In response to: Rise of the App: How Smartphones and Tablet Computers Will Impact How Young Adults Find Information by Karen Meulen.
It's so true.
As a child of the techology generation I still find it dizzying the leaps and bounds it takes every few years, and the social media sites that take off without any real warning. I have to admit to being a bit cautious about throwing myself into them. It took me a while to warm up to Facebook, and to Myspace. I still haven't quite accepted twitter...but Livejournal and I get along just fine.
As for tablets and phones. I own an iphone and an ipad, and an ipod for that matter, and I use all three for very different reasons. The thing is, now I have them, I can't imagine funcioning as efficiently without them. I don't think they're going to replace my beloved PC any time soon but still...
Apps are fun, most of the apps I download are games, or informative. Say the IPL Cricket app, or the Super rugby one. I have BBC news, PDF uploader to read workbooks and other things on the train into university. The amount of information and convienience at ones fingertips is exhilirating...and I don't think technology is going to be slowing down any time soon.
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