Location is Playing a Bigger Role For Mobile Users: Pew Research

Seventy-four percent of adult smartphone owners report using their device to get directions or other location-based information, according to a new report from Pew Research Center’s Internet Project.

The report also revealed that thirty percent of US adults that use social media report that at least one of their social accounts includes their location in their posts. This is up fourteen percent from 2011.

Interestingly, while location is playing a bigger role in how smartphone users are engaging with their phones, geosocial services are declining.

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