Mobile, Social Health at the National Library of Medicine

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Published July 13, 2010 at 10:35 a.m.

Speaking to the senior staff of the National Library of Medicine last week was like going before the best kind of murder board. Our jumping-off point was the Pew Internet Project's latest research on internet penetration, mobile use, and the social life of health information ...

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From texting to apps, using cell phones for health

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Published July 13, 2010 at 10:21 a.m.

WASHINGTON — What if my blood sugar's too high today? Is it time for my blood pressure pill? With nagging text messages or more customized two-way interactions, researchers are trying to harness the power of cell phones to help fight chronic diseases ... [ ... ] ... After all, most of the population now carries a cell phone. Accessing the Internet with them is on the rise, too — nearly 40 percent of cell callers do, the Pew Internet & American Life Project reported last week — allowing

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DM 160: Joel Comm's 2 Things He Knows That Will Radically Generate More Revenue For You

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Published July 12, 2010 at 10:00 p.m.
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Joel Comm is a font of content. It issues from him like a cool, clear spring, bubbling up from the center of the earth. Always there, always refreshing.For the last 15 years, Joel has been authoring timely books, producing reality TV and teaching the world the value of Internet marketing.Tune in as I talk about Joel's latest interests and newest book.Kaching: How To Run an Online Biz That Pays and Pays will debut in June 2010. He shares the key capabilities that drive revenue in today's online

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Going wireless all the way to the Web

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Published July 10, 2010 at 3:42 p.m.

Six out of 10 African Americans and Hispanics use their cellphones to get onto the Internet, a greater portion than for the overall adult population, according to a report by the Pew Research Center released this week ... Experts say the reasons for the high adoption rates are numerous. Ethnic minorities are often first-adopters of new technology. Cities such as Washington have become giant hot spots, with free Wi-Fi connections in public libraries, community centers, bookstores and coffee

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Social Media in 2020 and Beyond

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Published July 9, 2010 at 9:45 a.m.

If you're one of those people who don't get all the fuss over Twitter and YouTube, hoping they'll simply go away, you may not want to read the results of a new survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, in partnership with Elon University's Imagining the Internet Center ... If, on the other hand, you're an eager participant in these social media outlets, or aspire to Tweet or join Facebook yourself, but fear that time has passed you by, the survey being released Friday should set your

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'Millennials' leading the way on social media

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Published July 9, 2010 at 9:45 a.m.

Online information-sharing tools will still play an integral role in the lives of so-called Millennials by 2020, even as they grow older and assume more responsibilities, according to the predictions of a majority of technology experts recently surveyed ... The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project and the Imagining the Internet Center at Elon University recently interviewed 895 technology leaders as part of a series of surveys on the evolution and social impact of online

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Gen Y unlikely to change online openness with age

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Published July 9, 2010 at 9:45 a.m.

The first generation of "digital natives," those born after 1980 who are "always connected" and share information openly and unabashedly online, are unlikely to change that behavior as they age, according to a new study ... "Older and wiser" will not necessarily equate to zipping it on the Web. If anything, Gen Y, or "Millennials," as the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project dubs the group, "are leading society into a new world of personal disclosure and information-sharing."

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Mobile, Social Health

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Published July 7, 2010 at 11:00 p.m.

Internet penetration, mobile use, the social life of health information -- and how it fits in with the National Library of Medicine's strategy ...

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Americans use phones more for games, Internet

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Published July 7, 2010 at 3:42 p.m.

Americans' use of non-voice programs on cell phones has "grown dramatically" over the last year, with even more of us using our phones as cameras and video recorders, as well as for e-mail, Internet and playing games, according to a report from the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project ... "Cell phones have become for many owners an all-purpose chat-text-gaming-photo-sharing media hub that is an essential utility for work and a really fancy toy for fun," said Aaron Smith, Pew

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Mobile Web Use and the Digital Divide

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Published July 7, 2010 at 3:16 p.m.

The image of the affluent and white cellphone owner as the prototypical mobile Web user seems to be a mistaken one, according to a report published Wednesday by the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Center ... The study found that African-Americans and Hispanics continue to be more likely to own cellphones than whites and more likely to use their phones for a greater range of activities ... This increase in mobile Web use, first noticed in a similar study by the Pew Center last

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