Tracking changes in how Americans connect to the Internet, how often, and what activities they pursue online.
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Use of Cloud Computing Applications and Services
9/12/2008 | 
Memo | John Horrigan
Some 69% of online Americans use webmail services, store data online, or use software programs such as word processing applications whose functionality is located on the web. Online users who take advantage of cloud applications say they like the convenience and flexibility they enable. However, their message to providers of such services is: Let's keep the data between us.
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Podcast Downloading 2008
8/28/2008 | Memo | Mary Madden Sydney Jones
As gadgets with digital audio capability proliferate, podcast downloading continues to increase. Currently, 19% of all internet users say they have downloaded a podcast so they could listen to it or view it later.
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Home Broadband 2008
7/2/2008 | 
Report | John Horrigan
Some 55% of all adult Americans now have a high-speed internet connection
at home. The percentage of Americans with broadband at home has grown from 47% in early 2007.
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Privacy Implications of Fast, Mobile Internet Access
2/14/2008 | Memo | Susannah Fox
Many Americans are jumping into the participatory Web without considering all the implications. If nothing really bad has happened to someone, they tend neither to worry about their personal information nor to take steps to limit the amount of information that can be found about them online.
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Digital Footprints
12/16/2007 | Report | Mary Madden Susannah Fox Aaron Smith Jessica Vitak
Internet users are becoming more aware of their digital footprint; 47% have searched for information about themselves online, up from just 22% five years ago.
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Online Video
7/25/2007 | Report | Mary Madden
The growing adoption of broadband combined with a dramatic push by content providers to promote online video has helped to pave the way for mainstream audiences to embrace online video viewing. Fifty-seven percent of online adults have used the internet to watch or download video, and 19% do so on a typical day. Three-quarters of broadband users (74%) who enjoy high-speed connections at both home and work watch or download video online.
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Wireless Internet Access
2/25/2007 | Memo | John Horrigan
Some 34% of internet users have logged onto the internet using a wireless connection either around the house, at their workplace, or some place else.
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Riding the Waves of "Web 2.0"
10/5/2006 | Memo | Mary Madden Susannah Fox
“Web 2.0” has become a catch-all buzzword; the Pew Internet Project and Hitwise provide data to put it in perspective.
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The Future of the Internet II
9/24/2006 | Report | Janna Anderson Lee Rainie
A survey of technology thinkers and stakeholders shows they believe the internet will continue to spread in a "flattening" and improving world. There are many, though, who think major problems will accompany technology advances by 2020. A predictions database can be viewed here.
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Home Broadband Adoption 2006
5/28/2006 | Report | John Horrigan
Adoption of high-speed internet at home grew twice as fast in the year prior to March 2006 than in the same time frame from 2004 to 2005. Middle-income Americans accounted for much of the increase.
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