Winter 2015
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Winter 2015Book Review: Hamlet’s Blackberry
How Hyper-Connectivity is Affecting Modern Civilization
Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the connectedness of digital life? Do you get a headache from all the vibrating devices you answer to? Do you feel your relationships are suffering because of the lack of personal interaction in today’s world? Author William Powers certainly did before setting out to discover a new philosophy on how to live in today’s ultra-connected world.
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Winter 2015What To Do If Your Device Goes Missing On Campus
Stay Calm and Carry On
Being a student is not easy. It’s almost like a 24 hour job. We have so much on our minds: lectures, course material, and deadlines for pre-labs, labs, assignments and quizzes. While in a hurry to get to class on time or to submit an assignment in the drop box before due time, we forget to take a note of where all our stuff is. The most common missing objects are mobile phones and laptops, as over 90% of the student population own laptops/mobile phones.
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Winter 2015Death of a Watchman
The Future of Smartwatches
Tech titans like Apple, Google and Samsung have been making headlines this year as rumours of their ‘smartwatches’ have turned into advertisements. 2015 is expected to bring the Apple Watch to the public, while Google’s Android Wear has been available since this past fall. But as the new smartwatches open doors for incredible innovation in wearable technology, what will happen to timepiece companies such as Bulova, Movado and Skagen?
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Winter 2015Sleeping & Artificial Light
Impacts on your Health
Doctors strongly recommend a minimum of eight hours of sleep for healthy adults. Yet the question remains: why are more and more people having trouble sleeping? In this modern age of technology where we are surrounded by the latest gadgets, our interaction with artificial light is a lot more frequent than our interaction with natural light. With the invention of television, mobile devices, tablets and more, the average time spent sleeping has dropped below the recommended minimum of 7.5 hours.
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Winter 2015Easy Steps to Take Care of Your Laptop
Extend the Lifetime of your Device!
With technology rapidly improving, laptops are being used every day and everywhere by nearly everyone. However, this means more wear and tear on your portable computer. The good news is you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to take good care of a laptop! This article will give simple suggestions, tips and advice on how to take better care of your laptop and its battery.
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Winter 2015Laptops vs. Tablets
What are the Pros and Cons of Both?
Technology has come a long way since the invention of the computer. Laptops have widely been regarded as the most mobile way of using a computer, as they are easy to transport from place to place. When the iPad was released, however, people started to question whether to buy a laptop or a tablet. Both the laptop and tablet have their own unique features that separates them from the other.
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Winter 2015Website Review: Student Portal
Yay or Nay?
Whether you’re looking for someplace to eat, study or live, the University of Waterloo (UW)’s Student Portal has it all. And now Arts students can use it too. The Student Portal is the newest, most effective way to receive timely information on campus.
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