Mobile development

How many times a day does a person check their phone? How many times does a student check a text or play a game while in class? The answer to those questions may vary from person to person and student to student, but the effects of mobile devices in everyday life, especially school, is clear and rapidly evolving. Students nowadays are set up to be distracted from their studies by modern availability of devices and the internet. Disinterest, cheating, deficit of attention, and overall…

fidgeting with their personal electronic devices. The rise of technology and social media is obviously prevalent in today’s generation of mainly millennial teenagers and other young adults. We definitely praise the easy availability and advancements of mobile technology here in the Silicon Valley; however, it has created a real problem that many people may not even realize they have or admit even exists. Technology and social media addiction, whether via the constant use of social media sites,…

Cyberbullying is becoming way to common in teens today, and technology is changing everyday. When a teen is bullied in person, they can often remove themselves from the situation, even then they are facing a group of people who are taunting them. Social media works differently (nobullying.com, 2015). The consequence to teens being bullied is getting worse as well. Parents need to communicate with children and tell them that if they ever see or hear of any bullying to report it right away.…

Are there noticeable differences in the internet’s effects on society’s literacy, retention of knowledge, and cognitive skills today as Nicholas Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid” states? (Carr, N., 2008). I believe the answer is yes, but I would further ask if the changes are negative, or just different? The author states in his article that he is nervous about technology, such as the internet, negatively impacting our minds, and ability to effectively communicate. He acknowledges…

disrespectful. But, what if these students are just not able to put their cellphones down? A 2010 study by the UK Post Office found that 58% of men and 47% of women suffer from a phobia– nomophobia. Nomophobia can be defined as the fear of losing contact with mobile phones, or any…

Since 1995, cell phones have been a norm for society. Today, people are constantly using these devices for work, getting ahold of family and friends, and to play the ninety-nine cent games they are paying for to keep themselves entertained while sitting in school or meetings. Cell phones have changed dramatically throughout the years going from flip phones with giant antennas that held 5 contacts, to touch screen camera phones that can hold as much data as a person needs. Cell phones are the…

There are a plethora of social media sites today. Discovering Computers 2016 (2016) defines social media as "a website that encourages members in its online community to share their interests, ideas, stories, photos, music, and videos with other registered users" (p. 72). From Facebook, to Instagram and Twitter. There are websites where you can socialize and then websites, such as YouTube, that are used to just post short videos. No matter what the social platform, there are millions of…

Requirement 1 Apple’s business model to create and deliver value is based on environmentally conscious made products and treating their employees right. They strive to make their products and processes to make those products as environmentally friendly and ethically as possible. They are aware of their planet’s precious and limited resources and do not want to leave a large carbon footprint on the ecosystem. They purposefully leave things they know are harmful to the environment out of their…

I had recently come upon a quote from an anonymous person that read, “I am a hopeless romantic, living in a hook up world”. These words sum up my thoughts on dating in today’s society to a T. The use of technology to date or in other words, “to hook up” has left me feeling very unfulfilled. The disapproval on my Grandmother’s face when I explain to her that a guy I think is cute has messaged me on Twitter or Tinder to “hang out” is a good representation of how I feel as well. When she tells me…

Since the creation of google in September 1998 there has been many acquisitions that has helped google establish themselves as juggernaut amongst other competitors. Google, a multinational multi-product corporation best known for its internet search engine has since expanded its work and has included many other features to their system. My goal for this paper is to inform the reader of googles biggest acquisitions and give a better understanding on how these acquisitions were brought to Google,…