Although broadband Internet availability has become more common, there are still many Californians who are not connected. This survey seeks to inform the important public policy issues around the changing nature of “connectedness” and differences between Californians who are and are not “connected.” We examine access to and use of information technology, the evolving role of mobile devices, as well as the public’s perceptions and attitudes toward these issues.
This survey is the third in a series focusing on information technology issues and is funded with grants from the California Emerging Technology Fund and ZeroDivide.
Twitter use by internet users ages 25-34 has doubled since late 2010 (from 9% to 19%) and usage by those ages 35-44 has also grown significantly (from 8% to 14%)
Mozilla and ZeroDivide Announce Youth Media Partnership
Program will use HTML5 video tools to teach media literacy skills
On Saturday, March 19, Mozilla and ZeroDivide will publicly launch a collaboration with the Bay Area Video Coalition to teach media literacy skills using fun web video tools.
Mozilla and ZeroDivide will share details of their partnership at the annual Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington, D.C., and demonstrate open source video tools under development at Mozilla’s Web Made Movies laboratory.
It’s no secret that adults aged 50-plus are the Internet’s largest and fastest-growing constituency. And their slow but steady adoption of social networks is allowing them to flex the muscle behind the force. Boomers are able to be active, socially connected, and powerful spenders in retirement like no generation before.
I'm not a big fan of Emergency Rooms - who is? Yet there I was on Sunday night, IV pain killers running through my veins, being prepped for a CT scan to assess the size of the kidney stones that were the culprits responsible for ruining my weekend. I'd surreptitiously snuck my cell phone into my room - my Dad had been in and out of Emergency Rooms a lot between 2007 and 2009, and I remembered the huge placards at almost every turn in the ER warning, "NO cell phones, two-way radios, or pagers of any kind allowed." But there was no way that I was going to be separated . . .
As social networking sites gain in popularity, blogging is experiencing a decline among teens (ages 12-17) and young adults (ages 18-29) while the percentage of adults blogging increased moderately from 7% to 11%.
I love the Internet! I like having access to volumes of information at my fingertips to be explored at any time of day or night. I came across a site that I thought was worth sharing - Imagining the Internet.
Vint Cerf, the Father of the Internet and Google Chief Internet Evangelist, gives a comprehensive overview of the state of the Internet today, and what issues are arising as it continues to evolve.
