Americans Check Their Phones 8 Billion Times a Day
A woman uses a mobile device to take a photograph Dec. 17, 2015, in Glendale, California. (AP Photo) Americans are very attached to their electronic devices, especially their mobile phones. So much so...
View ArticleRare 1903 Video Captures Busy Boston Streets
Screenshot from “Seeing Boston by Streetcar” posted by the New England Historical Society. Rare video posted by the New England Historical Society shows the busy streets of Boston in 1903. A cameraman...
View ArticleMore than One-Third of US Innovators Are Immigrants
(FILE) Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla was born in India. (AP Photo) More than one-third of U.S. innovators are foreign born which suggests highly educated immigrants just might be one of...
View ArticleInnovation Leader US Could Soon Lose Its Edge
U.S. inventor Thomas Edison speaks into an Edison Dictating Machine, circa 1907. (US Department of the Interior) The United States leads the world in innovation but could soon lose its competitive...
View ArticleApple Reveals Most Popular Emoji in US
“Tears of Joy” face is the most popular emoji in the U.S., according to Apple. Americans love emojis, and now Apple has revealed the most popular on its many platforms. And the winner is: the “Tears...
View ArticleStudy finds 1 in 4 Americans is Online ‘Almost Constantly’
More than 25 percent of Americans say they are online “almost constantly,” says a new report. According to a Pew Research Center study conducted in January, 26 percent of American adults spend a lot of...
View ArticleAmericans’ Trust of Facebook Nosedives
Americans are quickly losing faith in Facebook in the wake of numerous controversies surrounding how the company treats personal information and potentially allows the spread of so-called fake news. As...
View ArticleMore Americans Take Facebook Break
Increasing numbers of young people are over Facebook. Forty-four percent of users between the ages 18 and 29 say they deleted the Facebook app from their phone sometime during the past year, according...
View ArticleUS Teens Prefer to Text Friends Rather Than Talk to Them in Person
American teenagers would rather text their friends instead of speaking to them in person. And even if they do meet face-to-face, teens admit that social media often distracts them from paying...
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