How Teens Use Cellphones INFOGRAPHIC

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Flowtown has posted an infographic illustrating cellphone use among teenagers . The data, which is sourced from Pew Internet Research, visually underscores something we’ve known for a long time: Teens love to text. At this point, 75% of teens have cellphones, up from 45% back in 2004.
Microsoft and Verizon might think all the kids want to do with their new Kin phones is pay absurd data rates for a half-baked Twitter experience , but it turns out Generation Upload is still actually just Generation Text Message. That’s at least the word according to a Pew Internet Research survey published on April 20th and neatly summed up by a new Flowlogic infographic published today — only 23 percent of American teenagers with cellphones use social networks with their phones, while 72 percent of all teens use text messaging.
A question for those of you who maintain Facebook or other social networking accounts: how many of you friend your parents? How many of you would friend your parents if you were still a teenager? I’m friends with my mom on Facebook, but I can’t say for certain whether I would if I were 16.
Nielsen online is sharing some interesting data about Twitter. For one, it was the fastest growing community destination last month, experiencing 1382% growth from last year. Trailing behind it were Zimbio, Facebook, Multiply, and Wikia. “Twitterers (a.k.a. Tweeters) are not primarily teens or college students as you might expect,” says Nielsen’s Michelle McGiboney. “In fact, [...]
A 15-year-old has created a free-music service by harnessing YouTube’s vast library of music videos. David Nelson, 15, swapped public school for online classes to devote more time to Muziic Muziic, created by teen developer David Nelson, has built an iTunes-like interface on top of YouTube. The service enables users to stream YouTube’s music to [...]