Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Take Back That Text
Have you even sent a text that you wished that you could take back? Of course you have, you are human and that is part of the human condition. On the brighter side, technology and communication services have been developed that can help. There is a mobile application called Strings that lets you delete messages from your phone and any phone that you sent it to. The downsides to this apps is that it can prevent the person from receiving the text in the first place and the other phone has to have Strings downloaded as well. Strings isn't the first app that aims to control smartphone screw-ups. Invisible Text lets senders see whether or not the recipient has opened their text yet, and if they haven't, the sender can delete it. Ansa is the "Snapchat of texting," meaning your texts self-destruct after a certain amount of time. Strings say they are different because they let the user control everything from start to finish. Do you use any of these applications?
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Software development has not come that far that it can help the human condition. In fact, in some cases it might actually make it worse.
ReplyDeleteI do not think that it would be a good idea to take back the text even if it is a good communication services idea. We need to learn from our mistakes.
ReplyDeleteSometimes communication services can actually make us feel further away from each other. What happened to having dinner without any phones?
ReplyDeleteI use internet phone services to talk with people on the other side of the world. It helps us keep connected when we cannot be with each other.
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