The evolution of the mobile phone in pictures

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/mobile-phones/11339603/The-evolution-of-the-mobile-phone-in-pictures.html

Growth of internet traffic coming from mobile devices and impact on retail of this dynamic

https://www.internetretailer.com/2015/01/08/mobile-retail-traffic-and-sales-surge-during-holidays

A guide to social networks

A new guide to social networks, with comments from children and parents. I didn't know most of these networks existed! There's 48 of them covered here.
http://www.net-aware.org.uk/

A Teenager’s View on Social Media

Review of the way different social media sites are used by (older) teenagers
https://medium.com/backchannel/a-teenagers-view-on-social-media-1df945c09ac6

Life before smartphones: The pros and cons of being the mobile generation

I found this really interesting article which shows clearly the pros and cons of being 'the mobile generation'.

http://recombu.com/mobile/article/life-before-smartphones-the-pros-and-cons-of-mobile-phone

Rebecca.

Our brains are being 'continuously reshaped' by smartphone use

Study claims that use of smartphones is changing sensory relationship between our brains and our thumbs, even on a daily basis

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-12/24/touchscreen-brain-thumbs

Facebook and the desire for more

An interesting study that examines how metrics on Facebook, such as number of likes, lead to a desire for more. Have only read it quickly, but it seems to compare what happens when users don't see such metrics. An interesting quote from the conclusions:

"Facebook draws on our deeply ingrained “desire for more,” compelling us to reimagine friendship as a quantitative space, and pushing us to watch the metric as our guide"

http://computationalculture.net/article/what-do-metrics-want