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    How Americans go online

    A breakdown of how internet users go online, including those with home access and the type of access, is shown in this table.

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    Who’s Not Online and Why

    15% of American adults do not use the internet at all, and another 9% of adults use the internet but not at home.

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    Cell Phone Activities 2013

    50% of cell owners download apps to their phones; 48% listen to music services; video calling has tripled since 2011; texting remains a popular activity

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    Cell Internet Use 2013

    57% of American adults use their cell phone to go online. 21% of cell phone owners say they mostly access the internet using their phone.

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    Location-Based Services

    More social media users are adding location information to their posts, and most smartphone owners use location-based information services.

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    Home Broadband 2013

    Seven in ten American adults have a high-speed broadband connection at home. Another one in ten Americans lack home broadband but do own a smartphone.

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    The reinvention of libraries

    Lee Rainie, the Director of the Pew Internet Project, will present the Project’s latest findings about the changing role of libraries and patrons’ interest in new services. He will also describe Project research on the way people use mobile device…

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    Tablet Ownership 2013

    Tablet adoption has almost doubled over the past year. A third of American adults now own a tablet computer, including almost half of those ages 35-44 and a majority of those in higher income households.

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