Move over Facebook. Where teens are concerned, Instagram reigns supreme, according to a recently published survey. Piper Jaffray has been tracking how teenagers use the internet for nearly twenty years, and the second report of this year has some interesting findings indeed. Here are the highlights: 85 percent of teens report using Instagram at least once a month, up from 79 percent in the fall of 2016. 84 percent of teens report using Snapchat at least once a month, up from 80 … Read more
The Internet May Be Hurting Your Sleep
Can you imagine life without the always-on internet? If you're like most people today, it's a simply indispensable tool, and the thought of suddenly being without it makes you shudder and brings images of the Dark Ages to mind. It's glorious, no doubt, and it really is a remarkable tool, but unfortunately, it's not all upside. A recent study funded by the European Research Council has concluded that access to broadband internet access costs you as much as 25 minutes of lost sleep every … Read more
New Tools Help You Limit Your Social Media Time
Facebook and Instagram are rolling out new tools designed to help manage how much time you're spending on those two social media platforms. On Facebook, the new feature is called "your time on Facebook," and on Instagram, it's called "Your Activity," but both features do essentially the same thing. They monitor and report on how much time you're spending on the platform and can be fine-tuned by users to temporarily mute your push notifications. The changes are being rolled out in an … Read more
