UK smartphone users spend 119 minutes per day with their smartphones, engaging in an ever-increasing number of activities, according to research. Compared with a year ago, a greater percentage of users participate in nearly every smartphone activity.

In Central and Eastern Europe, eMarketer expects digital ad spending to rise by 23% this year—the second-fastest regional growth rate worldwide—as outlays reach $4.55 billion. For total media ad spending, 8% growth is expected, almost three times the average worldwide rate.

The US video game audience is vast, with estimates of total gamers reaching as high as 69%. Research finds that game sales reached only $14.8 billion last year, down from $16.4 billion in 2011, as digital formats take a fast-rising share of sales, and free online games gain popularity.

The social network audience will rise from 1.47 billion in 2012 to 1.73 billion this year, an 18% increase, according to a new eMarketer report. As social network usage has moved from taking place primarily in advanced markets to becoming a common activity around the world, the ranking of social network users by region will largely reflect the regional shares of the global population by 2014.

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Young people are more likely than other age groups to think that the NSA leak serves the public interest and are divided over whether Snowden should be prosecuted.

About two-thirds (68%) say the U.S. is too overcommitted to get involved in another conflict, and just 27% disagree. The public also has questions about the opposition groups in Syria: 60% say that they may be no better than the current government.

News stories focusing on support for same-sex marriage outnumbered those opposing it by roughly 5-to-1 in the two months marked by Supreme Court deliberations on the issues.