Tag: Smartphone

  • Nation & World

    Do phones belong in schools?

    Banning cellphones may help protect classroom focus, but school districts need to stay mindful of students’ sense of connection, experts say.

    4 minutes
    Close up of elementary student typing text message on smart phone
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    Smartphones, teens, and unhappiness

    Psychologist Jean Twenge examines how smartphones affect teenagers’ happiness, and advises on the healthiest ways for children and adults to use smartphones.

    1 minute
    Teens on smartphones
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    Using a smartphone to screen for male infertility

    New findings indicate that a smartphone-based semen analyzer can identify abnormal semen samples based on sperm concentration and motility criteria with approximately 98 percent accuracy.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Why lose the headphone jack?

    Harvard Engineering Professor Woodward Yang discusses Apple’s decision to get rid of the headphone jack.

    9 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Happy birthday, Web

    The World Wide Web turns 25 this week, so the Gazette sat down with Scott Bradner, a senior technology consultant with the University who has been involved with the Internet since the early days. Bradner says government regulation is the greatest threat looming over the Net, and its spread around the world via smartphones its…

    9 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A therapist at your fingertips

    In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at Harvard are exploring the use of gamelike programs on smartphones to treat anxiety disorders.

    6 minutes
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    Access Harvard on mobile device

    As of Sept. 1, members of the Harvard community will have everything they need to know about the University in the palms of their hands. Harvard has launched a strategic mobile initiative to package content from across the University for display on handheld devices.

    3 minutes