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Quote of the day by Demi Moore: “There’s nothing wrong with having a desire to want nice things…”Hollywood star Demi Moore's words are resonating today. She states wanting nice things is fine, but valuing oneself based on possessions is...- ‘Want them to know what it is like being a human’: Actor Madhavan shares Hollywood star Hugh Grant's advice on keeping children away from smartphones, tablets and laptopsActors R Madhavan and Hugh Grant are speaking out against excessive technology use. Grant shared his personal practice of taking technology...
- Children’s addiction to social media has become a worrying trend in India: StudyThe survey received over 46,000 responses from urban Indian parents located in 296 districts of India. About 62% respondents were men while...
- How smartwatch addiction is driving some wearers to make serious changes to their habitsSmartwatch addiction hits differently compared with smartphone addiction because “while you can physically disconnect from a phone, the wat...
- Excessive screen time made Hyderabad woman go blind, here’s how she got her sight backThe woman experienced momentary loss of vision after hours of web-browsing.
- Covid brings about another illness: Gadget addictionExcessive Internet/gaming/mobile addiction, a worrying trend even in pre-Covid days, has reached new heights during the pandemic, say psych...
- Kids cannot be left to their own devicesThat there are even part-time nanny spotters and spies to ensure that childcare professionals (or their charges) are not sneaking a dekko o...
- After getting you addicted to the iPhone Apple offers software cureApple engineers have been working on an initiative dubbed Digital Health, a series of tools to help users monitor how much time they spend ...
- Mobile has become the new babysitter! Smartphone addiction cases up by 75% in one yearExperts fear that mobile addiction is only likely to get worse.
- Parents, take note! Watch out for these signs to know if your child is addicted to gadgetsFixing hours of mobile use and encouraging constructive hobbies is the first step.
- Are you a retail-app junkie?California's Betty Ford Center, the world's most famous residential addiction-recovery facility, could jolly well open a branch in India.
- Five ways to reduce gadget addictionIn addition to depriving one of sleep and disrupting the body clock, addiction to smartphones and gadgets can rob one of much-needed privat...
- Unwired: Why many Indian executives are taking a break from smartphones, tablets and laptopsET Magazine examines why many high-flying Indian execs are considering pruning their online lives, and what are the most effective ways to ...
- Internet is addictive, just like a slot machine: David GreenfieldWith growth of smart phones, tablets and a range of gadgets, people are now waking up to the side effects of always-on 24x7 connected world.
- How our behaviours & abilities change when surfing web & using smartphonesMost of these studies, summarised in the controversial 2010 book Shallows by Nicholas Car, say prolonged web surfing make people incapable ...
- Tech Q&A: Ashish Kashyap, CEO, IBIBOI use the Blackberry Bold 9000. It has great navigation with lots of utilitarian applications. It also has easy conferencing facility.
- BlackBerry leading to irrational behaviour among usersBlackBerry has become an addiction that is not only controlling lives and increasing stress loads, but is even threatening relationships. H...
- Gizmo addiction, a new lifestyle diseaseAn increasing number of people, across age groups, find it difficult to live a moment without their gadgets and even find solace in them. H...
- Relan's passion is gaming and love is Nokia E90MetLife India insurance company managing director Rajesh Relan is a gaming addict. Not surprisingly, besides the regular gizmos, his tool k...
- Shiv Agrawal is addicted to BlackberryAn e-mail fanatic, music lover and not so tech savvy. Shiv Agrawal, CEO of ABC Consultants (a recruiting firm), is addicted to his Blackber...
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