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Ban mobile phones in schools to protect pupils' mental health
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 26.9.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | (mental) health, childhood, school, smartphone, threat
Summary | According to Shannon Turner, schools should ban smartphones to protect their pupils. Screens and social media can have a negative impact on children's health, which is why some schools have already put in place new rules (e.g. give children 6 hours of digital-free time).
Image Description | Photograph of two pupils in a classroom; one of them is showing her friend a smartphone and the other is giggling.
Image Tags | female(s), school, smartphone
Caricatures become an obsession
Newspaper | Los Angeles Times
Date | 14.9.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | smartphone, virtual reality
Summary | Bitmoji is an app that allows users to create avatars of themselves. Bitmoji images are funny and absurd, which is why the app has become so popular. 3D Bitmoji World Lenses allows users to create 3D Bitmojis in the real world; they can select specific scenes through their smartphone, and it looks like Bitmoji avatars are interacting with their environment. Jacob Blackstock claims that it is important to have a digital extension of oneself. Also, based on a focus group study with teenagers, users want diversity. Moreover, they like the app because it offers a kind of lightheartedness that they can't find elsewhere.
Image Description | Screenshot of Bitmoji World Lenses, and series of different Bitmojis.
Are smartphones really making our children sad?
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 13.8.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, childhood, smartphone, threat, youth
Summary | Children's relationship with screens has become a contested topic; not everyone agrees with what should or shouldn't be done. Last week, the Atlantic published an excerpt of Jean Twenge's book (the Atlantic article was titled "Have smartphones destroyed a generation?"), which initiated very diverse reactions. Jean Twenge, who is an American pychologist, said that social media have a negative effect on young people. Twenger then answered some of her critics in this Guardian article.
Image Description | Photograph of a group of teenagers all staring at their phone or tablet.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone, tablet
Animojis, facial recognition and no home button: How the new iPhone X features will work
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 12.9.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | emojis, smartphone
Summary | The new iPhone X includes new features: animoji (a face recognition software that allows users to create 3D animated emojis), and no home button.
Image Description | N/A
Dad confiscates daughter's iPhone - then makes punishment even worse with savage joke
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 9.7.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone, texting, youth
Summary | One dad punished his daughter and confiscating her iPhone. He also made a joke and slid a piece of paper under her door; he actually drew a picture of a smartphone screen displaying text messages between his daugher and himself.
Image Description | Photograph of a girl using her phone, screenshots of several tweets (one of them shows the piece of paper), and photograph of a dad and his daughter.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone, Twitter
How mobile tech is changing the way SMEs work
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 18.9.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone
Summary | A speech and language therapist decided to create Mable Therapy; it uses mobile technology to help therapists interact with their patients. Now, users can chat online and use the video conference tool. Teachers can also deliver sessions and track pupils' progress.
Image Description | Photograph of a woman's hands holding a smartphone.
Image Tags | hand(s), smartphone
Screens and teens: survival tips for parents on the technology battlefield
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 23.9.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | (mental) health, addiction, smartphone, social media, threat, youth
Summary | A mom talks about her battle over digital screens with her children. Children are spending more time online, and research keeps showing the negative effects that screens can have (e.g. isolation, bullying, porn, suicide etc.). Since the phenomenon is so new, it is difficult for parents -they have no guide to follow. Technology is not necessarily bad, but parents should make sure their children are okay and happy. The article provides a list with some advice concerning young people and screens; from screen time limit to online groups and social media.
Image Description | Photograph of a young girl using her laptop, a mom and her daughter with a laptop and tablet, three children behind books, and a mom and her two kids with a laptop, tablet, and smartphone.
Image Tags | computer/laptop, female(s), male(s), smartphone, tablet
Nokia 3310 is coming to the UK - but there's a big catch
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 8.5.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | smartphone
Summary | The Nokia 3310 will arrive in the UK soon. Only some networks such as Vodafone and EE will support it. The phone doesn't have any email app or 4G. Rather the Nokia 3310 has the basic features: calls and text messages.
Image Description | Photographs of colorful Nokia 3310 phones.
Image Tags | cell phone
App that could help couples head off a blazing row
Newspaper | Daily Mail (UK)
Date | 20.4.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, smartphone
Summary | A new app will send you an alert when a fight with your partner is about to happen. The researchers who created the app hope the technology can save relationships. The app uses algorithms that analyze the language and physiological characteristics of fights. For the algorithm to work correctly, couples had to wear a wristband sensor that measured the electricity through the skin. It also measured body temperature and heart rate.
Image Description | N/A
30 minutes a day on screen 'delays speech in toddlers'
Newspaper | Daily Mail (UK)
Date | 5.5.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | childhood, language threat, research/study, smartphone
Summary | If toddlers spend too much time on screens, it can delay their language skills. According to a study, children who are given screens at a young age struggle more with language; even educational games can hinder toddler's linguistic and cognitive development.
Image Description | N/A
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