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Science and Technologies
Instant messaging Addictive Stone Age Digital divide
Tech-savvy (shrewdness and practical knowledge, esp. in politics or business) To become outdated Pace of life To accelerate Innovation Online auction Time saver
Household appliances Primitive Search engine Take for granted
Statements to speculate on:
1. As a result of technological innovations, our lives are longer and better than ever.
2. Due to the mistakes of the past, we are now more careful about developing technology that can be harmful.
3. If advances in ethics do not match advances in technology, we could easily destroy our planet.
4. It’s important to stress that parents should limit the amount of TV their children watch.
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5. If it hadn’t been for the invention of computers, our lives would be much more boring.
6. Thanks to online communities like , we can meet people who live thousands of miles away.
7. Unless plans are made to educate poor children, they could be less tech-savvy.
Questions:
1. Is there any kind of technology you couldn’t live without? 2. What impact does technology have on human beings?
3. Do you think we have grown too dependent on technology? 4. How do you think technology will affect our lives in future? 5. How would you life be different without these technologies?
Thanksgiving breaks Instagram records
(Instagram is a free photo-sharing program and social network that was launched in October 2010)
Updated Nov 23, 2012
With platters of delicious Thanksgiving food being served on elegant tables throughout the U.S., the setting was just right for Instagram to break its records, and it did.
The -owned mobile photo-sharing social network said Thanksgiving 2012 broke all its records.
More than 10 million photos whose captions included Thanksgiving-related terms were posted, and for several hours, more than 200 photos were being uploaded every second, Instagram said in a blog post Friday morning.
\"Overall, the day broke all Instagram records as we saw the number of shared photos more than double from the day before, making it our busiest day so far,\" the post said.
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Earlier this month, Instagram put up a blog post boasting about
its numbers during election night. But on that day, only 250,000 photos uploaded had certain election-related tags. That's a big difference. Now we'll have to see whether Christmas can top Thanksgiving.
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