Technology Is Handicapping Millennials

One of main traits that makes us human is our ability to communicate. Whenever we live a healthy communal life, we engage in conversations face-to-face, care and respect others, and we pay attention to important principles of etiquette which then helps us to live in conjunction with each other without engaging in too much discord. I am not aware of any critical mass of individuals living in a society in any time in history that has survived the times living in total isolation from their immediate community, its values and communication practices. And as importantly - the ability to learn from his own mistakes over time. The smartphone has been handicapping the millennial generation in this regard.

The smartphone has been handicapping the millennials. You have heard it right. You might be asking... Why do you say that professor? Let me explain why by giving you a real life example that has changed the way I interact with human beings of the opposite sex.

When I was a kid, I struggled to converse with girls face-to-face. I was so shy and literally afraid to speak with a girl one-on-one... I had a terrible fear of rejection back then. Even though these feelings are not totally foreign to young boys, I know today that my levels of shyness (and therefore my inability to speak with a person of the opposite sex) back then were probably higher than most boys who were shy in my generation.

Like most kids in their teenage years, I was unprepared to engage in interpersonal communications with a female. I still remember this beautiful girl named Peggy which I truly had the hots for. She was beautiful, nice, and to my fortune... she seemed to like me. The fact that we never ended up going out on a date had nothing to do with her interpersonal ability. It had everything to do with mine. I failed to initiate a meaningful conversation with her to have the chance to ask her out on a date. My total loss... and I knew it. However, my inability to break the ice and carry on a honest conversation with a girl made me stop and think about why I wasn't being successful in my love endeavors. I spent some time thinking about this question and then BINGO! Eventually, I've learned what girls like out of my struggles. "They like to talk," for the most part. I figured... Well, if girls like to talk, then I need to be a good listener. The rest my friends, is history.

Look, I didn't need to have a smartphone to make me feel better or learn how to speak with a girl. My humanity helped me with enjoying my later teenage and young adult years simply by stopping and thinking about the obvious. For most of my teenage years (up to the age of 16), I struggled with speaking with girls. Some might consider the former as being a "bad" life experience. Well, I see these former struggles differently today. I thank God for how things ended up working out in my life in that regard and for having the ability to face the problem and find a possible solution like a man.

When I was 16 years old, there were no smartphones. My parents happened to have cell phones back then, which was unusual for Brazilians back in the 90's, but they were not smart. I didn't have the opportunity to go on-line to make me feel better for my inability to speak with a girl. Because I had no technology, I had to face the problem and develop a two very important life skills - Critical thinking and Listening.

Kids today are handicapped because of technology. Too many millennials face a problem with a girl and rather than facing the problem head on to find a solution... They often go to their smartphones and text! Can't talk with a girl tonight? Go to a smartphone, watch a video with girls and feel better. Can't find a date to go to prom... Go to the smartphone, chat with girls on Tumbler, and move on... Don't have any friends? Go to the smartphone and log into Facebook and chatting! The problem is that text messaging won't teach a kid how to speak with a girl like a man. Avoiding (or the inability) to speaking with a real girl can't be replaced by watching a video about girls. Not having a date for prom can't be replaced by chatting with strangers on Tumbler...

What if I told you that if a person faces a problem in life and decides to ignore the issue and move sideways, eventually they will walk in a circle and be bossed around for life? With or without technology. All this technology that is supposed to make our lives better is having a tremendously negative impact in the lives of millions of teenagers and young adults today. It is, in fact, handicapping them by discouraging them to face real life problems for the sake of technology.

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A Glimpse At The Future Of VOIP Telephony

Easily manageable, hassle-free deployment, minimal downtime, and savings seem like a symphony to the ears of any business owner when it comes to installation of a communication solution. However, VOIP technology offers all these perks to any modern enterprise. The fact that many businesses are leveraging the above-mentioned benefits and VOIP is based on the latest protocols makes the technology a wide playground for technologists with respect to research and development.

