Negative effects of technology on kids




Too much technology can lead to obesity, laziness, failing grades, and unhappy families.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Apple releases iOS 11.1 with shiny new emojis

Image
New emojis. Do you need to hear anything else? Apple just released an iOS update. iOS 11.1 is the first feature update for iOS 11. It adds a couple of new things, starting with dozens of new emojis. Apple already previewed some of the new emojis, but they are now available to everyone. It includes mythical creatures, such as wizards, fairies, mermaids and vampires. There are some new activities, such as rock climbing and curling. You’ll also find new clothing elements just in time for the winter, such as gloves, scarf and trench coat. There are a handful of new animals and some new facial expressions. Exploding head might be my favorite one. Overall, Apple promises 70 new emojis, which makes iOS compatible with Unicode 10.0. A couple of emojis have also been redesigned, such as the bee one. As always, each emoji character comes in many variations with multiple genders and skin colors when it’s not an animal or an object. And for the first time, some characters are gender neu...
Read more

Microsoft shows off Windows ‘Sets,’ a tabbed app interface that puts a web browser everywhere

Image
Just a few weeks after the major launch of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, Microsoft is already looking towards what’s next as the company tests features that could fundamentally shape how you use web browsers. Today, Microsoft announced a new feature tentatively called “Sets,” a fairly significant retooling of how web browsers and apps operate philosophically in Windows 10. Rather than having Edge users manage a set of browser windows filled with relevant tabs to a particular task, Microsoft wants to build those tabs directly into apps. Let’s say you’re writing up a Word document and you’re needing to research topics online to integrate into it, rather than venturing to a new browser window, you’ll be able to open Edge inside the app with a new tab thanks to “Sets” and get to surfing. You’ll also be able to pull up file windows so you truly won’t have to venture too far from the task at hand. This all saves you a click ...
Read more

'Sugar daddy' site targeting university students in Paris is removed

An advert for a dating site offering to help students in Paris find a "sugar daddy" to fund their studies has been removed by police. A mobile billboard was advertising the RichMeetBeautiful site in the grounds of Sorbonne University. It featured a couple cuddling with the message to students - "romance, passion and no student loan, go out with a sugar daddy". Since then police have seized the billboard. A tweet from City of Paris official account said it "strongly condemned the shameful advertisement" and would "work with police to make it disappear from our streets". https://twitter.com/Paris/status/923184477320466432 Deputy mayor of Paris, Helene Bidard, said the advert was a form of prostitution. "As well as the public order problems caused by an advert that can be seen by minors, this site is an offence against women," she said. She later said an investigation had been opened on the website for pimping and police had seized the ...
Read more