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  • Younger people, men more likely to get news via tablet

    More and more Americans -- particularly if they are younger, richer and male -- are getting more and more of their news content from smartphones and tablets, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism.

  • Most tablet users won't pay for news content

    A large majority of tablet computer users still want to read news content for free, according to the results of a survey done by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism and The Economist Group.

  • A third of us would rather text than talk, survey says

    What's your preferred means of cellphone communication: text or talk? A new survey from Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project says a slight majority of Americans -- 53 percent, to be exact -- prefer a voice call to a text message. But 31 percent of cellphone users would rather get a text.

  • What the influx of 'digital natives' will mean for IT

    In about 15 years, the Millennial Generation -- the "digital natives" who began entering the workforce in 2000 -- will be, more or less, in charge of their workplaces, with those who have leadership potential having moved up the corporate rungs by then.

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