Most Adults own a Smartphone

Most Adults Under 35 Own a Smartphone

The growth of smartphone adoption and associated mobile technologies has been staggering. As of the end of 2011, the majority of U.S. adults under the age of 35 now own a smartphone. Sixty-two percent of them have downloaded apps (mostly games), and mobile Web usage among these consumers has grown 45% since last year.

These are just a few of the stats in Nielsen's latest report on the state of mobile media and consumer behavior. Much of the data won't shock anyone. Teens text more than the rest of us, everyone is glued to Facebook, Android is the top smartphone OS and Apple is the top manufacturer.

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Video is huge among smartphone owners, who watched about 35% more video content on their devices than they did last year. From the looks of Nielsen's list of top apps, most of that video is coming from YouTube.

MS has its own website dedicated to IE6's Death

VISIT: Internet Explorer 6 Countdown | Death to IE 6 | IE6 Countdown

"10 years ago abrowser was born.

Its name was Internet Explorer 6. Now that we’re in 2011, in an era of modern web
standards, it’s time to say goodbye.

This website is dedicated to watching Internet Explorer 6 usage drop to less
than 1% worldwide, so more websites can choose to drop support for
Internet Explorer 6, saving hours of work for web developers."

Roller Bot

The bot is still under development, but in its current form it's brought to life with 25 servos that let it walk, dance, and do everything but roll around when it's closed up into a sphere. That feature is hopefully coming soon, but even if this ever became a DIY kit, the custom electronics and components used means it wouldn't be cheap. So it will probably be marketed towards Galactic Empires looking to secure trade routes and quash rebellions, instead of kids too lazy to run down the street. [Zenta via Robot Dreams via The Verge]

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