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Computers in Their Pockets

By Eric Killough
June 28, 2013

As of May 2013, 91% of American adults have a cell phone, 56% have a smartphone, and 34% own a tablet computer (Pew Internet & American Life Project, Trend Data).

Meanwhile, in February of this year, 44% of the more than 1,000 organizations surveyed by Tech Republic reported that they allow their employees to bring their own devices to the workplace (a practice so ubiquitous as to have spawned a buzz-worthy new acronym, 'BYOD'). Another 18% plan to move to BYOD by the end of this year. See, 'Unavoidable: 62 Percent of Companies to Allow BYOD by Year's End.'

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