Memes in the Watson category “/technology and computing/consumer electronics/telephones”

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The Unfeeling Space of the Internet Makes Us Prize Physical Sensation More

Before the Internet, I made more trips to the library and more phone calls. I read more books and my point of view was narrower and less informed. I walked more, biked more, hiked more, and played more. I made love more often. [...] How has the Internet changed my thinking? The more I’ve loved and known it, the…

Feb 9, 2011 1

internet
society
virtual reality

The End of the Wild Wild Web

The shift of the digital frontier from the Web, where the browser ruled supreme, to the smart phone, where the app and the pricing plan now hold sway, signals a radical shift from openness to a degree of closed-ness that would have been remarkable even before 1995. In the U.S., there are only three major cell-phone…

Jan 1, 2010 1 1

new media
wild wild web