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In the world we live in now, who doesn't own a mobile device? I do. We see them everywhere we go. They influence our lives in so many ways. I love my phone and the things it does for me. This is the 21st Century. If you don't have a cell phone of some kind, then you don't live in the same world as the rest of us. We depend on our mobile gadgets in so many ways it makes it almost impossible to exist without one, but the real question is the world we live in now healthy? I had a pretty eye-opening…

Cell phone usage in the United States has grown dramatically from 1.2 million in 1987 to 145 million in 2015. Teenagers between the age of 13 and 17 own or have access to a cell phone or other device, (Source 1) Most teenagers use their phones repeatedly throughout the school day, causing many schools to change their cell phone usage policy. Schools have been trying to find the common ground of this issue for many years. Being that there are many benefits with having cellphones in school, such…

Essay for phones Have you ever considered cellphones in the classroom? If you considered them, it would do a lot to improve work habits in the classroom, but not just work many other things to. One reason why I think considering cell phones in the classroom would improve lots of things is because they can be used for educational reasons like apps, researching, reminders, or studying for a test. For example, they could be used for virtual reality. Virtual reality can help them see the places…

Introduction & Overview of the whole service In today’s world, our dependence on the use of cell phones and their utility is such that it has now become almost a basic necessity of our life. However, the smartphones that we use so extensively today to carry out our day to day routines with such high data rates have not always been like this. Cell phones and Cellular industry has witnessed perhaps the fastest ever evolution and has taken many forms over a period of last two decades. In technical…

First of all, smartphone addiction makes it difficult for teens to connect with other people. Smartphone was initially invented to help people connect in a more convenient way. In the past, it was hard to talk to one’s family members or friends who were in a different country. However, smartphone has changed everything. According to James and Drenn (2005, p.15), Australian students spend 1.5 to 5 hours per day on their phones. The problem is that teenagers nowadays spend too much time on their…

How to rotate a video using VLC With an increase in the number of smart phone users, a lot of us have found ourselves not just clicking pictures but also making videos of our special moments. If you too have used your cell phone to capture a video, it is quite possible that when you tried playing it in your computer, you found it to be rotated and were left scratching your head. This is an error observed in many smart phones as most of these phones are not designed to consider the orientation…

Cell phones are becoming an everyday necessity in the lives of almost everyone in the United States. Where ever you go, you will see people talking, texting, on social media, or even playing games on their cell phones. For most people, it seems like they can’t live without them, like the inexistence of cell phones would be the death of them. Some people may even believe in the importance of having a cell phone as a way to identify with yourself, like a part of your sense of style, or your…

Disconnected In the reading Growing Up Tethered by Sherry Turkle she describes her experience of talking to high school students about being more connected to a cellphone than the world around them. I completely agree cellphones and other devices that keep us connected via web, text or call causes us to lose necessary physical interactions with other people. So much attention can be drawn from cellphones without having to leave the house, some people have friends all over the country that they…

In the article, “The Teening of Childhood” by Kay Hymowitz, she discusses what age group media is aiming towards and what steps they take to get the tween’s attention. A tween is in the age group between eight to twelve. They are just beginning to figure out who they are and want to be when they grow up, so they are experiencing many changes in their lives. The media aim their advertisements toward the pre-teen age group because tweens want to be like the “cooler”, older kids. If the media shows…

There is a new epidemic that is sweeping across the world. It is 100% preventable; however it is killing many people everyday. Its’ name is texting and driving. Automobile accidents, caused by texting and driving, are increasing more each and every day. Smart phones have made it easy for us to stay connected at all times, but it has also made it easy for us to become distracted while driving. Will this epidemic ever cease? The best way to end distracted driving is to try and educate everyone…