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    Tablet and E-reader Ownership Update

    Up from 25% last year, more than half of those in households earning $75,000 or more now have tablets. Up from 19% last year, 38% of those in upper-income households now have e-readers.

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    Technology Adoption by Lower Income Populations

    Aaron Smith discusses the Project’s latest research about internet usage, broadband adoption, and the impact of mobile connectivity among lower-income populations.

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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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    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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    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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    Closing the Digital Divide: Latinos and Technology Adoption

    Overview Latinos own smartphones, go online from a mobile device and use social networking sites at similar—and sometimes higher—rates than do other groups of Americans, according to a new analysis of three surveys by the Pew Research Center. The analysis also finds that when it comes to using the internet,[1. Internet users are those who […]