No such thing as too many tech toys

Just sharing this photo I took of my cousin, Jessica. She’s a student at Western Connecticut State University and, obviously, big user of tech toys.
Pictured: three laptops, a cell phone, an iPod, Nintendo DS and a Sony PSP. There probably a flash drive and another mp3 player in there, too.
BTW, I took [...]

Tech Toys: Not Only For The Big Kids

Adele, 9, took a quick break from her favorite website (DisneyFairies.com) to talk about her tech toy of choice: a pink iPod Nano.

She likes them because, “they’re cool and they can watch movies and they’re small.”
Being the smallest child in a big family, Adele said she likes being able to watch a movie [...]

McKenna’s Tech Toys

It was a morning like any other for Dave Smith. He woke up, got dressed, and started to leave for class when he noticed something was missing: his cell phone.
“I talk on my cell phone and use it in a lot of other ways, every single day,” said Smith, a third semester undecided [...]

Tech Toys Shaping Humanity

Over the duration of one month last summer, Kayla Iannuccilli sent so many text messages, she exceeded the limit on her mobile phone plan by 500. This prompted the primary owner of the account, Iannuccilli’s mom, to sign up for a new plan.
“Now I can’t go over the limit because mom [...]

Tech Toys on the March

Last year, my then-69-year-old father got a cell phone for the first time.
Owning a regular, no-extra-features mobile phone is nothing particularly special, especially in today’s world of BlackBerries, iPhones, headsets and video chats. At the current rate of planned obsolescence, my father’s cell phone is likely to be as outdated as a telegraph pole [...]

Tech toys

Technology is rampant in today’s society. Laptops, mp3 players, global positioning devices, gaming systems and stylus palettes are just a few of the goodies available to consumers. Companies are waging a fierce competition for the hearts and minds of the consumers by way of more features, innovative devices, and a sleek design.
So [...]

Technology? Me?

“I am definitely not a technology person,” said Alysse Melville, 21, unplugging her iPod’s head phones and turning away from her laptop.
Melville, a psychology senior at the University of Connecticut, constantly logs onto her laptop to surf the Internet, where she said most things can be found.
“I can get recipes and directions, do research, talk [...]

Welcome to the Machine

The past several years have brought about the rise of many new technological gadgets: from mobile phones and global positioning satellite systems for car navigation (GPS) to digital cameras, iPods and TiVo. These gadgets have changed the way people send and receive information and get access to news.
This is truly the [...]

Bionic Men (and Women)

Tech toys are blurring the line between man and machine. Who hasn’t walked on a college campus and seen at least a dozen people glued to their cell phone while texting or zoned out to music on their iPods as they walk to class? People have become so tied to their technology that most college [...]

Cell Phones Are Taking Over…Some Students Embrace Our New Ruler While Others Resist

STORRS, Conn. — Even though technology is a huge part of most young people’s lives, students have mixed feelings about the degree to which they depend on their gadgets, and what effect these electronics are having on our culture.
The trend of increased cell-phone usage in 18-29 [...]