Before peeping into the future of VOIP telephony, it becomes imperative to understand the deliverables of the best VOIP systems for small businesses. The technology offers a plethora of benefits such as:

Convenience: With an intuitive user interface, maintenance and management of VOIP telephony systems become an easy feat. The small and medium businesses don't have to shed a huge chunk of their budgets in recruiting IT and admin staff for constant monitoring of the communication solution. Furthermore, communication over IP protocols offers a bouquet of features and takes communication convenience a notch higher.

Scalability: VOIP phone systems with IP at core offer flexibility to add or remove the number of users as per the requirement of businesses. The facility to register the number of users on the same system allows entrepreneurs to save on investment costs, training time, and more.

Efficiency: Unified Communication servers merge different work applications such as Instant Messaging (IM), Calling, Presence Sharing, and Mailing on to one screen and eliminate professionals' struggle of juggling between multiple screens and hence boost their efficiency.

Cost-effectiveness: Multi-location connectivity enables the authorities to bring employees working at different offices under the same communication network. By bringing all professionals on the same network, VOIP slashes down the telephony costs to a certain extent.

The brief description of VOIP attributes gives a clear picture as to what benefits small and medium businesses can reap from the communication technology. But VOIP being the most experimented technology the question lingers on whether these advancements will continue benefiting the businesses or there would be some repercussions of the same.

To know all the potential experiments and developments in the field of VOIP communication technology, read on:

IoT - a Core Component of Every Enterprise Mobility Strategy 

In the very near future, VOIP telephony will graduate to Internet of Things. As per a study by a leading research firm, by 2020 almost 26 billion objects will be connected with the common thread of internet. The definition of IoT goes as the VOIP connection between two devices. IP telephony will become the principle chunk of IoT as VOIP enabled phones will then be designed for home automation purposes as well. Mobile employees will use their desk extensions to reserve their desk space, switch on their monitor screens and conclude miscellaneous tasks before they reach office. The employees who are on leave or on official tour can transfer their desk extensions to a particular desk number or to their mobility extensions.

Integration of Multiple Work Tools

VOIP technology is already offering amalgamation of gazillion work applications. The same trend will continue in future to enable employees complete their tasks efficiently by accessing multiple tools from the same screen. Integration with cloud-based programs and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) will continue to rule the professional applications development world. The IP technology will integrate marketing and social media tools helping marketing professionals to achieve the goal of omnipresence.

Increasing Proliferation of 5G Technology

With the dramatic increase in the use of smartphones for work, the enterprises and employees are counting internet connectivity as forces to determine the precision and speed of completing work tasks. In the near future, with the rollout of 5G technology, the speed of internet would be 10 times higher than the current 4G speed. Increased internet speed will improve the quality of VOIP packets, reduce the jitter in IP telephony and make call drops a fading reality. 5G technology will take Unified Communications to a whole new level by allowing 4k and 8k video conferencing. Improved speed will also make the exchange of video data a cakewalk with minimal glitches.

There are various companies that offer systems tailored to the latest technology, which offers a basket of features and withstands the test of time. To get an overview of ultramodern communication solutions, call on +91 99987555555 or visit http://www.MatrixTeleSol.com

By James Luke

An IP PBX Phone - The Heart Of An Eco-Friendly Business Enterprise

Transitioning to PBX phone system may not be the ideal strategy to foster an environment-friendly business ecosystem but office phone systems as well as that of the residence, which install a VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) telephone system would save on expenditure and more.

The following points are an elucidation on ways that an IP PBX Phone system that can be environment-friendly:

1. Ability to hold video conferences over the internet reduces air pollution

An IP PBX system enables organizations to save on vehicular operating costs by enabling video conferencing. Therefore, let alone road trips, long distant flights could be avoided too.

