The number of people using mobile devices to access news and information on the Internet more than doubled in the past year, according to figures released by market firm ComScore two weeks ago.

Young males are the most avid users of mobile news and information, according to Comscor, with half of 18-to 34-year-old males engaging in the activity. The mobile Internet is also quite popular among females in the 18 to 24-year-old demographic. The report covered January 2008 to January 2009.

Among the 63.2 million people who used mobile devices to get news and other information from the Internet in January 2009, 22.4 million (35 percent) did so daily -- more than double the size of the audience last year, according to comScore.

Social networking and blogging also shined in the report, as these activities increased the most in terms of daily viewership - by a staggering 427 percent, from 1.7 million to 9.2 million, for the months of January 2008 and 2009 respectively.

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