...Cellphones have gradually become an imperative part of peoples lives today. 70% of the world's population have cellphones. These days, people and their mobile phones seem to be inseparable. Texting or calling someone when we wake up has become a usual habit just like brushing our teeth in the morning. For many of us, it's hard to imagine a time before cellphones. Having a cellphone has changed our manners, the way we communicate, and our safety. Before cellphones there seemed to be more peace and quite. People seemed to have manners. Today people don't always remember their manners when using their cellphones. People constantly carrying on personal conversations in a public place can be very annoying. Some people talk really loud and don't care that everyone around them can hear every word they are saying. It can be extremely disturbing to someone when they are walking in a mall or down a street and someone starts speaking right beside or behind them. They turn to respond, only to find out he or she beside them has an earbud active. Before we had cellphones people would actually write letters. During my elementary school days it was “cool” to pass notes. We actually used complete sentences and words that were in the dictionary. Also before cellphones if someone was to leave the house, they didn’t make a phone call unless they popped 10 cents into a pay phone. People never received any calls away from home. People actually had to be out of touch with friends and family when...
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...Generation Y is becoming a narcissistic society. Social websites are increasing and the new trend Gen Y is doing is “self promoting”. Technology is becoming more advanced and Gen Y’s are more obsessed with their cell phones and I-pads rather than spending quality time with their families. Children prefer to watch popular shows such as “Sweet 16” and “Keeping up with the Kardashians” than the ABC news. Gen Y’s are too focused on the “self” and have lost their ability to live in a society that is not focused on the “self”. Online social websites such as Facebook, and YouTube are some of the highest rated websites. People are fascinated to either self promote or to gain self-confidence by watching other’s life style online. There is no boundaries sharing their information online and almost everything is about the self. People on YouTube advertise what they wear and what products they buy. YouTube gurus are trying to influence their viewers to gain self-esteem by looking a certain way. And in order to look confident you must by certain products. A college degree is not enough in a competitive work field because a certain image is now required. Twenge mentioned in her article that the competition is fierce. To get hired you must look and dress a certain way. Therefore, Gen Y’s are focused on the self and improving their self-ego and confidence to beat the competition. Everywhere we go we see people with some type of electronic device such as cellphones, I-pads, or I-pods. Technology are...
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...The Dependence of People on Smartphones. The excessive use of smartphones has not only changed the way we see technology but also the way we live our lives. In the year 2000, the first touch screen phone was introduced and people who loved technology were amazed by this cellphone technology that did not required a physical keypad to work or access the cellphone main menu, although not that many special features were added to this cellphone besides the digital touch screen tech lovers fell in love with this device almost instantly because of the futuristic idea of replacing buttons with a digital touchscreen. Even though this cellphone was a pioneer in a new era revolutionizing the idea of a physical keypad to enter numbers did not become so popular after people got bored from just the digital screen and that did not do anything else but to dial numbers to make a phone call. In the year 2007 a new cellphone was introduced, a cellphone that not only looked very elegant and extremely different than any other cellphone at the moment or made before, but was able to perform tasks those of a desktop computer, for example; internet web browsing, agenda managing, picture taking and video making at very good quality, email access, music playing, electronic book access, just to mention a few. It seemed maybe almost impossible that so much could be done with such a small device. This was the world’s first smartphone; a new trend that would make our lives much easier had begun, making...
