iPhone Hysteria

[Taro Toporific]

ARE YOU EXCITED YET???
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Ass of Base

[Coligny]

ARE YOU EXCITED YET???
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Ass of Base

Great so it's a fucking Nazi plot...

http://www.cracked.com/blog/how-90s-pop ... o-america/

[Grumpy Gramps]

Aha, now I start to understand: Apple --> ass plug --> Trump --> nazis --> world domination; one naturally leads to the other, the circle is closing and it's not even a conspiracy theory, just simple reality. Should have seen that coming

[Russell]

Don't know whether to post this in a smartphone or a toilet thread. Well, it's both technology...

Swipe right? 'Toilet paper' for smartphones trialled in Japanese airport bathrooms

[Grumpy Gramps]

Brain Drain: The Mere Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity

Our smartphones enable—and encourage—constant connection to information, entertainment, and each other. They put the world at our fingertips, and rarely leave our sides. Although these devices have immense potential to improve welfare, their persistent presence may come at a cognitive cost. In this research, we test the “brain drain” hypothesis that the mere presence of one’s own smartphone may occupy limited-capacity cognitive resources, thereby leaving fewer resources available for other tasks and undercutting cognitive performance. Results from two experiments indicate that even when people are successful at maintaining sustained attention—as when avoiding the temptation to check their phones—the mere presence of these devices reduces available cognitive capacity. Moreover, these cognitive costs are highest for those highest in smartphone dependence. We conclude by discussing the practical implications of this smartphone-induced brain drain for consumer decision-making and consumer welfare.

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The proliferation of smartphones has ushered in an era of unprecedented connectivity. Consumers around the globe are now constantly connected to faraway friends, endless entertainment, and virtually unlimited information. With smartphones in hand, they check the weather from bed, trade stocks—and gossip—while stuck in traffic, browse potential romantic partners between appointments, make online purchases while standing in-store, and live-stream each others’ experiences, in real time, from opposite sides of the globe. Just a decade ago, this state of constant connection would have been inconceivable; today, it is seemingly indispensable.1 Smartphone owners interact with their phones an average of 85 times a day, including immediately upon waking up, just before going to sleep, and even in the middle of the night (Perlow 2012;

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So the sumaho makes us dumb even when it's turned off. I knew, it's not dementia, it's all Apple/Google's fault.

[Coligny]

Wait until you see the evils of "rock'n'roll" being ezposed...

[Grumpy Gramps]

Wonderful new security feature of iPhone X: Face-ID

[legion]

So Tim Cook no longer has the dead terrorist dilemma to deal with, so long as they don't shoot them in the face that is.