Interesting fact, according to a study done by Yahoo! And Nielsen tablet users multitask most while watching news, sports and food TV shows. This study is known as the “American Multitasker” study, and has found that 75% of Internet users are surfing the Internet while watching TV. This represented an increase of over 20% over [...]
Mobile Technology is on the minds of higher education professionals more than ever before. At the most recent HighEdWeb conference in Austin, the itinerary included several ways schools can use social media, blogs, and mobile technologies to better captivate its student body. A few weeks ago, the National Orientation Directors Association annual conference, it was [...]
It is rumored that multitasking actually makes you less productive, yet that doesn’t stop thousands of Americans from juggling multiple things at one time. With the development of the Smartphone and the vast improvements that are continually being made, as many as 80% of people multitask on a mobile device while watching TV. Using a [...]
Google TV has relaunched its updated version of software in hopes of relaunching the product and stressing that this is supposed to enhance your TV viewing experience. This came during the same week YouTube announced it was rolling out new original content channels. This is a combined effort to restart the product, which has come [...]
As early as 3:00pm this afternoon, DISH Network experienced an outage from satellite location 129, which has caused nearly all DISH Network subscribers to temporarily be without HD programming. However, there is a solution: switch your television to standard definition only and you’ll be able to continue watching your programming for the evening until [...]
Back to school shopping is in full swing, and it is important to set your children up with the proper tools to help them succeed in today’s world. While technology can be overused and not executed properly, technology is important in today’s world. Taking a comprehensive approach to technology education will ensure that children thrive [...]
Google announced this morning that they bought Motorola for about 12.5 billion. Motorola is one of the 39 manufacturers of handsets that use Google’s Android operating System. Currently there are two main focuses of this purchase and they are Android and Patents. Google CEO Larry Page expanded on what that might mean as well [...]
Social Networks and Social Media Devices seem to be taking over the world. Eight year olds are now carrying their own cell phones. But is it really healthy for children to be exposed to technology for long periods of time? Dr. Larry Rosen’s experience as a research psychologist and computer educator has given him insight [...]
Telling your children to read instead of watching that extra hour of television can sometimes turn in to an all out war. It is important for you to set limits on the amount of television your children engage in each day, and try and get them to participate in an outside sport or read a [...]
Although television ownership dropped last year, for the first time since 1992, television viewership remained on the rise. Traditional TV viewership has gone up 22 minutes, which is the estimated length of one sitcom. The average viewer consumes 159 hours of TV per month, with their time being split equally between traditional television and the [...]
