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Cortney K

How People Use Their Smartphones and Tablets While Watching TV [Study] - 2 views

  • This is especially true for owners of tablets and smartphones in the U.S., 40%
  • In fact, only 12% of tablet owners and 13% of smartphone owners say they have never used those devices while watching TV.
  • 45% are surfing the web for unrelated information. Some 42% are visiting social networking sites
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  • Fewer than 20% of them are looking up information related to ads they’ve seen on TV. Still, that’s a pretty significant amount.
  • Only 14% do so on a daily basis, and nearly half say they’ve never done so.
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    How people multi-task with technology
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    M&U information
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    What did the study find? How many people were in the study and from where did these people originate? Are there any conflicting studies?
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    There was a study done to see how many people use their smartphone while watching television. In the US there are 40% who do so on a daily basis, compared to as 12% of tablet users and 13% of smartphone owners say they have never done so. 45% search unrelated info on the web, 42% are checking social networking sites, and fewer than 20% are searching related ads they've seen on TV. While, I just researched some more related to this topic, I came to realize this results are correct and accurate.
Cortney K

Computer History Museum - Timeline of Computer History - 0 views

  • AT&T designed its Dataphone, the first commercial modem
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      Look at our century now and compare it to back then. As seen here in the 1960's it was just an ordinary phone, like our grandparents might have in their attic its not just a button push to dial, here it is a dial you spin to get to the numbers.
  • Wozniak´s "blue box", Steve Wozniak built his "blue box" a tone generator to make free phone calls.
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      1972, Wozniak built his "blue box" a tone generator to make free phone calls. Now you need to pay to make calls and prices vary to wheter you are making a local call or international
  • The Mosaic web browser is released. Mosaic was the first commercial software that allowed graphical access to content on the internet.
    • Cortney K
       
      Eventually in 1993 the Mosaic web brower was released and it allowed graphical access to content on the internet. Now, we do not need a computer to get access to the Internet, we have our smartphones, ereaders, ipads, etc.
Cortney K

Google Image Result for http://www.machoe.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/ipad-restauran... - 0 views

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    This is an image that shows that mobile connectivity is useful during conferences. People get to search what others are saying to get a more basic, general idea. While others are talking about topics people can go onto their mobile device and see how accurate it is and have stuff to say to back it up
Kyle Correa

Digital Citizenship and Education | Scoop.it - 1 views

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    Why did you bookmark this? Does it show one of the flatteners? Does it illustrate a point for your research?
Cortney K

Instant messaging - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • IM falls under the umbrella term online chat,
  • multi-user environment
  • that allow communication between
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  • Mobile instant messaging (MIM) is the technology that allows instant messaging services to be accessed from a portable device, ranging from standard mobile phones, to smartphones (e.g. devices using operating systems such as Android, Blackberry OS, iOS, Symbian OS, Windows Phone, et al.).
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    2nd steroid for M&U instant messaging, wikipedia source.
Cortney K

HP introduces state-of-the-art video conferencing system / DreamWorks helped design the... - 0 views

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    4th steroid. More on about DreamWorks and getting started with video conferencing. Gives us an idea on how it got started, who uses it, and what all had to b put into it to get it started
Cortney K

Wireless - The latest in mobile and wired access technology - CNET News - 0 views

  • It offers full Web browsing
  • Nokia is excited about Windows Phone
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    the latest in mobile and wired access technology. 6th steroid
Cortney K

Skype - The Big Blog - Tony Bates Weighs in on Microsoft's Acquisition of Skype - 0 views

  • want to transform communications.
  • across the globe
  • communication across every device and every platform will remain a primary focus
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  • deliver amazing new experiences for consumers and business around the world.
    • Cortney K
       
      This image can be great for our wiki overview section it shows how skype is helping people around the world star connected!
  • is helping people around the world stay connected.
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    a page about Skype '3rd Steroid' making phone calls over the internet
Cortney K

Computer History Museum - Timeline of Computer History - 0 views

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    computer history timeline, can give us an idea of how much computers improved over the years and are now more digital.
Kyle Correa

negative impacts of the world wide web on education - Google Search - 1 views

  • Computers, the internet, and cheating among secondary school ...pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=9&n=9Cached - SimilarYou +1'd this publicly. Undoby S Conradson - Cited by 14 - Related articlesPermission is granted to distribute this article for nonprofit, educational ... And the vast realms of information on the truly, worldwide Web are so readily available. ..... policies that carry seriou
Gabby R

Social Networking, Customer Engagement News & Guidance - 1 views

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    Gabby, If you go into the article and highlight while you read (using the highlighter in the Diigo toolbar), the highlights will appear here as notes/summary underneath. :)
Cortney K

students using ipads in school - Google Search - 0 views

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    students use their ipad in school to learn. great way to show people that they are getting used during class to help further education again.
Cortney K

Google Image Result for http://scr3.golem.de/screenshots/0807/iPhone_3G/xx_iphone3g_pai... - 0 views

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    another image to go along with mobile and ubiquitous. it shows an iPhone and there is a Safari (web/internet) app
Cortney K

Education Week: Schools Open Doors to Students' Mobile Devices - 0 views

  • were free not only to bring their mobile devices to school, but also to use them—at their teachers’ discretion—to connect to the school’s wireless network to do their work.
  • The students do see [a smartphone] as a potential learning tool
  • “There’s an appropriate time to use the device and not use the device. If I’m teaching and lecturing, you should not have that device out. If you get it out while I’m teaching or lecturing, you’re going to lose your privacy and have to go back to pencil and paper.”
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    Gives an example of a school who is going to give students the chance to use their mobile device during school hours. They will later have a catch up story to see whether they thought it was a success or not
Cortney K

About the Author | Thomas L. Friedman - 0 views

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    thomas friedman the author of the world is flat, his biography
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