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A nation of addicts: Most Americans check their cell phone every HOUR

Do you get a worried feeling in the pit of your stomach every time you cannot find your smartphone?

You are not alone, according to a new study which found that 73 per cent of people feel ‘panicked’ and 14 per cent feel ‘desperate’ if their precious mobile device is out of their sight.

Age and gender also matter when it comes to our feelings about our phones. For instance, smartphone owners [...]

Is social media ‘too female’? Women make up almost two thirds of all users as networking sites push to attract more men

Social networking companies are pushing to get more men to log on to their sites as women currently make up 58 per cent of users, a study has found.

The number of people joining networks like Facebook and Twitter doubled from 2008 to 2010 to 850 million – but the amount of male users plummeted three per cent during that time period, according to the Pew Research Center.

That has prompted social [...]