US teens send almost 3,500 texts per month

It's no surprise that teenagers are some of the most active users of mobile.

Their texting prolificacy is well-established, and for many, sending an email or making a telephone call is a rare event.

But according to a new study released by Nielsen, teens in the United States are also rapidly increasing their mobile data usage.

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Posted 16 December 2011 11:09am by Patricio Robles with 0 comments

Facebook's biggest challenge: retaining teens?

The world's biggest social network, Facebook, has an enviable position: it is ubiquitous with teenagers, a demographic group that is often elusive and fickle, but that at the same time is generally seen by marketers as one of the most important demographic groups out there.

In many cases, that is one of the reasons that marketers continue to pour more and more money into their Facebook marketing efforts despite the fact that many of them can't precisely quantify what they're getting in return.

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Posted 18 October 2011 13:02pm by Patricio Robles with 2 comments

Teens, media and why you shouldn't believe the hype

True or false: today's teens are prolific multitaskers and you're more likely to find them texting away and social networking than you are to find them watching television or listening to the radio.

Chances are that if you've been paying attention to the media and analysts, you're answering 'true'. Unfortunately you'd be wrong according to a new report issued by Nielsen called 'How Teens Use Media'.

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Posted 25 June 2009 10:15am by Patricio Robles with 1 comment