2. IP PBX system equals less utilization of copper:

In case of traditional phone systems, more wires a required if the distance between the caller and receiver is considerably huge. This undeniably would require a lot of copper wire. The requirement is further increased due to the inevitable wear and tear of copper wire lines. Both home and office become eco-friendly by the transition to VoIP phone system. Since the broadband internet is used to connect calls it is implied that an office phone system of this sort can work without depending on the PSTN (Public Switch Telephone Network), which requires telephone wires to be installed all over the countries stretching over to continents.

3. Less e-waste

Traditional phone lines would invariably require hardware to function. However, An IP PBX system would only require computers and the only other pieces of hardware are the phones and the PBX system. The latter too becomes unnecessary if the VoIP office phone system provider hosts the entire PBX system on the behalf of the entity availing the services. Therefore, less amount of hardware amounts to less wear and tear and less obsolescence. This way an IP PBX Phone creates comparatively less amount of e-waste.

4. Less number of phone lines would require fewer number phone poles

Even though transnational lines are sometimes installed under the ocean, at the end user point they are made accessible to homes and offices via phone poles. Poles are normally made out of wood. Transition to an IP PBX phone system consumption of wood will be reduced. Thus reducing the number of trees, which are cut down.

5. No Fax only Email - Saving paper and ink

An office phone system that uses the broadband internet will invariably make use of emails instead of FAX machines. Even though fax over IP services are available for organizations, which requires a large volume of printed data, organizations that do not require such voluminous paper-based information exchange can settle for emails instead and not only end up saving trees but also would save on operating cost.

6. Telecommuting: A new way to do business without affecting the environment
When employees work from home or telecommute, the power consumption of a business is considerably reduced. Further, office resources are not required to be used for monitoring the inefficient use of appliances and other devices such as computers, light fixtures and so on. Working from home also limits the utilization of paper and stationaries as the expenditure is borne by the employee himself. An office phone system which utilizes broadband internet allows telecommuting via video conferences and use of emails for deliverables.

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By John Samual

How On-Demand Apps Are Making Their Mark In The Mobile-First Era

The on-demand economy is one of the emerging and most money-making business concepts while outperforming all sorts of conventional business models. With the help of on-demand apps, entrepreneurs can drive customers to make use of advanced mobile technology and attain greater convenience to perform their regular yet crucial tasks.

Gone are the days, when apps were just for playing games, chatting or communication. At present, it serves as an efficient medium for growing your business as well as performing both professional and personal tasks quickly and efficiently.

The Story Behind the Upsurge of On-demand Apps

Think about a situation where you need to book a cab late at night to reach the airport? What if you are feeling quite low at home and craving for your favorite chocolate ice cream? These are the situations, where on-demand apps are the fastest to offer you the best service. These services greatly help people, especially urbanites to make their routine tasks simpler, thereby avoiding all sorts of mobility issues of densely populated locations.

Latest trends for Personalized Services

While dwelling in a densely populated place, there are many rules of traffic and parking issues. Thus, you might need to cancel out your shopping plans, especially after going through a tedious day in the office. Some of the situations that call the need of these services are:

From home cleaning to home decoration.

From food delivery to babysitting.

From skin care and makeup to furniture and fixtures.

From transportation to medical services and much more.

Crucial factors to know for Succeeding in the On-demand App Market

Some of the most crucial factors that decide the future of these kinds of services are:

• Easy and quick payment mode: Hassle-free payment mode will help in enhancing the customer experience while purchasing products and services.


• Convenience: People prefer to avail those services which, are convenient and help them to place the order quickly.


• Time Punctuality: Service availability within the predefined time duration.


• Cost-efficiency: The products and services must meet budgetary needs of the common people.


• Awareness of service: Your on-demand app must reach a wider spectrum of audience which, would increase downloads and usage.


• Product or Service Quality: Faster and Quality-oriented services gain greater trust of people and customer connect.

Wrapping Up

The consumer behavior is rapidly changing and it has become important for entrepreneurs to make their service mobile-driven and more accessible to customers. Thus, these services are now the new tool for seamless business growth. They offer great opportunities to companies for personalizing customer experiences and avail the desired services easily. Furthermore, they can serve basic demands of people and this, in turn, helped them to succeed in this mobile-first world.

