Alert messaging

Girls Around Me is a standard geolocation based maps app, similar to any other app that attempts to alert you to things of interest in your immediate vicinity. When you load it up, the first thing Girls Around Me does is figure out where you are and load up a Google Map centered on your location. In the top left corner, there 's a button that looks like…

say “lol” the abbreviated form of “laugh out loud.” Likewise, the article further states that “Texting during class is an ongoing problem for many schools and the Mercy Hurst University website explains that aside from being disrespectful, text-messaging students are not providing their teachers with undivided attention.” If texting during classes prevent teens from performing simple skills, such as attentive listening in order to just pay attention to their work. Then as a result teens are…

fairly often or regularly (AAA). In fact, text messaging increases the risk of a car accident or near car accident 23.2 times when compared to the car accident statistics with a non-distracted driver (Top 25 Causes of Car Accidents). Cell phone use while driving has caused a minimum of 26% of all crashes in 2013 (Ones). Since the number of cellular device provoked accidents has increased, there have been companies reaching out to teens to alert them of the dangers of distracted driving. A…

How often do you get distracted by driving? Distracted driving is very popular now amongst all driving ages. Despite what many might think, texting and driving is well known across hundreds of nations all over the world. It would be safe to assume that texting and driving is going to be around for a long time and have an enormous impact on the lives of many people. It has already began to impact so many lives with its collision causing chaos. So many people love to text while driving that it has…

through them and do not know when to put their phones down. This has become a growing problem in the United States, so much so that people are on their cell phones while driving a motorized vehicle. Textinganddrivingsafety.com had found that, “text messaging makes a crash up to 23 times more likely”, they also came to find that, “dialing your cell phone puts you 2.8 times more at risk of a crash, Talking/listening has you 1.3 times more at risk, and reaching for a device is 1.4 times more…

that include helpful tools for education is acceptable. Using social media for chatting and meeting new consumers is a wrongly manner. That victim can serve severe problems through the manner of simplicity proving information unneeded. One must stay alert at all times but using social media can be a…

In the twenty-first century, cell phones play an important role in the lives of all people. Across countries and across cultures, people stay connected through social media and the internet. Men, women, and children tie their lives to their cell phones, and they become easily distracted by the pictures and sounds emanating from the tiny screen. When driving, the small distractions cell phones present can add up to devastating consequences. All states should pass laws designating cell phone use…

of all drivers 15-19 years old involved in fatal crashes were reported as distracted at the time of the crashes. This age group has the largest proportion of drivers who were distracted at the time of the crashes. The percentage of drivers’ text-messaging or visibly manipulating handheld devices increased from 1.7 percent in 2013 to 2.2 percent in 2014. Since 2007, young drivers (age 16-24) have been observed manipulating electronic devices at higher rates than older drivers.”(NHTSA)…

Have you ever wondered what life was like before mobile phones? Today’s generation has carried cell phones around for most of their lives. Let’s frighten the younger generation by telling them what the world was like before mobile phones (Clark). When you arrived at your friend’s house you honked your car horn or went inside to get them instead of making a phone call. Rather than sending Snapchats or following somebody on Twitter, you actually talked to them. People seem to be born with mobile…

contain resourceful information also contain many advertising images and links that can easily 2 take ones focus away. Nicholas Carr discusses in his article, Does the Internet Make You Dumber? “People who are continually distracted by emails, alerts and other messages understand less than those who are able to concentrate”(Carr). One can notice in classroom settings that students who take their computers are not really focused on the lecture and are distracted by browsing the Internet,…