Category Archives: Social Impact

Life Hacking, Developing Countries Version

Posted on January 27, 2017 by GilPress
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Top 19 Artificial Intelligence Movies

Posted on October 5, 2016 by GilPress
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iPhone Digital Tipping Point: Screen time took over active leisure in 2007

Posted on September 13, 2016 by GilPress

Brookings: Screen time increasingly dominates our leisure hours, too, according to the annual American Time Use Survey, which is based on a nationally representative sample of individuals aged 15 and older. “Screen time” and “active leisure” are necessarily hard to … Continue reading →

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How Much Time the World Spends Looking at Screens (Infographic)

Posted on May 17, 2016 by GilPress

Gizmodo Ever wondered how much time the average person spends looking at their TV, computer, phone or laptop? Well, this chart shows exactly that, broken down by country. Produced by Mary Meeker for her annual presentation on internet trends, the … Continue reading →

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How Americans Spend Their Time (Infographic)

Posted on April 27, 2016 by GilPress
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The Internet increasingly allows Americans to meet and form relationships with perfect strangers

Posted on February 17, 2016 by GilPress

Michael Rosenfeld and Reuben Thomas, Searching for a Mate: The Rise of the Internet as a Social Intermediary In the past 15 years, the rise of the Internet has partly displaced not only family and school, but also neighborhood, friends … Continue reading →

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The Evolution of Digital Capacity by Country

Posted on February 9, 2016 by GilPress

The Fletcher School, Tufts: The Digital Evolution Index (DEI) analyzes the key underlying drivers and barriers that govern a country’s evolution into a digital economy: Demand, Supply, Institutional Environment, and Innovation. A longitudinal analysis of these four drivers during the … Continue reading →

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Remembrance of Technology Past in 2030

Posted on January 8, 2016 by GilPress

Source: @ValaAfshar

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6 Bad Digital Habits and How to Overcome Them (Infographic)

Posted on March 28, 2015 by GilPress

Source: Digital Information World

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How People Ignored Each Other Before Smartphones

Posted on January 19, 2015 by GilPress

  Source: @SBartner  

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