By Rob Stephen

Rob Stephen is an experienced professional working with Vision & Solutions, specialized on app development in Australia who has great experience in building intuitive mobile apps.

Don't Leave Your App Half-Baked - Add Local Flavours

App stores like Apple's iStore are giving developers and app-makers an unprecedented scope to catapult their apps into larger markets and newer user-bases. But irrespective of how strong, novel, well-made and smooth an app is, it is bound to suffer dead-ends if it does not encompass some basics of app localization.

Localization, in short, is simply an attention to details that makes an app usable for a specific language, segment or culture.

Without this fundamental plank in place, even a robust and radical app can fall on deaf ears and will pass unnoticed when it approaches a user in a particular country or dialect. For localization to be configured, an app also has to be organically amenable for internationalization. That means the developers should, from the onset, make the app adaptable to differences in formats, user-specifications and other details that will change from language to language and from country to country.

Adequate internationalization, in itself, takes care of effective app localization to a large extent.
Here are some suggestions that can come in handy for aspiring developers and iOS players in ensuring that the app doesn't fizzle out at the very moment of truth.

Do not wait for the app to be completely done before you insert iOS localization. It should be done proactively, at the coding stage only, instead of an afterthought. Internalize the code and relevant strings and hand them over to professional and experienced translators for the language desired. They can take care of not just number, calendar, date, time formats but also of other local aspects that can come into play when a user is interacting with an app or when the app's visualization kicks in.

Export the parts and strings in the desired format and give translators as much information and context as you can. Differentiate between user-facing parts and other code-parts well to accelerate the process.

Keep working on iOS localization at your level (image, music, etc.) through the app construction process while the translators are at work. It is a mindset and once you are tuned into the differences that localization addresses, the app would be nimble enough to make sense of many languages and segments whenever needed.

After the translated content is imported your job begins in a new way. You have to ensure that it is assimilated well and works as desired. Proper and relentless testing is a good way to check the localization effort. This should be done both at the developer level as well as by letting some users test the app for their perspective and gaps that may still exist.

Keep revising and updating the app with iOS localization and translation as the app grows and adds new versions. Having standard APIs helps in increasing the scope and ease of this process.
Sometimes the resources at play can be optimized, and the space taken by localization and the associated cost reduced by having region-orientation in the right order with language orientation. Markets like the US, UK, Australia, APAC; for instance; have the same language of use - English - as long as time-differences and minor details are incorporated well.

It pays, in the long run, to give enough time and space for nuances and differences that are beyond standard time/calendar changes. Like some user segments and languages work from right-to-left instead of the left-to-right direction of text. Such material contrasts cannot be included at the last moment of an app's design.

As we can see, localization is an important parameter for leading app stores. Further, iOS's remarkable growth and spread make it imperative that developers give this part the requisite attention from the beginning and also till much after the app is released.

It's all about keeping the user experience smooth and without snags.

By Shreya Gupta

I am an Expert in the medium of translation and language services. I have working knowledge in documents translation, Translate from English to German, App localisation and provide Multilingual E-mail Support.I am passionate in Localizing global brands to reach the target audience in the most efficient way.

5 Things To Consider When Buying Smartphone Accessories

Nowadays, it's not easy to buy a smartphone. On the other hand, buying smartphone accessories is not as hard as buying a phone, but you still need to consider a few things before buying accessories. Given below is a description of 5 things that you may want to consider while making this decision.

Read on to know more.

1. Active and passive features

First of all, smartphone accessories can be divided into two categories for ease of understanding: active and passive. As the name suggests, passive accessories don't perform a function. Some examples include a skin or cover for the phone. On the other hand, active ones perform a set of important functions, such as the camera lens, and Bluetooth earphones.

Don't just count the features of the product that you have made your mind to buy. What you need to do is find out if the listed features really matter to you. So, you may want to read the features and compare each one to that of the competitors. This will help you make an informed decision. As a general rule, if you have no idea how to make the comparison, we suggest that you go for a reputable brand.

