Tablets and e-readers at a tipping point

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Now we know why the holiday shopping season was so strong. Everybody was buying tablets and e-readers. The Pew Internet & American Life Project reports that ownership of one or both devices rose from 18% of U.S. adults in December to 29% in January as competition picked up and prices dropped: "These findings are striking because they come after a period from mid-2011 into the autumn in which there was not much change in the ownership of tablets and e-book readers."

February 4, 2012

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