Technology enables us to stay connected; mobile phones facilitate instant, global communities. However a study in 2014 shows that in real life the mere presence of a mobile actually reduces the quality of face-to-face interactions.
From messaging to social media to a marketplace to browsing the internet, WeChat is the app the does everything. While Western companies and app developers race to unbundle their services into efficient single-purpose apps, WeChat continues to add feature after feature.
Has social media killed the art of conversation for teens? Not according to author, social media expert and youth researcher danah boyd - who says it's "nothing more than a release valve to changes that have happened in the real world." We caught up with her to learn more.
A new wave of technological advancements is making it easier than ever to plug into a techno-utopian automated lifestyle, as people increasingly expect to exchange minimum input for maximum output.
Guinness is encouraging bar patrons to revive the lost art of conversation and detach themselves from the hypnotic glare of their screens through a new campaign depicting the phone-stacking game: the first to pick up their phone pays the entire tab.