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Today’s Texting Teenagers Are Ridiculous

Teenagers! Always on call. Especially here in Boston, where many of them—we’ve come to discover thanks to the Boston Globe—sleep with mobile phones under their pillow. Important texts (“Seeing if you’re awake”) simply cannot be missed!


How A Topic Trends On Twitter

Mummy, where do trending topics come from? According to HP’s Social Computing Research Group, maybe not where you think.


Is It Really Possible To Love Your Gadgets?

Marketing professors at Arizona State University say that it’s possible for people to experience “material possession love”, where they spend more time and money on possessions they’re emotionally attached to than they would on a significant other or loved one.


Survey Says: We All Hate 3DTV!

After polling the US a few months ago, Nielsen conducted a worldwide poll to gauge interest in 3DTV displays. SPOILER ALERT: less than 10 per cent of those asked said they’ll buy a 3D television in the next year.


Why Can’t We Sit Still For Web Video?

According to a new study by Visible Measures, 44 per cent of viewers click away from web video after just a minute. What’s even crazier is that 20 per cent give up after just 10 seconds. But that’s probably a good thing.


Study: Interest In 3DTV Drops After Experiencing It First-Hand

The 3D revolution. Companies like Sony and pretty much every vendor who attended IFA the other day want it to happen yesterday. Consumers? Interested – just not to the point where they’re willing to put down any coin just yet.


Touchscreens! They’re Like A Trend Now

Touchscreens. They’re everywhere. And so easy to use! That’s the gist of this 900-word New York Times article. I merely want to point out that just because it’s a touch interface, doesn’t mean it’s a good, or easy, interface. [New York Times]


A Strange Glimpse Into The World Of Today’s Digital Youth

Most of the youngsters who will be starting university in the next round were born in 1992. To help professors bridge that generational chasm, Beloit College prepares an annual list of cultural and technological touchstones for incoming students. Man, kids are weird.


What Will Technology Do For The Future Of Healthcare?

It can be easy to let the contentious question of who will pay for healthcare in our society distract from questions of what it will pay for. Trends consultancy PSFK shares its vision of where technology will soon take medicine.


Emergency Vehicle Gadget Overload Will Kill/Save Us All

Cops got laptops, ambu-lance drivers got mobile phones, and now look, they’re all running us over and making us dead. This is a concern right now! So should you be outraged and/or scared? Probably not.


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