2. Quality and features

Some accessories won't cost much but the features are appealing so you may end up buying that thing even if the brand is not a trusted one. But what you need to do is ensure that the accessory comes from a trust worthy brand or at least it's semi-branded.

3. Warranty And Product Return

If a product comes with warranty, rest assured that it's a reliable one. One way to know if a product is suitable is to look at its quality and cost. However, you may also want to take into account the return policy. Each product comes with a return policy, which is set by the company.

4. Price Drop

There are a lot of online stores that can help you save a lot of money. Aside from this, there are tons of add-ons and tools that notify you as soon as the price of a product comes down. So, it's a good idea to use these tools to take advantage of the price drop.

5. User Friendly

Apart from price and quality, you may also want to check if the features of the product are important for you. The features should be user-friendly. For instance, a smart watch can't be smart if its features and design is not user friendly. As a matter of fact, a product that is user friendly can save you a lot of time and money.

The takeaway....

Hopefully, this guide can help you make an informed decision. You can buy a tempered glass protection or a selfie stick, but make sure that you choose the best product based on the advice given in this guide. It's also important to buy at the right time and at the right price. Just make sure that you buy from a reputable brand as an unknown brand may not be true to its words and the product may not meet your expectations.

Have you been looking for a good online store to buy mobile phone accessories? If so, we suggest that you check out Mobile Mob.

By Shalini Madhav

Some Unfamiliar Ways To Boost Mobile Signal Strength

A name flashes on the screen of your mobile phone and a smile appears on your face as the caller is someone very dear to you but suddenly you see just a single signal strength bar and all your joy disappears immediately. Has it ever happened to you? If yes, you are in dire need to know the ways which can make your cell phone receive stronger signal strength at your place. Here are some unusual but highly effective methods to boost mobile signal reception.

1) Utilize Tesla Coils and Tape

Take a little piece of Tesla coil, an electrical resonant transformer circuit, and tie it to the external antenna of your phone with the help of some tape. It really helps boosting the signal strength received by your phone. However, this option is feasible only if you can find the external antenna on the phone.

2) Put Paper Clips to Work

Here comes the most hassle-free way to enhance the signal strength received by your cell phone. Paper clips are easily available anywhere. You just have to place it in the external antenna of your phone. But you must be careful while doing that, as improper use of these clips can cause scratches on the screen or body.

3) Pick Your Discarded Radio Antenna

No, we are not cracking a joke here, the trick really works. All you have to do is to take a copper wire and connect your mobile phone's external antenna to a radio antenna. If you still don't believe it, you can watch testimonial videos posted on YouTube that guarantee good results from the technique.

4) Take Clue from Tin-Can Telephone

Remember the tin-can telephone you used as a kid? Make it again by soldering two cans and attach it to your phone's external antenna using some copper wire. It will surely take some time but the results would be amazing. It can increase 2 or 3 signal bars on your phone's screen.

5) Create an Extra Antenna

Take a piece of insulated wire, ideally 20cm long, and wrap it around a stick to make an antenna of your own. When placed on the mobile phone's external antenna, it works as an extra antenna and brings in more signal strength to allow uninterrupted, high-quality calling and browsing experience.

6) Never Let Signal Bars Go Below 2

Drained batteries need more power to search for signals. That's why keeping your phone always charged can be a good way to keep connectivity issues to the minimum. Make sure the battery of your phone is charged at least to 2 bars all the time. Whenever you find it draining beyond that point, start charging it.

I hope you will find these methods to keep battery issues at bay helpful. You can also invest in a good quality mobile signal booster to enjoy sound signal strength in your home, office, or car.
Mobile connectivity issues are very common these days. Weak signals cause severe calling and browsing issues. Here are some tips to strengthen the mobile network coverage at your place or in your car. These ways involve using very common things and are quite easy to go for.

By Vijay Mishra