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Index
Note: Boldface page
numbers indicate
illustrations.
accelerometer, definition
of, 47
addiction, to mobile
devices, 32–34
Airbnb, 53
Amazon, 51–52
American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU), 66–67
Apple, 18, 24
Apple Watch, 59
apps, 19–21
information gathered by,
34–36, 38
augmented reality, 62–64
definition of, 62
Bell, Vaughan, 29
Berger, Theodore W., 65
BlackBerry (smartphone), 16,
18
brain, transfer of information
from computer to, 65
Brauer, Chris, 60
Brownlee, John, 36, 37
Buytaert, Dries, 68
cameras, smartphone, 24,
48–49, 61
as microscopes, 46
social impact of, 10–11
CDMA (cellular system), 15
cell phones, cost of first,
20
Cell Scope, 46
cellular systems, 13–14
switch from analog to digital,
15
Chen, Brian X., 21
Clarke, Arthur C., 13, 17
Colton, Joe, 27
Communicator 9110
(smartphone), 18
Crawford, Susan, 22
Crockett, Zach, 44–45
crowdfunding, 44–45
definition of, 45
Deadwyler, Sam, 65
Denton, Katie, 48
developing nations, 42
digital divide, 21–22, 24
definition of, 22
digital natives, 33
digital watches, 58–59
DocBeat, 48
driving, distracted, 29–31
DynaTAC 8000X (cell
phone), 20
early adopter, definition of,
59
e-books, 9
education, 48–51
survey of educators
on impact of digital
resources on, 49
entrepreneur, definition of, 26
Facebook, 27, 36, 43–44
Federal Trade Commission
(FTC), 38, 68
fitness trackers, 45,
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