using a laptop, mobile device, game console, or MP3 player. The most prevalent way people get online using a wireless network is with a laptop computer; 39% of adults have done this.
The report also finds rising levels of Americans using the internet on a mobile handset. One-third of Americans (32%) have used a cell phone or Smartphone to access the internet for emailing, instant-messaging, or information-seeking. This level of mobile internet is up by one-third since December 2007, when 24% of Americans had ever used the internet on a mobile device. On the typical day, nearly one-fifth (19%) of Americans use the internet on a mobile device, up substantially from the 11% level recorded in December 2007. That’s a growth of 73% in the 16 month interval between surveys. "
Jose Antonio Vargas: Anatomy (and Meaning) of the "Did You Know?" Video Series (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
fat dumb happy | Gapingvoid
“The days where a blue collar guy like my uncle could have a nice life without doing much,” my friend said, “those days are gone. Gone forever.”
I also heard a statistic a couple of weeks ago– I don’t have the link, sorry– that there are sixty million children in China currently taking piano lessons. Sixty. Million.
Average Internet User Now Spends 68 Hours Per Month Online
"The statistic that really jumped out for us, however, was that in September 2009, the average U.S. Internet user spent an estimated 68 hours online (both at home and at work)."
YouTube Now Serving More Than a Billion Views a Day - Search Marketing News Blog - Search Engine Watch (SEW)
"He said, "Three years ago today, Steve and I stood out in front of our offices and jokingly crowned ourselves the burger kings of media." He added, "Today, I'm proud to say that we have been serving well over a billion views a day on YouTube.""
Viral Video Chart: Featuring Obama, layered haircuts and new facts | Media | guardian.co.uk
The Fischbowl: More Than a Passing Trend Part II
@Marita - I agree that information literacy is huge, and some of his stats definitely need to be looked at. But a fair number of them are accurate, and the big picture of social media and how it relates to branding, marketing and running a business is an idea we need to look at more closely (and, of course, the related issue of its affect on education/schools/teaching/learning). I don't think we should dismiss the issues this raises just because he ran a little loose with some of the facts.
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