...Technology: How Smartphones and Social Networking Have Changed Our Parental Relationships Audience and Accommodation: My audience is going to be the parents. I am targeting them so they know that in order to keep up with their children who have gone off to college, they understand how powerful smartphones are, how we use them to communicate with them, and how there may be better ways to stay in touch. Hook: My hook is going to be a personal reflection on how I stay in communication with my parents with my smartphone. (Ms. Griffiths told me to do this) Stable Context: This is where I talk about smartphones, and then give background on how relationships are formed and maintained throughout what I will later describe as emerging adulthood with parents. Destabilizing Condition: With the rise in technology, smartphones, and social networking sites, I don’t think that some forms of technology, in particular social networking sites, are the best way to stay in touch. Main Claim: My main claim is that the relationship between the emerging adult and the parent should not be solely based on technology. If the parent doesn’t have social networking site profiles, then they need to adjust to what the emerging adult wants to communicate by in order to maintain a stable relationship. Significance: With so many different forms of communication now, not all are beneficial to the emerging adult. Relationships that are formed and maintained online are not the same...
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...Meagan Donnelly William S. Durden English 102 March 21, 2013 Smartphones and the Social Life On October 17th, 1973 we made a huge leap forward in communication. The first mobile phone call was made by a company known then and now as Motorola. Mobile phones were not widely known of until the mid-80’s and were not even carried and used by many individuals until the early 90’s. Stated by the U.N. Telecom Agency; now, in 2013 103.9% of the United States population uses a cell phone! That means some people carry more than one cell phone and many young children are carrying phones as well. According to Jennifer Ludden, on average a child has a cell phone by the age of eight, and a smart phone by the age of fourteen. Cell phones have now become the main means of communication, and not necessarily through phone calls. People are most commonly communicating through text, whether it be text messaging, emailing, or with social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr. People are now able to do a countless amount of tasks from their cell phones. You will commonly hear many people say “there’s an app for that!”. Essentially referring to the fact that you don’t need to go to the library or ask a friend for information that you are not knowledgeable of, you can just browse the web on your phone, or download an app that will have what you are looking for. You may be thinking that this gives people more time during the day to do more important daily tasks, like spend time with...
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...Social Media Addiction Distracts Drivers Noelyne Paet Chamberlain College of Nursing Social Media Addiction Distracts Drivers PR Newswire (2015) reported Abby Slatten, 20-years-old, was allegedly speeding at 85 miles per hour (mph) while scrolling through pictures on her Facebook account via smartphone. Tragically, Slatten plowed into another car that killed another driver who was at the elderly age of 89-years-old. The elderly victim could have been someones parent, friend, or sibling who did not deserve a fatal ending to their life. A similar story, involved a young 34-year-old woman who received a prison sentencing of 10 years with a $25,000 fine for sending a text message while driving that could not wait, in result, crashed and killed her daughter and two nieces all who were in the same car. That women will serve her sentencing but will never be able to bring back her loved ones back from the accident. The constant reminders of roadway accidents ending in tragedy, such as those police reports, are widely spread across our nation. All tragic stories are disheartening to hear and think about; a reminder to play our part in keeping our roads safer. Tragedy may effect your next door neighbor or a stranger in the local supermarket; no matter who we are or what our background is tragedy exist and does not discriminate against anyone. People can make a difference to their daily living. There are those small percentage of people who has a habit that is...
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......................................................2,3 Case Analysis.........................................................4,5,6 Recommendations.................................................7 Work Cited...............................................................8 Executive Summary Future of LinkedIn. Becoming more like Facebook. Despite being widely recognized as the undisputed champion of the professional networking industry, LinkedIn has made several recent changes to become more like the competition, most notably, Facebook. In an effort to attract daily users, LinkedIn has added many new features, such as, notifications and photo/video sharing. All of these features have long been available on Facebook. In addition to aiming for a similar user experience, LinkedIn also appears to be following in the footsteps of Facebook in regards to generating revenue. As users increasingly access these social networks via their mobile phone, LinkedIn has revamped their mobile app to include advertising. 1 Case Facts: -Updated version of their mobile app was launched in April. For the first time, it will have ads on the app, to generate revenue for LinkedIn. The CEO recognizes the task of pulling this off is a tricky one, b/c you don't want to clutter users with ads in the precious limited space you have when viewing a mobile app (not as spacious as a tablet or desktop view). ...
