Chart of the Week: How the Winter Olympics has raised its ‘cool factor
Since the early 1990s, as the Economist chart above shows, Olympics organizers have steadily added more and more freestyle skiing, snowboarding and other X Games-style events in a bid to appeal to younger viewers.- 29241Murphy ≡ Articles
Digital Life in 2025
Asked to predict the future of the internet and how technology/the Web will change over the next decade, hundreds of experts agree that trends now underway will make the internet more important even as it becomes less visible in daily life.- 25544Murphy ≡ Articles
Mothers Day beats Valentines Day in Google ‘flowers search
Searches peak on the Friday before Mother’s Day and on Valentine’s Day.- 24599Murphy ≡ Articles
Chart of the Week: The World Cup of (almost) everything
Interactive brackets let you see how the 32 nations competing in the World Cup stack up on 70 different sporting, economic and social indicators.- 25135Murphy ≡ Articles
The Internet of Things Will Thrive by 2025
Many experts say the rise of embedded and wearable computing will bring the next revolution in digital technology. They say the upsides are enhanced health, convenience, productivity, safety, and vastly more useful information for people and organizations- 24810Murphy ≡ Articles
Social Media and the ‘Spiral of Silence
Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms did not provide new outlets for the discussion of the Snowden-NSA revelations. People who thought their social media friends disagreed with them were less likely to discuss the issues in person and online.- 22353Murphy ≡ Articles
Book Reading 2016
A growing share of Americans are reading e-books on tablets and smartphones rather than dedicated e-readers, but print books remain much more popular than books in digital formats- 25981Murphy ≡ Articles
Why join the gig economy? For many, the answer is ‘for fun
Nearly a quarter of Americans say they’ve earned money in the digital “platform economy” in the past year, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Perhaps surprisingly, though, the most commonly cited motivation for these workers is not the pay.- 29479Murphy ≡ Articles
A third of Americans live in a household with three or more smartphones
The growing prevalence of cellphones comes as the typical American household now contains a wide range of connected devices.- 25203Murphy ≡ Articles
Younger men play video games, but so do a diverse group of other Americans
In the U.S., four-in-ten women and roughly a quarter of adults ages 65 and older say they play video games at least sometimes.- 28476Murphy ≡ Articles
8% of Americans say they own a drone, while more than half have seen one in operation
While drones have become more prevalent, many Americans have reservations about where and under what circumstances their use should be allowed.- 24170Murphy ≡ Articles
5 facts about Americans and video games
Overall, 43% of U.S. adults say they often or sometimes play video games. Gaming is popular among teens – especially teenage boys.- 23307Murphy ≡ Articles
More Americans are using ride-hailing apps
Today, 36% of U.S. adults say they have ever used a ride-hailing service such as Uber or Lyft. Prominent urban-rural gaps in adoption exist.- 29397Murphy ≡ Articles
8 facts about love and marriage in America
The landscape of relationships in America has shifted dramatically in recent decades. Read eight facts about love and marriage in the country.- 28895Murphy ≡ Articles
The way U.S. teens spend their time is changing, but differences between boys and girls persist
Teens spend their time differently than they did a decade ago, but gender differences remain in time spent on leisure, housework and other activities.- 22438Murphy ≡ Articles
Americans with higher education and income are more likely to be involved in community groups
Nearly six-in-ten Americans participate in some type of community group or organization, including 11% who say they take part in at least four such groups.- 21084Murphy ≡ Articles
Americans 60 and older are spending more time in front of their screens than a decade ago
Those 60 and older now spend more than half of their daily leisure time, four hours and 16 minutes, in front of screens.- 28906Murphy ≡ Articles
Couples who meet online are more diverse than those who meet in other ways, largely because theyre y
Couples who meet online are more likely than those who meet offline to be diverse by some measures – but this can be explained by age.- 25047Murphy ≡ Articles
From virtual parties to ordering food, how Americans are using the internet during COVID-19
Some Americans – particularly those who are younger or college educated – are finding virtual ways to connect, shop and be active.- 24110Murphy ≡ Articles
Parenting Children in the Age of Screens
Two-thirds of parents in the U.S. say parenting is harder today than it was 20 years ago, with many citing technologies – like social media or smartphones – as a reason.- 27371Murphy ≡ Articles
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