Stamp of approval: Tourists still favour postcards over email and Facebook for sending greetings. By Travelmail Reporter Published: 13:53 GMT, 5 August 2013 | Updated: 14:00 GMT, 5 August 2013 A smartphone and a digital camera might be essential items for our summer holidays but it seems our 21st century gadgets haven’t quite eclipsed the humble postcard.
Athough the text message is now the most popular way of communicating with people back at home, the postcard pips email when it comes to sending greetings to loved ones, according to a new survey. Postcards also beat phone calls and social media sites for sending wish-you-were-here style messages. Write stuff: Postcards were more popular than email, phone calls and social media sites when it came to sending wish-you-were-here style messages The poll of by 1,563 Britons by Lonely Planet Traveller magazine also found that, in the last three decades of the 20th century, postcards were the most popular form of contact, with around 50 per cent of those on trips sending them.
Phone calls were then the second most-frequent communication tool. Are smart phones making us dumb? - lakeexpo.com: Top Stories. Albert Einstein once said, “I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction.
The world will have a generation of idiots.” Now, in a world of instant communication, evolving technology and widespread use of smart phones, some argue that day has come. According to a 2013 Pew Research Center project, 56 percent of American adults own at least one smart phone. Mini-computer in your pocket Every morning, Josh Wilson reaches over for his HTC Evo smart phone and hits his Twitter app. “It’s instant access to information,” Mr. Since cell phones are not permitted inside classrooms, he admitted the easy access to information can be a distraction, but it is one that student life seems to have embraced. “As soon as school is out and that bell rings, you see cell phones coming out of lockers,” he said. Forgoing his smart phone in the classroom can be a challenge, but Mr. “Sometimes I get told to get off my phone, but I’ve tried to be more conscientious,” Mr.
A teacher for 35 years, Dr. Technology replacing personal interactions at what cost. FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: "The year we stopped talking to one another.
" That's what USA Today dubs 2010, in light of the unprecedented use of technology. We are awash in technology. It's estimated that 93% of Americans now use cell phones or wireless devices. And one-third of those people are using so-called smartphones, which means the users can browse the Web and check e-mail on their phones. According to an industry trade group, from June 2009 to June 2010, cell phone subscribers sent 1.8 trillion text messages. In other words, most of us spend our days walking around with our noses buried in our cell phones, BlackBerrys, iPhones, etc. And while we're doing that, we're tuning out the people who are actually in the same room as us. Some experts say it's time to take a step back and reassess. But others point out the benefits of all this technology - staying in touch with friends and family, efficiently using time once spent doing nothing and being able to check in from anywhere.
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