A recent survey from Legal and General, on a topic other than umbrellas, found that more and more parents are concerned with their children’s obsession with playing with their expensive smartphones and tablets. 10% of those surveyed had even revealed that their children downloaded software without their knowledge. Sophisticated technology has moved from the laboratory, [...]
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Technology enables seats of learning, not a tower of Babel
A recent study from Columbia University claims that the ability to find almost any information at the click of a few buttons on Google could make us less likely to remember things. Apparently, researchers believe that we tend to forget information if we are confident that we can find it again. This brought to mind [...]
How NOT to do media interviews
BlackBerry’s chief exec, Mike Lazaridis who stormed out of a BBC interview following ‘inappropriate’ questioning recently fuelled major debate amongst the journalist, blogger and PR community. Twitter was inundated with peoples’ views on this high-profile media mishap, with blogs quickly emerging soon after the BBC posted the interview online. This kind of behaviour is undeniably [...]
Digital dependence
When my beloved smartphone recently was stolen and I found myself relegated to the ranks of a run of-the-mill handset user, a strange feeling came over me. I was anxious: how will I get around without my GPRS? Irritable: this is so frustrating! What if I get an urgent email? Without Facebook and Twitter access [...]