According to a new study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 8 percent of American adults currently use Twitter, with only 2 percent using it on a daily basis.
The company surveyed 2550 Americans, 74 of which use the Internet.
Although the overall number was low, Pew found that Twitter was popular among younger adults, urban city dwellers and minorities.
Women were also more likely to use Twitter.
Overall, 10 percent of Twitter users were women, compared to 7 percent for men, with the majority being in the 18-29 age group.
From a racial standpoint, Hispanics were most likely to use the micro blogging service followed closely by the black population and finally the white population.
24 percent of Twitter users check the site for updates multiple times a day, while 12 percent check it just once. A full 21 percent never check their accounts.
For those that actually post, 72 percent post about their personal lives, 62 percent write about work and 55 percent post news. 54 percent “post humorous or observational tweets” and 53 percent re-tweet other posts.
52 percent send private messages, 40 share pics, 28 percent share videos and 24 percent tweet their geo-location.
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Apple has announced today that iOS 4.2 is now available for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch, adding a number of new features.
Perhaps more notably is the fact that iPad users will finally get multitasking.
“iOS 4.2 makes the iPad a completely new product, just in time for the holiday season,” added CEO Steve Jobs. “Once again, the iPad with iOS 4.2 will define the target that other tablets will aspire to, but very few, if any, will ever be able to hit.”
All iOS device owners will now have multitasking, Folders, Unified Inbox, Game Center, AirPlay and AirPrint.
AirPlay allows for wireless streaming of music, videos and photos from any iOS device to the Apple TV.
AirPrint lets you wirelessly print photos, email, web pages, and documents from your iPad to any AirPrint-enabled printer.
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Dell has announced the upcoming availability of the Inspiron Duo tablet/netbook hybrid today, as well as pricing for the device.
The device will be available during the first week of December, and the base model will sell for $549.
Dell’s unique hybrid has a 10.1-inch multi-touch display.
The device runs on a dual-core Intel Atom N550 processor, has 2GB of RAM, a Broadcom Crystal HD accelerator, 250GB of storage, and Windows 7 Home Premium as the operating system.
When flipped into a tablet, the 1366×768-resolution display uses Dell’s Duo Stage UI layer, which is much more touch-friendly than standard Windows 7.
A few of the installed apps are Dell’s MusicStage, VideoStage, PhotoStage, and BookStage.