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...Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Mobile Phones in Classrooms Posted by: Technology has changed almost everything. With the Internet and our mobile devices, everyone is now connected. Cell phones have become a necessity, more than just a luxury. And today, there is a very long standing debate about the use of mobile phones in the classroom This argument was brought about by the thin line between the advantages and disadvantages of fast connectivity in the present society, as listed below. Read along and decide for yourself whether allowing the use of mobile phones in the classroom is a good idea or not. Advantages of Mobile Phones in Classrooms The use of mobile phones in the classroom may be a prima facie bad idea, but mobile devices can also be beneficial inside the classroom. • Cell phones make students connected. With mobile phones, parents will be less worried since they can easily check on their children, and students can easily call for their parents in times of emergency. • Cell phones encourage collaborative learning. Students can share notes and reminders faster and easier with mobile devices. • Cell phones can be used as memory aids. Students can document their lessons by taking pictures and/or videos to enhance retention. With smart phones, learning can also be more interactive and fun. • Cell phones can be used as paper and pencil. Students can use their phones for taking down notes and even for saving reminders. Cell phones give access to a pool of...
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...Americans' views toward a number of moral issues have shifted significantly since 2001. Their acceptance of gay and lesbian relations has increased the most, up 19 percentage points in the past 12 years -- to a record high of 59% today. Americans' tolerance toward having a baby outside of marriage is also now much greater, up 15 points since 2001, to the current 60%. Americans have also become significantly more accepting of sex between an unmarried man and woman, divorce, embryonic stem cell research, polygamy, and cloning humans. The only issue that Americans have become significantly less accepting of over the last 12 years is medical testing on animals. These data are from Gallup's annual Values and Beliefs survey, most recently conducted May 2-7. Gallup has asked Americans about their views on many of these issues each May since 2001. Americans' views of the moral acceptability of 10 of the 19 items Gallup asked about have not changed significantly over time, shifting less than five points since they were first measured. A majority of Americans continue to say seven of the 19 items measured are morally wrong -- married men and women having an affair, cloning humans, polygamy, suicide, pornography, sex between teenagers (measured for the first time this year), and cloning animals. Attitudes toward two items -- doctor-assisted suicide and abortion -- are fairly evenly split, with less than half of Americans seeing each as either morally acceptable or morally unacceptable...
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...This paper outlines why security and privacy cannot be mutually exclusive. As we continue to advance with information and communication technologies, our society will require cyberlaws and the government needs to equip law enforcement with modernized tools to protect society’s most vulnerable in cyberspace. To achieve a happy medium between security and privacy, I propose the concepts of transparency, accountability, integrity, and professionalism in the security-privacy debate. Today, there are over three billion online users, which make up about 40% of the world population (ITU 2014). The users are online, conducting daily communications, transactions, and sharing of information. The Internet has created an increasing amount of personal...
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...Clinisha Davis English 105 April 4, 2016 Maria Zafonte Technology Are Taking Over What People Use to Do Technology has made the lives of users easier with its Constance advances that are developing the society. Technology can be a reliable source which also has the ability to easily be a distraction. Technology has created the IPhone, iPad, Galaxy, Samsung and these distractions are helpful but can be very dangerous. People are expose to a great amount of technology on consistent base. Technology has control lives, social and decision skills. The contribution of technology hinder the current generation as a whole in today’s world. Because technology have an impact on the lives of people, this trend has had a negative effect on society, the growth of intelligence and how we conduct business. Social media has offered the world a huge contribution in how cellphones gain a negative effects on society because it effects people communication skills. Cellphones have invented new apps such as: Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter etc., that influence people to become more comfortable with texting friends and family rather than indulging a face to face conversation. In the article, “Teens spend a 'mind-boggling' 9 hours a day using media, report says” by Kelly Wallace published in the CNN that proves that teens check social media 100 times and “spend on average 9 hours a day consuming media” (CNN, 2015). Social media has provoke to form a consistent habit as people get older. Using...
