Life before the internet? Today’s teens and young adults only know about the digitally connected world. But how is their hyperconnecting affecting them?

To find out, Pew Internet & American Life Project did some research then published its findings in the Teens and Technology 2013 report. That information was used to create the following infographic by InternetProvider.

Among the research findings…

80% of teens own a computer.78% of teens own a cellphone.37% of teens own a smartphone.

So, how is hyperconnectivity affecting the younger generation?

The technology experts and shareholders surveyed were divided evenly in their opinion regarding whether being hyperconnectivity was a positive or a negative.

The positives for being hyperconnected include…

Being adept at finding answers to deep questions efficiently.Becoming quick-acting multitaskers.Learning more information quickly.

The negatives for being hyperconnected include…

Developing a need for instant gratification.Lacking deep-thinking capabilities.Lacking face-to-face social skills.

To find out more about the research findings, check out the following infographic.

Read more: http://www.marketingprofs.com/chirp/2013/10822/the-hyperconnected-life-infographic#ixzz2U0upFLV0

Sure, you could quit using your social sites altogether — but then you’d be, well, bored and lonely. Science may someday shed more light on social media stress, but in the meantime, we’ve gathered the most common problems associated with popular social networks so that you know what to watch out for.

3 tips:

Step back and consider which sites are most satisfying. You don’t have to use them all. For instance, if you like posting to Instagram, your photos will automatically post to Facebook, which means you can continue on Facebook without feeling anxious about your friends’ photos or activities.

If you’re anxious about your posts being unfavorably compared to others’, consider limiting your viewers to a close circle of friends on Google+ or Facebook. On Pinterest, you can make private boards to keep the photos to yourself or a few friends. On Instagram, you can set your account to private, which means you must approve followers.

Feel free to lurk. While lurking sounds somewhat creepy, it doesn’t have to be. A lurker is just a name for an Internet observer. You can read all the tweets on Twitter you’d like, as well as any of the thousands of topics on Reddit, without posting yourself.

Everyone feels insecure at times. Take the advice of a socially savvy teen, "You’re comparing your worst with everybody else’s best."

Before considering how Big Data can help your content marketing strategy, it is important to first understand what problems you are trying to solve. To get to the answers, start by asking yourself some key questions, like:

What are your overall goals for your content marketing program?What drives your customers and prospects when it comes to consuming and engaging with your content?What topics and pain points are most critical to your personas?What content has garnered the highest conversions?What about which content is driving the most awareness?

Five Reasons Content Is the New Currency:

Content has meaning beyond the data it contains. It can be shared and exchanged with others to acquire additional knowledge—much like a traditional currency.Financial transactions used to buy status. Now, content buys earned trust.In the sharing economy, bonds are formed through content and utilitarian exchange.Content creates equity much like stocks and bonds. The more subject matter expertise a brand brings to the table, the more business they can create. This expertise is displayed in the form of content.The definition of the term currency is anything that is used as a medium of exchange. Content acts as that catalyst because it brokers an exchange between people with similar interests and goals.

In a statement to TechCrunch this week, Dotcom confirmed that he had ordered the staff his file-hosting website Mega to take down any files uploaded for building "The Liberator," the world’s first 3D-printed gun.

“I think it’s a serious threat to the security of the community," said Dotcom, according to a statement emailed to TechCrunch by a spokesman. "I think it’s scary that people can print 3D guns that can’t even be detected by metal detectors. This should concern everybody."

37% of adults and 60% of teenagers admit they are addicted to their smartphones, according to a recent study from Confused. Most of them would rather give up drinking water than delete all their applications. The smartphone apps most widely used are ones for checking email, waking up in the morning, finding dates, navigating to work and “feeling happy.”

Among other interesting findings, the study revealed that 81% of smartphone users always keep their phones on, even in bed, while 51% of adults admit they would have a hard time parting with their precious device while socializing or even using the bathroom.

Apple gaat iPhones, iPods en iPads sneller repareren zodat hetzelfde apparaat dat klanten opsturen, teruggestuurd wordt, bericht AppleInsider. Nu is het nog zo dat klanten meestal een vervangend toestel krijgen, na een reparatieverzoek. 

Onder andere zouden bij Apple Stores de mogelijkheden uitgebreid worden om reparaties te verrichten. Nu zouden alleen de speakers, receiver, home-knop, de vibratiemotor en accu in de winkels vervangen kunnen worden, maar vanaf juni dit jaar moeten ook het scherm, en vanaf juli de camera, de standby-knop en het moederbord in Apple Stores vervangen kunnen worden.

Daarnaast zouden werknemers toegang krijgen tot geavanceerde diagnostische tools om de reparatietijd te verkorten. De maatregelen zouden ook voordelig zijn voor klanten met defecte producten die niet meer onder garantie vallen; hun reparatiekosten zouden dalen. De veranderingen zouden eerst in de VS en snel daarna in de rest van de wereld doorgevoerd moeten worden en Apple verwacht naar verluidt 1 miljard dollar te besparen met de maatregelen.

De standaard telefonische ondersteuning van 90 dagen zou uitgebreid worden naar een heel jaar, een termijn die mogelijk uitgebreid wordt naar twee jaar. Daarnaast wil Apple zijn AppleCare Protection Plan, een betaalde uitbreiding van de standaardgarantie, aantrekkelijker maken voor zijn klanten. Het zou een abonnementsvorm worden die gekoppeld wordt aan de consument in plaats van een product, zodat alle Apple-producten van de klant eronder gaan vallen.

Tenslotte zou ondersteuning via iMessage en het aantal technische adviseurs dat vanuit huis werkt flink uitgebreid worden en zou de ondersteuningspagina een aanzienlijke update met meer videohandleidingen krijgen. De aanpassingen zouden afgelopen donderdag door vice-president Tara Bunch aan het Apple-personeel gepresenteerd zijn onder de noemer ‘One Apple’.

#OneApple

#FlowConnection

#115

#HeartFlow

Het installeren van de allernieuwste geïntegreerde radiotechnologie loopt gelijk aan de uitrol van het 4G-netwerk. T-Mobile geeft later in het najaar van 2013 klanten in Groot-Amsterdam toegang tot het 4G-netwerk. Volgens de operator zal einde 2014 het overgrote deel van de Nederlandse bevolking bereik hebben

Apple’s next-generation smartphone is expected to retain the same display as the current iPhone 5, with rumored upgrades being a fingerprint sensor, faster A7 SoC and inclusion of the iOS 7 mobile operating system, among others. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo in April noted that issues relating to the implementation of thefingerprint sensor, as well as delays in iOS 7 development, could force a later than usual release schedule for the handset. 

Also rumored to debut around the same time as the flagship iPhone 5S is a new, more affordable model that could be positioned to address a larger segment of the smartphone consumer marketplace.

Apple doesn’t let a user pick “default” applications in the iPhone. Therefore, all links in Apple’s email send the user to Apple’s browser, Safari, even if the user prefers Chrome.

With this hack, Google is creating its own alternative to “default.”

By creating a network within Gmail that links Google’s other apps, it’s allowing users to bypass Apple’s native applications entirely.

Over time, Google could either acquire, or build more applications, linking them together, thus totally taking over the iPhone.

Oh, and if you don’t like Chrome, you can turn it off, going with Safari.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/google-takes-over-the-iphone-with-a-gmail-tweak-2013-5#ixzz2SeGnpejs