Study: Mobile Web use jumps thanks to users 65 and older

It’s not your father’s mobile Web anymore — oh wait, scratch that. New data from Nielson show the mobile Web audience grew by 34 percent, to 56.9 million, in July, up from 42.5 million a year earlier, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal . “That jump was led by consumers aged 65 and older, whose use [among men] increased 67 percent, as well as women, whose use rose 43 percent,” WSJ ’s Andrew LaVallee wrote. “Thirteen- to 17-year-olds saw a 45 percent …

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