Could you imagine the world without Technology? In the 20th century the impact of technology in our everyday lives has risen enormously. Technology is a second nature to us; it is amazing how far technology has come. Everywhere you go whether it is walking around your house or walking down the street you can see technology. There are mobile phones in nearly every second person’s hand that you see. With the creation of the new smart phones you can check everything you need to know about your business and can plan your day with on touch of the screen. These new phones have everything on them, GPS, Games, Emails, YouTube, Social networking site, Sport scores and more that is what is increasing sales more and more. Social networking sites has a huge impact on our everyday lives as the new smart phones can open a social networking site with one touch of a button which is getting the younger generation to buy them so they can keep in touch with their friends no matter where they are, the increasing sales of

phones keeps on developing as there is always a new phone coming out.

Gaming consoles have a big impact on our everyday lives as kids, teenagers and adults play them. You can play them online or just by yourself playing against computers. With the new PS3 you can access YouTube and Facebook and talk to your friends whilst playing your game. You can also email other gamers and invite them to play with you. Television has an impact on our everyday lives as most people come home from work or school and sit down and watch television. There are so many channels now on the television and you can add more by buying Austar as you can have sporting channel comedy channels, cartoon channels, lifestyle channels and box office which means you can pay to get movies instead of going to the movies. Computers/Laptops have an impact on our everyday lives as you can surf the internet and look up pretty much anything you want. You can access social networking sites, games, and documents that you can do your work on. Computers are not always as safe as we think they are, you can put your information into a social networking site and its there for everyone to see, when you post something on a networking site it’s there forever and for everyone to see so you have to be careful about what you do on the computer.

By Ben Grimmer