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                    [Title] => Report: More youth use smartphones as route to Web
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A new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project finds that 78 percent of young people, ages 12 to 17, now have cellphones. Nearly half of those are smartphones, a share that's increasing steadily — and that's having a big effect on how, and where, many young people are accessing the Web.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-13 13:17:07 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Gadgets [SectionUrl] => gadgets [URL] => http://img837.imageshack.us/img837/4405/smartphones.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 807734 [Title] => As Facebook grows, millions say, 'no, thanks' [Summary] =>

More than 900 million people worldwide check their Facebook accounts at least once a month, but millions more are Facebook holdouts.

[DatePublished] => 2012-05-17 20:43:05 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 754278 [Title] => Study confirms many of us go online for no reason [Summary] =>

For anyone who needed official word, a new study confirms that many of us — and the majority of young adults — go online for no good reason at all.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-03 05:27:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 604873 [Title] => Facebook checks in, adds location-based feature [Summary] =>

Facebook users carrying their smartphones will soon be able to “check in” to real-world locations such as bars, parks and live concerts as the social network makes its first foray into the location services craze.

[DatePublished] => 2010-08-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Technology [SectionUrl] => technology [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 578621 [Title] => Image-conscious youth rein in social networking [Summary] =>

What's that? A young college grad lecturing her elders about online privacy?

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-27 17:18:51 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 578611 [Title] => Image-conscious youth rein in social networking [Summary] =>

CHICAGO (AP) — What's that? A young college grad lecturing her elders about online privacy? 

[DatePublished] => 2010-05-27 14:05:33 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 548976 [Title] => Social network sites provided big info source on luge death [Summary] => VANCOUVER (AP) — People flooded social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube after the fatal crash of an Olympic luger Friday, eager for the latest — and quickest — details about the horrific accident. [DatePublished] => 2010-02-13 10:34:49 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 546289 [Title] => Is blogging a slog? Some young people think so [Summary] =>

CHICAGO (AP) — Could it be that blogs have become online fodder for the — gasp! — more mature reader?

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They think it's pointless, narcissistic. Some don't even know what it is.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-22 08:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) ) )
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