Business News Roundup, June 30

Talend, a French data-technology company that has its primary business in Redwood City, has filed for an initial public offering.

Backed by private-equity company Silver Lake, Talend is an emerging growth company as defined in the Jobs Act of 2012.

Last year, Talend posted a net loss of $22 million on revenue of $76 million.

The typical American adult is using electronic media for a full hour a day more than just last year, with smartphones accounting for most of the increase.

People spent an average of 10 hours, 39 minutes each day with smartphones, tablets, TV, radio, computers and video games during the first three months of 2016, according to a Nielsen company study released this week.

People stare at screens while waiting in line for fast food, riding in elevators or walking down the street.

Retail outlets post signs pleading that phones be turned off.

An estimated 81 percent of American adults use a smartphone regularly, with the number of users growing by more than 20 million in the past year, said Glenn Enoch, senior vice president of audience insights for Nielsen.

Liana Sayer, director of the Time Use Laboratory at the University of Maryland, notices restaurant patrons who sit at tables staring at their phones and ignoring their companions.

In a related blunder, Amazon had included two of the items it has since taken down in a screen shot of the site that was sent to journalists and published in news outlets.

Two items — a collection of first-grade math lessons and English literature activity lessons — in the Amazon screen shot were created by authors on Teachers Pay Teachers, a rival instructional resources site where educators offer lesson plans they have created.