Steve Jobs' famous prediction that we are moving into a Post-PC era has come to pass according to a report from Nielsen [via Engadget]. In its most recent Digital Consumer Report, the research group found that a whopping 65% of Americans owned a smartphone in 2013 and that smartphones are now more common that games consoles and digital cable TV, at 46% and 54% adoption, respectively.
Furthermore, Americans now spend an average of 34 hours per month using mobile apps and mobile web browsers, but only 27 hours a month getting online with their PCs. Other interesting stats from the report reveal that 29% of Americans own a tablet -- up from just 5% two years ago -- and the average American owns four tech devices.
In other news:
- 30 years ago Steve Jobs buried a Lisa mouse in a time capsule at the Aspen International Design Conference in 1983. It has now been dug up. Cnet has video of the dig.
- Mac (and PC) Firefox users could soon see ads in the browser. Mozilla is thinking of adding sponsored tiles on its new tab page. The sponsored tiles would be a source of revenue for the non-profit and would only be shown to new users until they have browsed enough to populate the tabs page with tiles that are relevant to them based on their browsing history.
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