Consumers Ignore Most Apps on their Smartphones

"Of smartphone owners, 68% open only five or fewer apps at least once a week, finds a survey by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. Seventeen percent don't use any apps. About 42% of all U.S. adults have phones with apps, Pew estimates."

Prisoners Making Threats Via Facebook

"Violent criminals in British prisons have been using Facebook to taunt and threaten victims and their families from jail, officials allege."

Stanford Takes Online Schooling To The Next Academic Level

"Last year, Stanford University computer science professor Sebastian Thrun — also known as the fellow who helped build Google's self-driving car — got together with a small group of Stanford colleagues and they impulsively decided to open their classes to the world."

Study: Web Hinders Youth Social Skills

"Young girls who spend the most time multitasking between various digital devices, communicating online or watching video are the least likely to develop normal social tendencies, according to the survey of 3,461 American girls aged 8 to 12 who volunteered responses."

Tablet, e-Book Ownership Soaring, Study Finds

"A report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project set to be released today finds that 29 percent of Americans owned at least one tablet or e-reader as of the beginning of this month. That's up from 18 percent in December."

YouTube Hits 4 Billion Daily Video Views

"YouTube, Google Inc's video website, is streaming 4 billion online videos every day, a 25 percent increase in the past eight months, according to the company."

Phone, Tablet Users Spend More Time With Apps Than Web

"Phone and tablet owners used to spend most of their time surfing the Web. Now they're using apps, according to data from Flurry Analytics."