When it comes to social media, the red flags just keep appearing. Amid debate, experts have found that social media use appears linked to negative mental health impacts among young people. Researchers have noted a rise in depression among young people since about 2012, with use of social media among teens and their amount of time spent online increasing in close proximity. Earlier this […]
Your fingers take time to engage in full contact with a touchscreen. In some cases, even 30 seconds or more after placing a dry finger on the glass, your skin is still adjusting. This can lead to problems using fingerprints to access phones and getting screens to respond to your touch. Michael Adams and Brygida Dzidek […]
A college or university gaming community is a great place to meet like-minded people while enjoying the hobby you love. You could join an existing club or, if you can’t find one you want, you could start your own. Seeing it grow will be rewarding, and being able to set your own rules means you […]
Reliance Jio’s Annual General Meeting is always full of consumer-focused announcements and this year was no different. Amidst the announcement of Jio Fiber and Jio TV, the Ambani crew also announced their new set-top-box, which is actually capable of doing a whole lot more. Advertisements The Jio set-top-box feels less like a set-top box and more like a […]
Important changes are happening at Google and, in a world where marketing and algorithms intersect, those changes are largely happening under the radar. The future of search looks like it will have considerably less search in it, and this isn’t just about the end of the 10 blue links, but about much more fundamental changes. […]
In his 1798 An Essay on the Principle of Population, Thomas Malthus predicted that the world’s population growth would outpace food production, leading to global famine and mass starvation. That hasn’t happened yet. But a report from the World Resources Institute last year predicts that food producers will need to supply 56 percent more calories by 2050 to […]
Dwell time is one of those metrics that gets referenced a lot in articles, on social media, and in conference presentations. Sadly, though, it remains greatly misunderstood by some in the SEO community. What is dwell time? Do search engines really use it? Is it a ranking factor? And, if so, how can you impact […]
When companies first try to explore the potential of new technology, they tend to think within current frameworks, but often miss its deep implications. Echoing the quote attributed to Henry Ford—“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses”—we start using new technology to improve what we already do before realizing that […]
t’s the age of social media and not just variety, memes too spice up our lives. And it’s all the more hilarious when the leading national political parties join the bandwagon. Keeping the upcoming Lok Sabha elections and probably also the demographic dividend of India in mind, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress […]
In the last few months, various reports have come from across the country with regards to PUBG Mobile. Some colleges and schools, and more recently, the government of Gujarat has been in the news for banning the popular mobile game. Its detractors say that the game impacts school students as well as adult gamers negatively. […]