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...MOBILE COMPUTING ANS SOCIAL NETWORKING Mobile Computing and Social Networking CIS 500-Information Technology for Management Professor Clifton Howell February 23, 2014 Mobile Computing and Social Networking U S Healthcare costs have been on the rise for over 50 years, and have increased at an alarming rate of 2-3 times the norm within the past six years. This is one profession where mobile computing has had a substantial impact, and this paper will compare and contrast the monitoring of patient vital signs using mobile computing technology to in-patient visits to doctors’ offices or hospitals; it will analyze the advantages and disadvantages of using mobile computing technology to monitor patients; assess the security concerns with regard to the transmission of personal medical information over wireless networks; and assess the use of social networking for group support for patients with similar medical concerns. Mobile Computing and Social Networking In today’s society, emerging developments in technology have greatly impacted the healthcare industry, especially when it comes to patient care and the monitoring of their vitals. Traditionally, patients communicate their health concerns to their physicians, who in turn schedule an appointment and conduct a series of tests and relay the results to the patient. When the tests dictate the need to monitor a patient’s vital signs, due to resultant findings, the patient is required to check in to a local facility...
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...short span of time since its launch. There are reports of Nokia Lumia 800 phone selling like hot cakes in different parts of the world and many experts are saying that it has already exceeded market expectations. Nokia Lumia 800 is one phone that is expected to create a revolution. Smartphones have their strong following today but users often had to pick between the obvious choices of iPhone or other Android phones. With mobile giant Nokia jumping into the fray things have gotten a lot more exciting and its only good news for customers. Nokia Lumia 800: The beginning of something better and bigger It might not be way off the mark to say that smartphones have become a norm today. From working professionals to young students, people from all age groups and social spheres rely on them for their personal and professional communications. With social networking sites ruling the roost, smartphones are the name of the game for many. However so far there was something missing in the market for these phones; a trusted name that many of today’s mobile generation grew up with. The mother of all innovations is what the Nokia Lumia 800 looks like. That’s why when Nokia decided to enter the fray for smartphone market it instantly raised curiosity amongst interested customers. Nokia has always stood for quality phones that have always been reliable and offer users exciting features and upgrades time and again. Now it has joined forces with another technology giant; Microsoft to come up with...
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...ABSTRACT Technology is developed to aid society in various ways. As time progresses so do advancements in technology. Technology has become mobile enough through smartphones and tablets that accessing the Internet and other applications instantly have become the norm. As these conveniences become expected by society there will be positive and negative impacts on the individual users. Keywords: smartphones impact society, advancing technology impact Technological advancements increase convenience for society. Computers allow users to keep data organized and available through various programs and the Internet. The launch of handheld, mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets allow users to have instant access to these conveniences from anywhere. Though conveniences are often thought to have a positive impact on an individual’s life, sometimes they can take away essential skills or processes in everyday life that can be beneficial if the technology fails. Mobile technology obviously has its positives, if it didn’t it’s popularity would not be increasing as rapidly as it is. Technology in general helps to keep people better organized. Mobile technology can take it a step further in the fact that the user’s information will always be available to view or update. Advancing technology also offers the ability to sync all devices together so that the users information can be typed into one electronic and transferred to all the others. Another positive aspect about...
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...ntroduction Smartphones are not only changing the way people of the world communicate but they are also changing many aspects of most people’s daily lives. Since there creation smartphones have come a long way in what they can do. Smartphones now allow user to talk, text, tweet, search, email, check the weather, get directions, take pictures, find restaurants, pay bills, shop, listen to music, and do so much more from the palm of out hands. While this makes life easier are smartphones causing problems? With security problems and social issues arising with the increased use of smartphones, smartphones may be not such a smart idea after all. Background Smartphones have been around since 1993. IBM created the first smart phone called SIMON. This phone was created to combine “voice and data services into one package, as the device acted as a mobile phone, a PDA and even a fax machine” (Reed, 2012). This smartphone was rare possession considering it could be purchased for the price of $899. While the Pilot created by Palm is not a smartphone, it is credited for popularizing handheld PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) devices (Reed, 2012). In the late 90’s the Nokia 9110 Communicator was the start of keyboards on phones with its original fold out keyboard (Reed, 2012). In 2002 the first phone capable of receiving emails and web browsing was created, the Blackberry by RIM (Reed, 2010). With a few more attempts form other companies the smartphone was never a huge success until...
