Always on
hope and fear in the social smartphone era
Cellan-Jones, Rory
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2021
2021
monographic
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295 p: 25 cm.
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.
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.
Rory Cellan-Jones.
Includes index.
Smartphones
Social aspects
Social media
Online social networks
Mobile computing
Social aspects
HE9713 .C455 2021
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