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Millions of people around the country received an emergency alert text on their phones at 3pm today. However, some received the text early, while others said they did not receive the text at all.
CalMatters reports on how California's governor is calling for a statewide crackdown on cell phones in schools, an idea that is gaining traction in multiple states. Schools that banned phones a ...
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By total number of smartphone users, "China by far has the most, boasting 783 million users. India took the #2 spot with 375 million users (less than half of China’s number). However, that gap will decrease by 2021, when we expect India to have 601 million smartphone users.
The digital divide can be displayed when individuals must use smartphones in the absence of access to other devices. 41% of African Americans and 47% of English-speaking Hispanics send and receive email on cell phones, as compared to 30% of Whites.
Bangladesh imposed a blanket ban the use of mobile phones by students in April 2011, [34] and in October 12, 2017, Professor SM Wahiduzzaman, the Director General of the Secondary and Higher Education, imposed an order banning students and teachers in schools and colleges from using mobile phones. [35]
The National Center for Education Statistics also reported in 2020 that 77% of schools had rules forbidding students from using their cell phones during school hours.
Meta-analysis by The Canadian Automobile Association [49] and The University of Illinois [50] found that response time while using both hands-free and hand-held phones was approximately 0.5 standard deviations higher than normal driving (i.e., an average driver, while talking on a cell phone, has response times of a driver in roughly the 40th ...