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...changing our daily lives. From social networking sites, mobile web, location based apps and much more everyone with a smartphone is using some sort of mobile computing in their daily routine. You may check your email from your phone, or post your status update on Facebook, or maybe you need to find a Target that is close to you in an unfamiliar area. Well, from your smartphone or tablet, you can do all of these things and more. If you tend to use your Ipad, tablet or smartphone for your daily business needs then it’s very possible you probably have the Microsoft web apps or Documents to go for the Ipad version downloaded. This allows you to create, edit or even share your Microsoft documents on the go. This would be great for someone that travels a lot for work or is just always out and about and would give them the option of doing their work in the airport or wherever they may be. According to Bowles (2013) a survey listed that 26% of smartphone users say their phones make them feel more productive. Sometimes even though you could be doing all this work at home in your office, it’s nice to grab a cup of coffee, sit down, use the free wifi, and work away. I like doing this when I know I need to get something done without being disturbed by my children every 5 minutes. There are also other apps out there that people use on a daily basis, You could even say some are addicted to them. That would be social networking apps, such as Facebook, Twitter...
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...Smartphone Security Survey of U.S. consumers Sponsored by AVG Technologies Independently conducted by Ponemon Institute LLC Publication Date: March 2011 Ponemon Institute© Research Report Smartphone Security Survey of U.S. Consumers Ponemon Institute, March 2011 Part 1. Introduction Ponemon Institute is pleased to present the findings of the Smartphone Security Survey: A Study of U.S. Consumers sponsored by AVG Technologies. The goal of the research is to determine consumers’ perceptions about the potential privacy and security risks when using their smartphones. In addition, we wanted to learn if participants in our study care about these risks and if they take security precautions. We surveyed 734 consumers who are 18 years and older and own a smartphone. The risks that we address in our survey concern location tracking, transmission of confidential payment without the user’s knowledge or consent, diallerware (specialized malware unique to smartphones), spyware, viruses from insecure WiFi networks and others. What we learned is that most of the consumers in our study are using their smartphones without understanding that they are exposing their sensitive information to the risks listed above. We also believe the findings of this study signal a potential security risk for organizations because so many consumers surveyed use their smartphones for both business and personal use. With business confidential information stored on these smartphones, organizations should...
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...in modern society and cannot be overlooked. Our society is run and manoeuvred through the innovation and emergence of new technology that we simply cannot ignore. With the first form of communicative technology developing in the late1800’s, radio has transformed the ability both professionally and personally to communicate through a wireless device. Mobile communication devices have not simply transformed a way to seek information but a way to transfer information to others as well. This is vital, as present technologies have come a long way from the development of Radio frequencies. With one of the most advanced technologies out, the emergence of the Smartphone has significantly affected our social norms, information, personal assets and society as a whole. Above all when looking at the contributions or advantages the Smartphone brings to the table there is no question organizationally and economically wise it benefits business venturing most. In a growing economy that is driven by knowledge, communication, innovation information becomes our most valuable asset, especially when it comes to running an efficient business. More and more CEO’s nationwide are condoning the necessities of an organized management tool that has the portability to still run and operate a business. With a never ending cycle of a corporate world adapting to new technology, the Smart phone has proven to produce the most effective and efficient method to portably run a business, socially connect and organize...
