02046cam a2200409Ii 4500 601486 601486 1259440348 US-DLC 20211101125929.0 210708t20212021enk 001 0 eng d 9781472981196 (hc.) 1472981197 (hc.) 9781472981172 (ePub ebook) 9781472981189 (PDF ebook) 9781472992277 (pbk.) 147299227X (pbk.) .b17738891 (OCoLC)1259440348 (OCoLC)1155727451 (OCoLC)1249108230 NjBwBT eng rda FSP FSP OCLCQ OCLCO UAP OCLCF KUA TOH YDX BDX UKMGB FHP IMD VP@ AU Alfaisal Main Library HE9713 .C455 2021 Cellan-Jones, Rory, author. Always on : hope and fear in the social smartphone era / Rory Cellan-Jones. ©2021 London ; New York : Bloomsbury Continuum, ©2021 ©2021 295 p: 25 cm. rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediated n rdacarrier volume nc Includes index. 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. 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. Smartphones Social aspects. Social media. Online social networks. Mobile computing Social aspects. local 4 Print books. ebook version : 9781472981172. lcc BOOKS 0 0 lcc 0 0 AU AU GEN 2021-11-01 0 HE9713 .C455 2021 AU00000000017683 2021-11-01 00:00:00 290.00 2021-11-01 BOOKS