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...Nowadays the internet has become our primary means of communication. Messages that took weeks to reach their destination now only take one minute at the most. In the case of urgent messages, telegrams that had at the most 3 sentence messages (in order to avoid a higher delivery cost) had to be relayed through trained professionals. Now you can simply send a text message free of cost from your personal phone. Most of these developments in communication technology have stemmed from one single invention: the internet. “It was the launch of Sputnik by the USSR that spurred the U.S to create the agency which became known as DARPA in February 1958 with the idea of regaining a technological lead over the USSR. (…) As a first step they aimed to connect computers at the Pentagon, Cheyenne Mountain and Strategic Air Command Headquarters (SAC). (..) The funding of a new U.S. backbone by the National Science Foundation in the 1980s, as well as private funding for other commercial backbones, led to worldwide participation in the project and the merger of many networks. The commercialization of what was by the 1990s an international network resulted in its popularization and incorporation into virtually every aspect of modern human life. Today, more than a quarter of the world’s population uses the Internet.” (DENNING, 2013). With the invention of the internet, communication became increasingly simpler, faster and more effective. Several internet based programmes allow the enhacement of...
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...2014 Dr. Daniel Gonzalez The Beneficial Invention Technology has changed the way we communicate with one another over the last two decades. As we have seen with the evolution of the cellphone and other technology it is always changing. Since technology is ever changing the next great beneficial invention that would be most beneficial to society would be 3D printed earphones. In a society that is constantly immersed in the technology offered to us, headphones and earphones have become beneficial to the way we do things on a day to day basis. Living in New York affords me the chance to take the transit system on a daily basis which allows me to see how immersed we have become with the ever changing technology, including myself. People always have headphones or earphones in their ears either listening to music, watching movies, or talking on the phone. One thing that I’m sure bothers people constantly about this technology especially earphones is that it is constantly falling out of your ears. I recently had the chance to work in a company that has branched into using this technology to offer people the chance to make custom made 3D printed earphones. The inventor of the Normal 3D customized earphone Nikki Kaufman looked into what was being done in terms of this technology and found out that nothing was currently being done in the market. In order to make custom made earphones a person would have to visit an urologist in order to get a mold done of your ear which ends...
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...vocational, technical, and higher education to accommodate graduates of secondary schools to pursue vocational, technical and higher education courses.By virtue of Provincial Ordinance No. 1 s. 2006, the Laguna University was established on February 15, 2006. The incumbent governor was elected President and Chairman of the Board of Regents under Resolution No. 198. A s. 2006 dated March 29, 2006 by the SangguniangPanlalawiganng Laguna. This research paper is about the effect of spelling ability of the second year IT students of Laguna University. The student must had books and writing of the correct spelling of words and correct grammar. The aim of this research paper is to develop the spelling ability of the cellphone users. Background of the study In the primitive ages, people have used signals, to get a message from one point to another. And that is a clear evident that even before, it is very important to communicate or to get messages from other places. That is why Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876. Probably no means of communication has revolutionized the daily lives of ordinary people more than the telephone. Telephone comes from the Greek word tele, meaning from afar, and phone, meaning voice or voiced sound. Generally, a telephone is any device which conveys sound over a distance. A string telephone, a megaphone, or a speaking tube might be considered telephonic instruments but for...
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...smartphone is the newer technology. A smartphone allows you to check email, Facebook, Twitter, download games, and much more. Plus smart phones are touch screened and the letters and numbers pop up on the screen. All cell phones are battery powered. Yes this means you have to charge them. There are many different cellular carriers. The most common ones are Verizon, AT&T, Straight Talk, and T-Mobile. Cell phones run off of cell towers and calls are actually made through radio links. The earliest known description, as far as we know, was in a science fiction novel called Space Cadet in 1948. The first actual cell phone did not come out until 1984. This cell phone was the Dyna Tac 8000X. This phone had to be charged after thirty minutes of use. Really. Cell phones have come a long way since then. First, they have changed how we interact with one another and our relationships. Now I didn’t say it was good or bad, you be the judge. I personally think cell phones are corrupting us. Cell phones are good for coordinating with others and keeping us up to date with peers and family. There also good for emergencies like wrecks or flat tires. There really good when your engine starts smoking. But for every good we have a bad. We use cell phones now to text people what we cannot say to their face. The things we are afraid to say or choose not to. Whether it’s a break up text or just mean bullying one. We never know what the other person is...
