This is pretty clearly true. How many teens do you see who actually talk on their phones? I see far more SMSing (or twittering, or whatever other apps involve tapping on a phone keyboard)If you took the "phone" part out of a smart phone, most teenagers wouldn't notice.
I'm a teen, I tend to use about 30 of my minutes a month. I also use about 300mb of data and send a few thousand texts though XDA_Jelly_Doughnut wrote:I read an interesting post on a (different) message board yesterday.
To excerpt:This is pretty clearly true. How many teens do you see who actually talk on their phones? I see far more SMSing (or twittering, or whatever other apps involve tapping on a phone keyboard)If you took the "phone" part out of a smart phone, most teenagers wouldn't notice.
One of my co-workers sends a text every minute, it seems ... 4 to 5 thousand per month, she says. Almost never takes a call.
So for sure mobile phones are here to stay - whether the "phone" part stays or goes is an interesting question.
Very true... This is why the telcoms like AT&T require you to have a phone plan in addition to a data plan. Otherwise, most of the teens would simply get the data plan.A_Jelly_Doughnut wrote:I read an interesting post on a (different) message board yesterday.
To excerpt:This is pretty clearly true. How many teens do you see who actually talk on their phones? I see far more SMSing (or twittering, or whatever other apps involve tapping on a phone keyboard)If you took the "phone" part out of a smart phone, most teenagers wouldn't notice.
One of my co-workers sends a text every minute, it seems ... 4 to 5 thousand per month, she says. Almost never takes a call.
So for sure mobile phones are here to stay - whether the "phone" part stays or goes is an interesting question.
kzone wrote:http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/social.med ... tml?hpt=T2
If this article is true, facebook days are numbered. Going by history, most people like newer, better and sexier "gadget" around....Myspace ring a bell? If Google can provide that, I predict mass migration from facebook to Google.
I must admit that tackling facebook will take time, ingenuity and tons of resources.
Quite the conspiracy theory. I'm certain Facebook is very protective of user privacy, and only shares what it is legally required to (aka, via subpoena, etc).br549 wrote:The problem is that if you follow the money trail. It leads right back to the United States goverment. In united states security circles, Facebook has been refered to as the best online tool for profiling and stalking potential "problems."
Facebook collects tons of personal information and yahoo collects even more. Since yahoo, facebook and microsoft are part of the same "organisational flow structures." It isn't too hard to figure out how their lame feature site got so popular.
Well, they weren't protective of user privacy until recently. It wasn't not too long ago that Facebook was allowing 3rd parties access to their member's information without their consent.ckwalsh wrote:Quite the conspiracy theory. I'm certain Facebook is very protective of user privacy, and only shares what it is legally required to (aka, via subpoena, etc).br549 wrote:The problem is that if you follow the money trail. It leads right back to the United States goverment. In united states security circles, Facebook has been refered to as the best online tool for profiling and stalking potential "problems."
Facebook collects tons of personal information and yahoo collects even more. Since yahoo, facebook and microsoft are part of the same "organisational flow structures." It isn't too hard to figure out how their lame feature site got so popular.
Nothing on the internet is ever really private. Big Brother is always watching.keith10456 wrote:Well, they weren't protective of user privacy until recently. It wasn't not too long ago that Facebook was allowing 3rd parties access to their member's information without their consent.ckwalsh wrote:Quite the conspiracy theory. I'm certain Facebook is very protective of user privacy, and only shares what it is legally required to (aka, via subpoena, etc).br549 wrote:The problem is that if you follow the money trail. It leads right back to the United States goverment. In united states security circles, Facebook has been refered to as the best online tool for profiling and stalking potential "problems."
Facebook collects tons of personal information and yahoo collects even more. Since yahoo, facebook and microsoft are part of the same "organisational flow structures." It isn't too hard to figure out how their lame feature site got so popular.
As with any social networking site though, don't post what you don't want to go viral.
I think Facebook days are numberedkzone wrote:Facebook has reached the status where its downfall can only be caused by the company mismanagement or lack of interest by users. No competitors are close enough to be considered a threat at this time.
However, Going by tech history (or any other), no empire last forever. Going by the facts, MicroSoft in no longer the dominant top dog it was for the last 15 years or so. Anybody remember American Online? A company once valued at $ 220 billion
I guess....lets wait and see
It's weirdkzone wrote:I think Facebook days are numberedkzone wrote:Facebook has reached the status where its downfall can only be caused by the company mismanagement or lack of interest by users. No competitors are close enough to be considered a threat at this time.
However, Going by tech history (or any other), no empire last forever. Going by the facts, MicroSoft in no longer the dominant top dog it was for the last 15 years or so. Anybody remember American Online? A company once valued at $ 220 billion
I guess....lets wait and see
Anyone trying Google plus?..Can't wait to try
Google's history with these kind of services don't particularly count in favor of them . I think that Google has missed the boat and are at least 3 years to late with a service like this. The fast majority of the facebook users won't bother to switch a way from something that they've been using for years and established them selfs on in favor of something that appears to bring nothing really more than facebook with a google logo.kzone wrote:I think Facebook days are numberedkzone wrote:Facebook has reached the status where its downfall can only be caused by the company mismanagement or lack of interest by users. No competitors are close enough to be considered a threat at this time.
However, Going by tech history (or any other), no empire last forever. Going by the facts, MicroSoft in no longer the dominant top dog it was for the last 15 years or so. Anybody remember American Online? A company once valued at $ 220 billion
I guess....lets wait and see
Anyone trying Google plus?..Can't wait to try