@Nemos, Yes. I can conceive of a world without email, mobile phones and texting. I can imagine a world without tablet PCs, computers, smartphones and ereaders. It isn't hard for me to imagine a life without a printer (wireless or not), the internet, flat screen TVs and answering machines.
It isn't difficult for me to imagine doing without all of these rather interesting gadgets because I am old enough to remember not having any of these. I am sure I would miss them but believe me I can do without them and won't regret it either.
Are you suggesting that employers will have a tough time checking their employees on the use of Fb.
Truly, our world can not do without Email any more, we have come this far and there is no going back, the post office is no more as busy as it used to be.
"and even the possibility of a world without it?" I will simply answer to your question with a question even if I do not like to answer with questions. So can you imagine a world without email ?
@tirlapur, the culture is getting entrenched into many employees --- i do think, that would soon disappear once employers begin to show and take tough stance on such attitude.
I must also add that the future of FB also relies on how well it keeps on serving the companies that use it for advertisements and the confidence it provides to its users.
Recent news on fake identities and inflated "Like" hits on facebook has caused serious concerns as I have outlined in my recent board post here.
Everyone wants to stay in touch with both old and new friends - far and near Facebook has made that possible.
@Wale, I agree with you that FB has made it possible for us to be in touch with our friends but then people are overusing FB because of which there is sharp decline in the productivity of the employees. I think companies are worried about the overusage of FB by their employees.
Somehow it doesn't seem fair to rate iPhone wersus fb head-to-head. You don't need another device to use the iPhone, but you can't access fb absent another device.
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