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Smartphones can be useful tools to find out information on the spot and stay connected with people from far away, but people argue on if smartphones are really all they are cracked up to be. Markham Heid’s article, “You Asked: Is My Smartphone Making Me Dumber?”, explains the negative effects of relying on a smartphone. Conversely, the article “Smart Phones Can Actually Make You Smarter” focuses on the idea that smartphones can free up space in the brain for more important information. There is…

Samsung Gear Sport The Samsung Gear Sport smartwatch is a dedicated sports watch. Based on many sports users the silicone strap is sweat-friendly and it has a lightweight construction. Compared to the Samsung fitness wearables this one is small and has no LTE connectivity. What we wanted to know is if this is the only thing users liked about this watch. Let us see what others had to say. Pros: • Athletes like the rotating bezel and AMOLED display that is always on. Consumers like the tactile…

Romon GrayComp 1P. Croswell17 September 2017Who Needs A Ride?There are various forms of transportation in the world— cars, bikes, trains, and airplanes are a few of the ways that people transport each day. In larger cities, mobile services are provided for people to get to where they need to be without having to drive or walk. There are also services, such as Taxi and Uber that provide people with a way to travel. Taxi services areprovided any moment they are called, but with Uber, services…

Over the course of time, my use of technology has gradually increased. However, unfortunately, I’m not the only person that’s struggling with the same problem. According to the article “Are Smartphones Making Us Stupid?”, Christopher Bergland states that everyone around the world is engaged with some sort of technology. Technology ranges from phones, computers, television, tablets, etc. therefore, it’s almost impossible not to use it. However, there is always improvement for everything. In the…

Carolyn Wehner CEE 1440 Water Resources Engineering Take-Home Final Exam Due: 12/14/16 Introduction: With changing climates, ice caps melting more rapidly therefore causing the water levels of the world to rise rapidly. With this increase of fluid water on the earth water resources engineers are concerned how the excess water will affect infrastructure pertaining to water designs such as dams and reservoirs. Also future engineering designs will have to consider the change in water levels and…

Beats Products Beats is a producer of audio equipment. It focuses on three segments in audio equipment. Personal audio (headphones, earphones and speakers), Beats audio (audio software with tailored hardware in collaboration with other companies like Chrysler and HP) and Beats Music (online music streaming service, currently still in development). Beats Electronics started to sell headphones in 2006 and is therefore a relatively new competitor on the high-end audio-system market. Beats by Dr.…

How the Samsung Smartphones changed the world Nowadays, smartphones have become part of people’s day to day lives and have impacted all aspects of life. From Board rooms of companies to kitchens in family homes, they can be found mostly everywhere with almost everyone. From construction workers working on a building viewing blueprints to doctors viewing patient files or even parents using it to quieten their children at restaurants (Kelly, 2012). Till 2013 approximately 967.78 million…

Disconnected Urbanism by Paul Goldberger argues cell phone usage initiates the isolation between the reality of society’s surroundings and presence by insisting that calling or texting someone diminishes the importance of culture and place. Goldberger states, “You are there, but you are not there,” which means cell phones demolish a person's potential to experience complete urbanism in a precise location, but instead transports individuals to another realm. His entire argument on phones is based…

With the new development in the calling devices, people started to spend more time on their phones. Recently the smartphones are taking a huge part of the people lives. This created a new type of addictions, which is the addition to the smartphones. This addiction is all about spending most of the time in the day using the phone, without having control on that. The addition of the smartphones is similar to other types of addictions such as the addiction to smoking and the addiction of coffee.…

Mobile phone tracking submits to the ascertaining of the position of a mobile phone whether stationary or moving. Mobile phone tracking was a recent technological advancement made in the past couple of years. Mobile positioning plays a significant role since it discloses the actual coordination of a mobile phone bearer. The location-based services that are enhanced by technology through telecommunication companies approximate the location of a mobile phone in an efficient as well as effective…