Technology as we know it today, considered a luxury by most in the 1990s, is an integral part of most peopleâs lives in the developed world. Smartphones, GPS, and the like have become deeply rooted in our daily lives. This, in particular, goes for the latest generation to reach adulthoodâa demographic commonly referred to as the millennials.
Recent approval of a mobile application in South Korea meant to be used as a student suicide-prevention tool has sparked some concerns in a country known as much for its Internet connectivity as for its high rates of suicide.
Mere weeks after announcing the brand new product âApple Watch,â Apple has announced a slew of even more innovative, interesting, and inane products for the consumer market.
When I gave my landlord notice, he immediately had the Craigslist ad up and viewings scheduled. I told him what times worked for me, and when I would be out, so to just knock and if Iâm not there he can just come on in.
The year is 2018, though to those of us in the trenches, we just consider it Year Three. Three years of struggle. Three years of strife. Three long years since the Great Evil âbroke the Internet,â actively destroying any semblance of order, decency, and originality within these electric halls.
With all of the SnapChatting and Tindering and Grindring thatâs going on nowadays, itâs hard for a modern Luddite to find someone to really take the blame for everything thatâs wrong in the world.
In a move that left her 768 Facebook friends both shocked and weirdly satisfied, 24-year-old Douglas College pseudo-student Monica Gellar revealed today that she is actually an undercover federal agentâwhich fully explains why her online posts are always so damn vague.
With the ubiquity of credit cards and mobile payment, fewer and fewer people are carrying cash with them on a daily basis. I barely ever carry cash around, just a couple of bills in case of an emergencyâlike if a hot dog stand doesnât accept debit.
Laptops and smartphones have revolutionized our ways of communicating, our ways of paying for coffee, even how we read the morning paper. People in the modern world canât get enough of these devices.
The more we know, the more frightened we become, but that shouldnât be the case. Technology has pushed people to the fringes of paranoia. The devices in our bags and pockets know more about us today than our parents do.
