"Cell phones have changed a lot over the years, and their main functions was
to make calls - so how come the recent 2010 Mobile Access survey shows that
making calls is not the most important feature? This was certainly bound to
happen once SMS and other such features came about."
This is a very interested article why middle school children should not be given a cell phone until they understand the reason for a cell phone to avoid behavior like this.
Video about media convergence. Some information in the video is from PEW reports, but it contains a lot of other interesting statistics. At the end it mentions someone's hypothesis that what technology is in our smartphones now will fit in a blood cell in 25 years.
I know this week were talking about cell phones and mobile devices and how the internet is used on our phones. I know in my discussion, me and another student were talking about texting and how it was used for the deaf originally. I just thought I'd share this article with the rest of the class.
This article talks about the new Sexting laws that were in placed during the past year. It has laws from each state. Also, it includes what the punishment will be if the law is broken.
The girl, now 18, reported to police that she received a text message last
month from an unknown person, who told her that her pictures were seen on a
website.
The woman told police she sent some indecent pictures to her boyfriend from her
cell phone in November 2009. Her phone was later stolen at a New
Her phone was later stolen at a New
Year's
party.
About 15 months later, she received the text message while she was at work,
informing her that her pictures were on the Internet.