WASHINGTON, March 27, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S.
Census Bureau:
MOBILE COMPUTER
Profile America — Friday, March
27th. A triumph of mobile computing was achieved on this
date in 1961. A division of the Sperry Rand Corporation equipped a
trailer truck to haul a UNIVAC I computer from New York City down to North Carolina to process data for the Douglas
Aircraft Corporation. The UNIVAC I, fully assembled, weighed in at
a nimble 7,237 pounds. In 2013, nearly 84 percent of America's 116
million households had computers. Even the country's seniors
participate heavily. Nearly two-thirds of senior households have
computers, and 58 percent access the Internet. In marked contrast
to the unwieldy UNIVAC of 1961, over 45 percent of Americans over
the age of 25 are using smartphones for true mobile computing.
Profile America is in its 18th year as a public service of
the U.S. Census Bureau.
Sources: Kane's Famous First Facts, 2531
Computer timeline:
http://www.businesshistory.com/ind._computers.php
http://www.census.gov/hhes/computer/publications/2012.html Table
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Household computers:
http://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2014/acs/acs-28.pdf
Smartphones:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/computer/files/2012/Computer_Use_Infographic_FINAL.pdf
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media
and Promotions of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are
available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at
http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the
"Newsroom" button).
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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau