Cellan-Jones, Rory, <br/><br/>
Always on :  hope and fear in the social smartphone era / 
Rory Cellan-Jones. 
 -  ©2021 
 - 295 p:  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Prologue -- Part I. Revolutionary times. 'We're going to make some history here today' -- The smartphone revolution -- Facepack: the rise of social media -- Raspberry Pi: can Britain build a computer? -- The end of the human race? -- Elon Musk and the triumph of tech -- Part II. Things fall apart.  The woes of the web -- Always on -- Spinners, hacks and Hype -- Crypto craziness -- Part III. Tech in a global health crisis. The pandemic arrives -- The app that could tame COVID -- Fake news, 5G and the virus. 
<br/><br/> The principal technology correspondent for the BBC recounts the history of the smartphone and discusses its impact on the way this powerful technology ushered in a revolution in the way people live and work, including its dark side. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781472981196 1472981197 9781472992277 147299227X 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Smartphones--Social aspects.<br/>Social media.<br/>Online social networks.<br/>Mobile computing--Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Print books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HE9713   / .C455 2021