​​🌐 US Internet and Social Media Usage Plateau

#Internet usage, as well as #SocialMedia adoption and device ownership, have seemingly reached a plateau after several years of growth. For example, the percentage of US adults using social media rests at 69% this year, unchanged from 2016.

Internet use, for its part, now stands at 89% of US adults, up only marginally from 2016 (88%). And device use is largely unchanged, too:

- 95% of US adults own or use a cellphone, flat from 2016;
- 77% own or use a #smartphone, unchanged from 2016;
- 73% own or use a desktop or laptop computer, down from 78% in 2016; and
- 53% own or use a tablet, up slightly from 51%.

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​​📑 Q4 2018 Internet Report
The next billion doesn’t seem so far anymore!

Millions of people across Africa and South Asia came online for the first time in the past three months, with almost all of these new users accessing the #Internet solely via mobile devices.

- There are almost 4.2 billion internet users around the world in October 2018, up seven percent since this time last year.
- Around 3.4 billion people around the world used #SocialMedia in September 2018, up 10% since September 2017.
- More than 5.1 billion people now use a mobile phone, with most using a #smartphone.

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🔈 Smart Assistants Usages

According to GlobalWebIndex, that functional activities are the leading use case for #Smartphone voice assistant, like asking for directions or for checking the weather.

Home assistants, on the other hand, provide a more relaxing and interactive experience. The research also revealed that home assistant users perform a greater variety of behaviors on average, with an emphasis on content and entertainment, like streaming #Music.

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❓ In the past month, have you used any Voice Assistants, such as Siri, Cortana, Alexa?

​​📱 Your Phone's Radiation

For most people nowadays, their #smartphone is within arm's reach 24 hours a day. It's in their pocket while they're at work, it's in their hand on the train ride home and it's on their bedside table as they go to sleep. With this level of proximity and usage, many can't quite shake the niggling feeling that they might be risking damage to themselves in the long run. While conclusive longitudinal research on the effects of cell phone radiation is still hard to come by, for those looking to hedge their bets, this infographic shows the phones that emit the most radiation when held to the ear while calling.

The German Federal Office for Radiation Protection (Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz) has a comprehensive database of #smartphones - new and old - and the level of radiation they emit. Following the criteria set for this chart (see footnotes), the current smartphone creating the highest level of radiation is the Mi A1 from Chinese vendor Xiaomi. In fact, the top list is dominated by handsets made by Chinese companies, with #Xiaomi, #OnePlus, #Huawei and #ZTE accounting for 12 of the 15 phones with the largest values. It must be said though, that premium #Apple phones such as the #iPhone 7 and the recently released iPhone 8 are also here to be seen.

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📱 Top Grossing iOS Categories in Q1 2019

Entertainment apps are where consumers are easily convinced to spend their hard earned money. Apps like #Netflix, #Hulu, OZEE, Hotstar provide us entertainment when we're bored or traveling. That this category sits up top is likely not surprising.

#iOS #Android #Smartphone

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📱 Smartphone Dominance

Following up on the poll above, although not producing the same results, here are some interesting stats from Pew Research Centre: #Smartphone users are now more likely to go online using their mobile phone than with some other type of device.

For smartphone owners, their mobile devices now outpace more traditional means of accessing the web. 46% of them say when using the internet, they mostly do so on their phone. This represents a 12% increase from 2013 when 34% of these users said this.

At the same time, the share of smartphone users who say a desktop, laptop or tablet computer is their primary device for going online has fallen from 53% in 2013 to 30% today. Roughly a quarter of smartphone users say they equally use a cellphone or a desktop, laptop or tablet computer when going online, up from 12% six years prior.

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🔋 The Smartphones With the Longest-Lasting Batteries

Every #smartphone users know the dilemma: It doesn’t matter how great your latest-generation smartphone is or which cutting-edge features it contains - the device still runs on old-fashioned electricity it draws from its battery, often the weakest part of the phone. With the number of apps people use and time they spend on their smartphone increasing, battery woes are all too common - the prevalence of powerbanks and charging stations popping up in different places certainly tell that story.

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📰 Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — Day 2


👉 In Q1, #iPad app downloads saw first YoY growth in four years, surpassing 1.1B worldwide; consumer spending in iPad apps crosses $2B (link)


👉 #Coronavirus causes worst #smartphone market contraction in history — global shipments down 13% (link)


👉 #Fortnite is hosting a Diplo concert in its new party mode (link)


👉 #Tesla's lost $14B in value after #ElonMusk tweeted its shares were overpriced (link)


👉 #JeffBezos is being called to testify before Congress over ‘misleading’ statements from #Amazon (link)



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Tech, Media, and Business News Headlines — Day 5


👉 #Apple will host a virtual #WWDC this year — starts on 22 June (link)


👉 #Twitter tests a warning message that tells users to rethink offensive replies (link)
👉 #Twitter rolls out changes to threaded conversations following tests in its prototype app, #twttr (link)

👉 #Airbnb cuts 1,900 jobs, around 25% of its global workforce (link)


👉 #Bitcoin is set for ‘Halving’ this month (link)


👉 Leaked videos show #Lenovo’s first gaming #smartphone (link)

👉 #Android 11’s public beta to launch with 3 June via live stream (link)
👉 #Google’s #Stadia controller will finally work wirelessly with computers starting this week (link)


👉 #Microsoft launches #SurfaceBook 3 (link) and #SurfaceHeadphones 2 (link)
👉 #Microsoft offers $100,000 to hack its custom Linux OS (link)


👉 #Uber lays off 14% of its workforce in COVID-19-related cost-cutting (link)


👉 #Pinterest Q1: revenue of $272M, vs. $270M est., up 35% YoY; user base grew to 367M MAUs, up 26% YoY (link)


👉 #EA Q4: revenues of $1.39B, beating expectations of $1.19B, up 12% YoY (link)


#️⃣ #EarningsCalls

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🤯 OnePlus’ 8 Pro has X-ray Vision Filter
it sees through plastic & clothes

Well, firstly, it’s not actual X-ray, though, it's infrared.
This is not a new technology, but it's pretty cool to have it on your #OnePlus #smartphone.

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Video Credit: Ben Geskin.
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