C U LT U R E WAT C H
DIGITA L It seems no matter how many Black Mirror episodes we watch, or our heightened paranoia of how reliant we are on technology and its potential effect on us— we still love tech. We’ll buy that Google Home or Amazon Echo (even if they can be borderline creepy). We’ll also share life updates on Facebook and Instagram and leave our profiles on public. What can I say? I guess we like living on the edge.
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ith an app for almost everything it’s only timely that there is a rise in tech providers getting serious about digital well-being. Here’s a look at what’s out there and how you can take charge of your own digital wellness.
AN APPLE A DAY
At the beginning of June, Apple announced that it would be rolling out new features that focus on “digital wellness” to help mobile users curb that niggling phone addiction. The latest iOS 12 software for iPhone and iPad will include features such as ‘Apple Screen Time’, which shows you data on the time spent on each application. Along with this you will be able to set time limits for each app, when this function is enabled a push notification will automatically send you a “time’s up” message. This “downtime” function also gives parents another way to monitor the time their kids spend on the device. Parents can also enable this function on their kids’ phone via their own device.
Despite some of these measures there is still toxic social media that invades our online spaces
