Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label Tablets

They Laugh When They See Me Addicted to my Smartphone...But When they See Me Smile...

With people using their smartphones (and tablets) on average over 3 hours a day, that's even more than the amount of time people spend on their home computers and TVs.  But only 9% of the time (16 minutes) is on talking, the bulk of the time (72% or 2 hours) is on instant communications, especially group and private messaging on Whatsapp, Twitter, Facebook , Line and WeChat).  Many people wonder if we have become slaves or addicted to our smartphones as many people carry them even inside the water closets.  However to us, the smartphone is just a tool, it is neither good or bad.  We can make ourselves smarter with our smartphones in the following 7 ways: Learn something new every day by reading blogs , seminar write-ups , news analysis, commentaries and TED videos;  Become a Guru instantly by broadcasting to others our unique thoughts on current events .  For example, I posted on my facebook the biggest disappointment of the year: the Samsung Galaxy S5 and immediately got reco