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