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Cellphones Now Used More for Data Than for Calls - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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  • The one thing she doesn’t use her cellphone for? Making calls.
  • For example, although almost 90 percent of households in the United States now have a cellphone, the growth in voice minutes used by consumers has stagnated, according to government and industry data.
  • Instead of talking on their cellphones, people are making use of all the extras that iPhones, BlackBerrys and other smartphones were also designed to do — browse the Web, listen to music, watch television, play games and send e-mail and text messages.
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  • The number of text messages sent per user increased by nearly 50 percent nationwide last year, according to the CTIA, the wireless industry association.
  • And for the first time in the United States, the amount of data in text, e-mail messages, streaming video, music and other services on mobile devices in 2009 surpassed the amount of voice data in cellphone calls, industry executives and analysts say.
John Evans

Patient Money - Grown-Up Cyclists Need Helmets, Too - NYTimes.com - 3 views

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shared by John Evans on 23 May 10 - Cached
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    "Grown-Up Cyclists Need Helmets, Too"
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