Category: mobile phones
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Seven tips for a healthier relationship with your phone
Seven tips for a healthier relationship with your phone Paul Levy, University of Brighton This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. How long do you spend staring at a screen every day? According to one report, the average person spends about seven hours a day on screens connected to the internet.…
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China’s experience with mobile payments highlights the pros and cons of a cashless society
China’s experience with mobile payments highlights the pros and cons of a cashless society Wanglin Ma, Lincoln University, New Zealand; Hongyun Zheng, Huazhong Agricultural University y Puneet Vatsa, Lincoln University, New Zealand This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. An increasing number of people are using mobile devices – their smartphone,…
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Research on teen social media use has a racial bias – studies of white kids are widely taken to be universal
Research on teen social media use has a racial bias – studies of white kids are widely taken to be universal This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Linda Charmaraman, Wellesley College and J. Maya Hernandez, University of California, Irvine Most research on teen social media use has been conducted on…
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Digital solutions are boosting agriculture in Kenya, but it’s time to scale up. Here’s how
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Heike Baumüller, University of Bonn and John Kieti, University of Nairobi Digital agricultural services have proliferated across Africa over the last decade. Most are services that work on mobile phones, although more advanced technologies are in use too – like satellite images, sensors,…
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Mobile phones enable learning
Mobile phones can enable learning during school disruptions. Here’s how This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Noam Angrist, University of Oxford The COVID-19 pandemic placed enormous pressure on education systems worldwide. At the peak of the crisis, school closures forced over 1.6 billion learners out of classrooms. This exacerbated a…
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