Is Jonathan Haidt right about smartphones?
Alright, family, let’s have a real conversation. Ramon Thomas here. While Jonathan Haidt’s “The Anxious Generation” has struck a powerful chord with parents everywhere, we mustn’t accept a single narrative as absolute truth. The critique of his work is just as important to understand. This blog examines whether Jonathan Haidt is right about smartphones. The […]
Top 10 Signs of Smartphone Addiction
20 Years after I first got online I find chronic dependency is a bigger problem than online addiction. Before broadband and smartphones in particular, Internet was limited to your office or your home. Now it’s in your pocket, and it’s always-on! In 2012 my HTC smart phone was stolen in a guest house, and I […]
More than 80% of Smartphones Remain Unprotected from Malware and Attacks
New findings from leading hi-tech analysts, Juniper Research, find that more than 80% of the total enterprise and consumer-owned smartphone device base will remain unprotected through 2013, despite a steadily increasing consumer awareness of mobile security products. These consumers need to know what is malware and how it will harm the security of their devices. […]
Matthew Buckland: Future of the Web
Matthew Buckland, MD of Creative Spark, talks about the future of the web for the Ogilvy #HowToFriday in 2012. This was a very good overview of the current and forthcoming trends in social media, smartphones and the Web. I’m very glad he emphasises the importance of Privacy as we move towards augmented reality, the Facebook […]
Web goes truly worldwide with smartphones
In the past five years we’ve grown accustomed to a fundamental shift in the nature of the online space. That is, online went from a place you accessed from your desktop, to a place you accessed from anywhere. And it all happened, of course, via the smartphone. It’s hard to believe that it’s not yet […]