The presence of cell phones has become ubiquitous in many corners of the world. While smartphones might be rare in most places, mobile technology in the form of basic cell phones are prominently used to send texts, take photos, and make phone calls. This report from the Pew Research Global Attitudes center looks at ownership and usage of cell phones in 24 emerging and developing economies, such as...

This article reviews the accomplishments of The Internet Scout Project during 1997. The increasing popularity of Scout publications such as the Scout Report and Net-Happenings are reviewed, as well as Signpost, the "cataloging and classification arm of the Project." The article also discusses the Project's growth and future goals.

Zooknic Internet Intelligence is a collection of interesting facts and figures about Internet usage and trends. The User Maps section shows the geography of Internet users with color-coded maps; each country's share of the world's Internet users and the percentage of the country's population online are given. There is also a lot of data on domain names (i.e., .com, .org, .edu), such as worldwide...