Present in an instant age

Angeline Liles  |  Features  |  Crossing the Culture
Date posted:  1 Jul 2015
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Present in an instant age

Super Selfie himself! | photo: iStock

We live in a smartphone age.

Whatever we feel about being able to receive and respond to emails, make videos and update Facebook through our mobile phones, we have to address the reality that these shiny new tools are changing the way we live, work and interact.

Technology always has done this, from the spade with which Cain worked the earth to the coffee machines and the Playstations that appear in our homes. Over 2 billion people own a smartphone, and over 300 million people actively use the Instagram application each month.

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