Tag: MULTITASKING

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Robot designers insist on pushing up against the uncanny valley when building robotic children, a terrifying trend that Erico Guizzo has plotted out on a New York ...

We've all heard about the sleek re-design, the video call capabilities, and the wonders of iOS 4, but how does the newly arrived iPhone 4 measure up to our lofty expectations? According to early reviews, pretty gosh darn well. For starters, most reviewers agree that the iPhone 4 just feels better. As the New York Times puts it, the stainless steel trim and complete lack of plastic makes the ...

Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that some scientists are claiming our ability to focus has been affected by phone calls, tweets, e-mails, text messages and so on. According to these studies -- as well as Nicholas Carr's books and blogs -- we've become a nation that can't ignore day-to-day digital distractions to get a simple job done. Has a constant stream of information hurt ...

There's plenty of anecdotal and scientific evidence that should tell you that driving while using your cell phone is pretty dumb. Yet plenty of you continue to do so, and freely admit to it, too. We can only assume that you all believe you belong to a sect of individuals researchers have dubbed "supertaskers." A new study being released in the Psychonomic Bulletin and Review (.PDF) suggests ...

Share If you often find yourself chatting away on your laptop while passively watching an episode of 'Dancing with the Stars,' you're not alone. According to the latest Three Screen Report from the Nielsen Company, about 60-percent of all TV-watching Americans multi-task in front of the tube, and that figure is only growing. In the fourth quarter of 2009, the average viewer spent about 3.5 ...

As the Internet has become more accessible and essential to our lives, it's natural that we find ourselves online more than ever -- even when we're watching television. According to a new quarterly report (PDF link) by Nielsen, 57-percent of Americans watch television while surfing the Net at least once a month. (We'll admit, we do this on a daily basis.) The report also contains some other ...

For a society so obsessed with productivity, we're pretty bad at actually being productive. Sure, services such as Google and Wikipedia have been described as being time hogs, but apparently the real killer is multitasking. 2008 is being dubbed the "year of information overload" by Basex Inc., a research firm. The human brain is not hardwired for paying attention to several things at once or ...