Mobile computing

users aren 't even aware that no state or federal laws stops the collection and sharing of phone data. Service providers usually collect data, and never really tell their customers why they are collecting data. Major Smartphone providers such as T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon and other smartphone providers have data retention policies. Which means that users can 't really do anything to stop smartphone providers from collecting data from their phones. On the other hand, most smartphone user should be…

“The average person spends 97 minutes a day texting, 118 minutes searching the Internet, 41 minutes on Facebook, 49 minutes e-mailing, and 51 minutes talking on their cell phone” (Junco & Cotton 2012). The accessibility to information and communication justifies the amount of time people are spending on their phones to a certain extent. Individuals with regular cell phones do not have an easy access to Internet and social media; the statistics involving smart phones are more relevant to this…

Although laws have been passed to prevent drivers from texting, the people look over them and continue to put themselves at risk for accidents. In the article “driving us to distraction” written by Gilbert Cruz, the senior editor at TIME.com, writes that a national survey from 2008 revealed that approximately 63% of drivers planned to follow through with laws against using cell phones while driving (Par 8). Drivers very clearly are distracted while using their cell phones. The use of cell…

Information Overload The internet has become a global resource for all things. It is now commonplace as we use it everyday. We are wholly reliant on it for social networking, communication, directions, news source, marketing, entertainment and the list continues. The internet holds the answers to everything that we want to know. But what cost is this having on the way that we think and recall information on our own? Is the internet actually making us mindless? Even though the internet may…

A New iEra On The Way I was born in the late 90’s, where technology wasn’t that important in my life growing up. Yes, there was cell phones, television, dial-up, and computers. Today, all those items have evolved into smart-phones, smart-TV, high speed internet, and tablets; everything has become more and more advance. People cannot wait until the next new hot item in the market. People crave this advance technology, but what they do not realize is that technology might be cruel, depending how…

Technology has helped yet hinder everyday life. It affects everyone and how they communicate to each other. It connects people and businesses to be able to share anything they would like. It also keeps families in touch whenever they need to talk. There are a variety of options to communicate with others. It is also the simplest form of communication when connecting to family and friends from far away. You can catch up on their lives through pictures and quick updates. As the world is rapidly…

The digital age has changed our perception of time, a lot of us now carry a device that we called smart media devices either a phone or a tablet and it continues on to beat the odds. Our lives are not the same anymore when these technologies came into our lives, we use it to communicate, educate and for the convenience it brings to our lives. With the help of digital technology we are constantly communicating, sending messages and making phone calls from any parts of the worlds nowadays. The…

Technology is developing and changing at an ever-growing rate, and the new “digital age” is having a profound effect on the way people process information, as explored in Nicholas Carr’s book, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains. The author recognizes the great benefits that the internet has offered for researchers while heavily emphasizing the drawbacks that this new method of information-processing causes. Notably, he discusses the known benefits of educational presentations…

there were many advancements in technology, one of the biggest that he remembers was the FAX machine. It was like nothing he had ever seen before. Some other less widely used technologies at that time was the personal computer, World Wide Web, and mobile phones. These technologies weren’t to boom for a few more years. Being an athlete and a bartender, my dad was pretty into sports. At the time there Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson were tearing up the courts. He was the biggest basketball fan in…

The Consequences of Driving While Texting When was the last time you checked your cellular device? How would you have reacted to a message? Would you check the message while you are driving? Well Most people do, traffic accidents are the highest cause for death, and texting while driving is the reasons why these accidents occur so frequently. Although people have some basic understanding of the risks of driving while texting, they still text anyways. “In the Wall Street Journal, it is a fact…