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    "title" : "Trends on Tuesday: When Was Your Mobile Phone Not Within Ear Shot? |Digital.gov",
    "description": "Trends on Tuesday: When Was Your Mobile Phone Not Within Ear Shot?",
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    {"title" :"Trends on Tuesday: When Was Your Mobile Phone Not Within Ear Shot?","summary" : "Here’s the latest news from the people are “excited about mobile” beat. Do you remember the last time your phone was not within earshot? Well, according to this infographic from Fast Company, 25% of smartphone owners ages 18-44 surveyed said they couldn’t remember the last time their smartphone was not","date" : "2013-12-23T13:19:53-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"lisa-wilcox" : "Lisa Wilcox"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2013/12/2013-12-23-trends-on-tuesday-when-was-your-mobile-phone-not-within-ear-shot.md","slug" : "trends-on-tuesday-when-was-your-mobile-phone-not-within-ear-shot","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/12/23/trends-on-tuesday-when-was-your-mobile-phone-not-within-ear-shot/","content" :"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/01/3021749-inline-i-3-10-surprising-social-media-statistics-that-will-make-rethink-your-social-strategy.png\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/01/3021749-inline-i-3-10-surprising-social-media-statistics-that-will-make-rethink-your-social-strategy.png\"\n    alt=\"Pew Graph\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003c/a\u003eHere’s the latest news from the \u003ca href=\"https://howtomobile.apps.gov/2013/08/13/trends-on-tuesday-people-are-excited-about-mobile/\"\u003epeople are “excited about mobile”\u003c/a\u003e beat. Do you remember the last time your phone was not within earshot? Well, according to this \u003ca href=\"http://www.fastcompany.com/3021749/work-smart/10-surprising-social-media-statistics-that-will-make-you-rethink-your-social-stra\"\u003einfographic from Fast Company\u003c/a\u003e, 25% of smartphone owners ages 18-44 surveyed said they couldn’t remember the last time their smartphone was not within ear shot.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are a couple of significant facts from those who CAN remember;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlmost half of people surveyed, said it had been an hour or less since they last had their phone nearby.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLess than a fifth of those surveyed had not had their phone in earshot in 3 hours or more.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMobile is prevalent in people’s daily lives, but this information suggests mobile devices are becoming an afterthought. As people become more used to consuming information from mobile devices, agencies need to adopt a \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/09/30/mobile-first/\" title=\"Mobile First\"\u003emobile first\u003c/a\u003e approach in order to connect with them anytime, anywhere.\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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