When Steve Jobs was asked what his three young children thought of the iPad, the reply came as something of a shock. “They haven’t used it,” he said, as boss of Apple in 2010, shortly after the device’s launch. “We limit how much technology our kids use at home.”
Taking off: what’s new in the world
Holiday with SpongeBob Got kids, or a penchant for hallucinogens? This bizarre new holiday retreat works equally well for both demographics. Modelled on the home of SpongeBob SquarePants, the luxury two-bedroom villa is at Nickelodeon’s Punta Cana resort, in the Dominican Republic. It’s a faithful representation of the children’s TV character’s pineapple dwelling, with a […]
Antisocial media: why smartphones make us dumb parents
Picking up her iPhone, Sherry Turkle stuffs it into her handbag. “I’m putting my phone away,” she declares, zipping it into a pocket with a theatrical flourish. “The very presence of a phone on the table is a distraction. Even silent phones inhibit conversations.”