Closing the Digital Divide: Latinos and Technology Adoption

Overview

Latinos own smartphones, go online from a mobile device and use social networking sites at similarGÇöand sometimes higherGÇörates than do other groups of Americans, according to a new analysis of three surveys by the Pew Research Center.

The analysis also finds that when it comes to using the internet,1 the digital divide between Latinos and whites is smaller than what it had been just a few years ago. Between 2009 and 2012, the share of Latino adults who say they go online at least occasionally increased 14 percentage points, rising from 64% to 78%.2 Among whites, internet use rates also increased, but only by half as muchGÇöfrom 80% in 2009 to 87% in 2012.

Over the same period, the gap in cellphone ownership between Latinos and other groups either diminished or disappeared. In 2012, 86% of Latinos said they owned a cellphone, up from 76% in 2009.

Among the biggest drivers of these increases are spikes in technology adoption among foreign-born Latinos and Spanish-dominant Latinos, the surveys found. Both groupsGÇÖ rates of going online and cellphone ownership increased sharply since 2009, helping to reduce the digital divide between Latinos and whitesGÇöand also reducing gaps within the Latino community itself.

Allthough bit off a cynic remark from my side, i do like the idea...

imo dust can't be ported enough, and Jadek's idea's are good...

Don't see any reason for not making an app, if they're planning to keep dust alive...

CCP could let people buy Aur via google playstore

and the neo-com on my phone would be great...

and an integrated improved version of trading would be nice too...


Edit: forgot to mention... advertisement opportunities? Or is that a no-go...?

I almost +1'd the post for uniqueness, then I read it...

First of all, this is a global game, and more likely than not, that research poll was likely a US poll, which would be applicable if this were solely, or very significantly, a US based game.

However, this poll and its data would not apply to the South American, Canadian, European, Asian, and Oceanic contingent of our player base.

Had this merely been a satire thread based upon all the current "Port to X" threads (which is what I came in thinking), I would have come away more satisfied.

Sigh.

It's definitely not a bad idea.

Don't quote me on this, as I could be very wrong.

But I remember talking about this back in Beta, having a mobile app to access your neocom, and mess with fitting etc. The reason I was told this was not possible, was that Sony didn't want phone apps for PS3 games, as that would be a conflict with the PSP. Why would people buy one if you can just download a free phone app.

On the other hand, a PSP app never happened anyways (to my knowledge) so it's not like there was a ton of demand anyways.