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...Concerns about social and ethical implications on society caused by convergence technologies. Abstract The purpose of this paper is to outline concerns arising from the use of converging technologies such as smartphone’s. The discussion will more particularly dwell into the concerns resulting that are believed to have some social and ethical implications to the society. Introduction The technological convergence of communication and computing for mobile technology is in the outburst forefront compare other convergence technologies such as nanotechnology, etc. This evolutionary path of these technologies brings interoperability and benefitted from each other’s services and functions including other industries. This has placed smartphones in the leading technology trend of playing the role of universal mobile unit. Smartphone is a mobile phone with advance features and functionality that provides integrated services from communication, computing and mobile areas which also includes voice communication, messaging, applications to management personal information and wireless communication features (Zheng, P. et al, 2006). In addition to the above mentioned capabilities, smartphones are also equipped with features to take, edit and display photos, play games on the devices or over the network, play videos, navigation and audio and video playback and recording, send and receive emails, social networking applications functionalities and surf the web and wireless internet, etc...
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...the general public, and certainly many years before Al Gore claimed he “took the initiative in creating” it, the Internet – and its predecessors – were a focal point for social interactivity. Granted, computer networking was initially envisioned in the heyday of The Beatles as a military-centric command and control scheme. But as it expanded beyond just a privileged few hubs and nodes, so too did the idea that connected computers might also make a great forum for discussing mutual topics of interest, and perhaps even meeting or renewing acquaintances with other humans. In the 1970s, that process began in earnest. Mullets may have reigned supreme in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, but – as many will surely recall – computers were a far rarer commodity. The machines’ language was bewildering, and their potential seemingly limited. What’s more, this whole sitting-in-front-of-a-keyboard thing was so… isolationistic. Put all this together and you have a medium where only the most ardent enthusiasts and techno-babbling hobbyists dared tread. It was, in effect, a breeding ground for pocket-protector-wearing societal rejects, or nerds. And boring, reclusive nerds at that. Yet it also was during this time, and with a parade of purportedly antisocial geeks at the helm, that the very gregarious notion of social networking would take its first steps towards becoming the omnipresent cultural phenomenon we know and love in 2014. BBS, AOL and CompuServe: The Infant Years “Put all this together...
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...would reach out to the baby boomer generation. I used to think it was wrong to use social media to market towards baby boomers and generation x and I was wrong. I am pretty amazed on how many people from this generation are using sites like Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter, and Myspace. I will definitely keep social networking at the top of my list as a way to market towards these generations. More specifically I will primarily use Facebook as the main source of marketing because more than 1/3 of baby boomers and half of Generation X has a Facebook page. Mavens are most likely to be Generation Jones and working full/part time and these individuals could have huge impact on the target market. These are the type of people who are always expanding their social network and are recommending products and services more than 10 times a year. This could be a domino affect by mavens in your target market continuing to speak about your product through their social network. In a matter of time you could expand your business from being very well know just being using social networks like Facebook. Targeting towards Generations Jones and workers. 2. As an eMarketer choosing digital marketing vs. traditional marketing to means revolutionizing ways companies reach their consumers and target audience. Here in New York City we see that with basic billboards going digital displaying different images and content. Social media has been a new trend for marketing. I remember while being on MySpace every...
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...believe would be a success if brought to Australia. - Been listed in TIME magazine’s 50 best inventions of the year list. - Was a giveaway on the Ellen show. - Constantly recording on a 5hour loop. -There is no recording button. - When you record something you want to share you click the instant clip button to save a clip of the last 30 seconds. SLIDE 2= DESCRIBING THE PRODUCT: AYSE - LooxcieMoments app sends clips of moments as they happen. - Use your smartphone screen as a monitor. - Free to edit clips through your phone - Can upload videos straight onto your computer - Used as a Bluetooth headset, makes and receives calls - Mutes the recording as you are talking on the phone -Can upload straight on to Facebook Youtube Twitter etc. SLIDE 3 = STATS: Lydia - Social networking is currently the biggest form of communication - People feel the need to share everything they see and hear with a status update on Facebook or a video on YouTube. -We can see the level of importance placed on social networking simply by looking at a few numbers… The Australian monthly active users for the 3 largest sites being: Facebook 7.9 million, YouTube 6.7 million and Twitter with 1 million. -Furthermore, Facebook reported that people spend more than over 700 billion minutes per month on Facebook. -Another rising number is the amount of smart phones being bought. -Last year alone, Australians purchased 1 million phones per month -Smart phones made up 57% of this number. -...
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