smartphones

At last, here’s Part 2 of my series on smartphone use as it relates to the Occupy Wall Street movement, focusing on user privacy around mobile phone data.

I’ll be following up with Part 3 to address the thorny issues around ownership of user-generated content and history making by way of social media. Read more about Smartphones and Occupy Wall Street, Part 2

Over the past few weeks, the Occupy Wall Street movement – or #OWS if you’re following along on Twitter – has spread like wildfire. According to the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ page on Wikipedia, as of October 9 approximately 900 demonstrations have taken place in over 95 cities across 82 countries. Read more about Smartphones and Occupy Wall Street: Part 1

In its first standalone measure of smartphone ownership, the Pew Internet Project finds that one third of American adults – 35% – own smartphones.

Mobile phones are a main source of internet access for one-quarter of the smartphone population. The Project’s May survey found that 83% of US adults have a cell phone of some kind, and that 42% of them own a smartphone. That translates into 35% of all adults. Read more about Smartphone Adoption and Usage