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...duplication and faster production reduced the costs and was available and affordable to more people. Prior to this only the wealthy, priest, and politicians were able to afford to purchase books. In turn books became the first mass market product in history. Eventually, mass printed material helped spread information and ideas faster than ever before through pamphlets, magazines, and books. Coming from a print based society technology began to expand and the electronic era began. Making it easier for people to communicate. The development of the telegraph in the 1840’s led to other technological developments. Such as wireless telegraphy, the radio, television, the fax machine, telephone, and the cellphone. This leads us into the digital era, which has changed the way we communicate from now and in the future. Starting with the internet that influences the growth and spread of media where images and sounds are digitally reproduced. The internet allows people to access information and add they’re opinions or view points on topics. Cable television has changed the way we view and has given us more viewing options other than...
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...The author uses a lot of descriptions when he talks about his past. The tone of this excerpt is reminiscent. He is constantly comparing the past with present to show how times have changed. The author starts off by telling us how he used to go camping at this lake every summer with his dad and friends. Then one summer he deiced to take his son there “who has never had any fresh water up his nose and who had seen lily pads only from train windows” (White). The author notices many changes in his present visit to lake. For example, White talks about how they didn’t have many maneuvers on the boats people had to park and reverse by themselves. In paragraph 4 White says, “Motor boats in those days didn’t have clutches, and you would make a landing by shutting off the motor at the proper time and coasting in with a dead rudder. But there was a way of reversing them, if you learned the trick, by cutting the switch and putting it on again exactly on the final dying revolution of the flywheel, so that it would kick back against compression and begin reversing.” People had to learn timing and technique to control the boat. “In those other summer times all motors were inboard; and when they were at a little distance, the noise they made was a sedative, an ingredient of summer sleep”( White). White...
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...Tyrel Cain 10/232014 GS1140 Future Statement The technology that I chose to write about is the computer on the go technology like tablets, computers on the wrist and also the best computer of them all the cellphone. This technology will be the corner stone of the future there will be no need to have one at home and even a physical one at all because everything will be implanted into your body with a chip at the back of your head and the keyboard implanted into your hand. I know this sounds a little weird getting implants but in the future they will be installed once you are born and changed out as you grow up so it will become a normal part of society. With this I think that peoples personal information would definitely be more secure because there would be no way that you would leave your cell phone because its implanted in you and no one can just pick it up and walk away or pick your pockets for your credit cards because everything is in an online system. It would greatly help education because all you have to do is set the subject that you want to study on a link to your brain and you would study as you sleep so when you wake up you know everything that you put to play while you were sleep it is more convenient and you won’t have to take away hours from regular daily tasks to study because you do that as you sleep. The best part of this technology is the security system it wouldn’t be a tradition password or code the locks to programs and bank accounts and anything personal...
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...Meghan Humphrey Professor Shae Anderson Advanced Composition 12 October 2013 Has Technology made us lazy? According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, technology means the use of science in industry, engineering, etc., to invent useful things or solve problems. Technology has advanced so much in today’s society. Cell phones once weighed 2.5 pounds whereas now they weigh less than a pound. Technology has made living life easier by creating cars that are able to parallel park themselves, cellphones that will finish our words and sentences. Noticing all these advancements in technology, it makes me ask myself, has technology made us lazy? Technology is an important factor in today’s world. Technology has improved many aspects of people’s lives. It has improved communication, television, travel, and the World Wide Web. Before the advancement of the telephone, news had to travel by means of stage coach, rail road and postal service. “Whether the communication was an update from one family member to another or an emergency message the outcome was that it was received equally slow” (Cooper). Televisions advancement added a “visual medium to the communication method better than radio” (Cooper). The improvement with news helped individuals follow items such as “weather disasters, presidential elections, and other country news soon after it happened and more recently in real time. This visual exposure has caused individuals to be held more accountable and has kept the public more informed”...
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