Smartphones

Mobile Monsters? While the Globe and Mail article, Your Smartphone Is Making You Stupid, Antisocial, And Unhealthy. So Why Can’t You Put It Down?, makes some very interesting points, the reader is often left questioning its credibility. The article seems hellbent on sharing an anti-technology viewpoint, and fails to acknowledge the clear benefits these machines provide. The writer embraces many sources, but unfortunately leaves a number of them un-credited, causing the reader to wonder if…

In the article "Is Your Smartphone Making You Stupid?" Benjamin Robbins “asks whether our mobile devices are making us over-reliant on technology to make decisions for us.” In the article Robbins presents his opinion on how people rely on smartphones to replace what used to be a daily part of people's lives, such as memorizing phone numbers or directions. Robbins’s idea is correct that people today do relate their phone too much that almost make them not to think about anything. One of the…

In Jean M. Twenge article “Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation”, the author exposes the adverse effects of technology on the younger generation of teenagers by discussing how they have caused a lack of impersonal relationships among teenagers, a decrease in their ability to be independent, and an increase in rates of depression and mental problems. She attempts to persuade the reader of these claims by employing the use of statistics, using anecdotes from people affected by the issue, by…

Remote lock for andriod smartphone Manjiri M. Bole, Yogini S. Chavan, Arif J. Shaikh, Saurabh D. Chikhale Computer Department, K.J.C.O.E.M.R Computer Department, K.J.C.O.E.M.R Computer Department, K.J.C.O.E.M.R Computer Department, K.J.C.O.E.M.R. Abstract — In this paper, we propose a MAC-based remote lock and wipe system through the SMS push notification to protect against the private data disclosure when smart phone is lost or stolen. The proposed system provides the integrity checking…

under the age of thirteen should not have their own smartphone. Many kids who receive smartphones get them at too early of an age. Children with these phones can face Cyber-bullying, addiction, privacy issues and mental and physical problems. Some of the children who face these challenges are too young to know how to handle them properly. Once something is on the internet, it is there forever. Fifty-three percent of children receive a smartphone at age six. Too many young kids are addicted to…

Do smartphones cause people to act differently when they experience face to face me interaction? Are they helpful to our society, or detrimental? The smartphone is innovating our technology and changing our lives forever. For example, learning is much more accessible because of this handheld technology. The Internet of Things, the idea of connecting household appliances with the internet and cellphones, is founded on the idea of carrying a connected device constantly; furthermore, connectivity…

world is continually bombarded with snippets of new technological advancements. These gadgets play an enormous role in the daily lives of many people universally. There is no doubt that society has become engulfed in the phenomenon known as the smartphone. Actions such as surfing the web, texting family and friends, tweeting, posting, sharing, liking, and many more have become a habitual routine for most. The impulse to check for an anticipated incoming message is almost unbearable. In most…

today’s young people use technology, especially smartphone. Most of the users of smartphone have the same characteristic, their use of it seems “out-of-control”, and this feature begin to strongly distract their daily life. This distraction always makes them lose their focus on their work problem, because smartphone provide the information can entertain them. Therefore, people begins to blame smartphone and starts to ban it in school. Although the smartphone seems to be a big problem which…

States physicians, approximately 72% use smartphones during their practice (Wyatt & Krauskopf, 2012). Convenience is a major benefit to using a smartphone. Health care professionals are able to stay up to date on the latest medical information, refer to drug references and calculators, access medical applications, and reference guides, personal health, and lifestyle applications used for patient education (Wyatt & Krauskopf, 2012). There is no doubt that smartphones have become a central…

People cannot live without smartphones. For starters smartphones are a technological communication gadget that allows people all over the word to communicate through calls, text messages or e-mails. A psychologist from the University of Florida refers to cell phones as an "addiction", she says: " that when most people hear "Turn off your cell phones and pagers" get anxious and anxiety because the fact that being out of touch for any period of time can make them feel sick" (Bridwell,2007). In…