In terms of engagement, some of the most popular activities on mobile among Indians are sharing jokes, reading horoscopes, checking cricket scores, and chatting with friends and family.

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The top five tablet activities, based on a survey of users in the U.S., U.K. and Australia, are checking email (81 percent), reading the news (69 percent), checking the weather forecast (63 percent), social networking (62 percent) and gaming (60 percent).

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And more than half of Japanese users said they didn't bother with precautions to guard their data when working in a public setting, measures like speaking softly on business calls or checking for bystanders reading over their shoulder.

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Meanwhile Jonny, 35, spent summers working in Cross Timbers' fields, first as a construction worker, known as a roustabout, then as a gager, checking oil levels and reading gas meters.

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If Luddite CEOs could grasp the power of using apps for everything from seeing their appointments for the day, to checking into flights, to reading news and analyst reports, they might see an application of the device to their company.

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What I mostly use tablets for is reading Kindle books, watching Netflix movies and checking email and there are excellent Android apps for those particular tasks.

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After you've wandered around Middle Temple checking out old suits of armour, reading the plaques and taking in all the history, you can grab a Stella or Hoegaarden and watch the games on a movie theatre-size screen in the grand hall.

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Abetted by his phone sets and servers, Japanese are already reading news, getting stock quotes, playing games, sending e-mail, checking their horoscopes and making purchases using their mobile phones.

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