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Articles tagged with: Social Networking and Teenagers
Financial Sites Popular Among Older European Mobile Web Users
comScore has reported that financial services sites, such as those offering banking and stock trading services, are the most popular among European mobile subscribers older than 55, while teenagers are more likely to visit social networking, entertainment and even comic sites on their mobile devices. more
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Teenagers are Shaping and Reshaping Their Wireless World
A generation widely defined by mobility, today's teenagers are now making demands of their mobile devices and, in doing so, redefining what mobility will be in the future, according to a US survey, published by the US trade body - the CTIA, in conjunction with Harris Interactive. more
Related Tags: rsa, privacy, gps, personal, text-messages, harris-interactive, harris, mp3, laptop, ctia, USA
Two-Thirds of Girls Put Off Tech-Jobs Due to Lack of Role Models
Research published by Research In Motion reveals that nearly 90 percent of girls aged 11-16 think using technology is cool and regularly talk to their friends about it. Just over a third (38%) of them chat about the latest technology on a daily basis - anything from social networking to online gaming and mobile downloads. Despite this love of technology, only a quarter (28%) of girls have considered a career in technology compared to more than half (52%) of boys. more
Related Tags: blackberry, rim, research-in-motion, UK
Teens Do Not Consider a Lot of Their Electronic Texts as Writing
The state of writing among teens today is marked by an interesting paradox: While teens are heavily embedded in a tech-rich world and craft a significant amount of electronic text, they see a fundamental distinction between their electronic social communications and the more formal writing they do for school or for personal reasons.
- 85% of youth ages 12-17 engage at least occasionally in some form of electronic personal communication, which includes text messaging, sending email or instant messages, or posting comments on social networking sites.
- 60% of teens do not think of these electronic texts as "writing."
Related Tags: text-messaging, pew, USA
Teenagers Turning their Back on Nokia - Prefer Sony Ericsson and Samsung
The importance of mobile phones in teenagers' lives is increasing rapidly according to the latest survey carried out by social networking website, Habbo. 58,480 teens that took part in the survey say also that Nokia is the number one mobile brand globally. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, samsung, sony, text-messages, habbo, mp3