Smartphone Addiction

Smartphones are now causing young adults stress, anxiety and even depression

Study reveals smartphone addiction or problematic smartphone use is a real thing and it negatively affects the mental health of children and young adults.

Google's Digital Wellbeing feature could be slowing Pixel devices: How to disable it

Disabling the digital wellbeing feature is said to smooth out framerate issues, general sluggishness.

WWDC 2018: Apple expected to launch a Digital Health feature in iOS 12 to help you cut down on your iPhone usage

Apple is planning to introduce a feature which will ensure that you spend less time on the iPhone. The feature is speculated to be called Digital Health,

Smartphone addiction: University students in India check their smartphones up to 150 times a day

The research highlights that 63 percent use smartphone for 4 and 7 hours whereas 23 percent use the smartphone for more than 8 hours daily.

Study indicates that children are spending 30 minutes more time daily on smartphones and computers

Children were spending 10 minutes less time watching TV between 2000 and 2015, the study said.

Addiction to smartphones can lead to personal and social problems

People who use smartphones in excess may experience personal, social and workplace problems, warns new research.

Survey suggests drug abuse lower in teenagers due to heavy usage of smartphones and PCs

Adolescents in the US may be using less drugs because they are constantly stimulated and entertained by their computers and smartphones, experts say.

Study says smartphones are hampering sleep patterns

The study "Global Mobile Consumer Survey 2016" conducted by global consultancy firm Deloitte found that almost half of 18 to 24-year-olds check their phones in the middle of the night.

Japanese girl injured by moving train while using smartphone

A 17-year-old Japanese girl was hit and injured by a moving train while walking along the edges of the station platform, fully engrossed in her smartphone

Millenials spend over 3 hours a day, on average, on their smartphones

Millennials — those born in the two decades after 1980s — are hooked to their smartphones or phablet screens for over three hours a day, media reported.