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2 hours and 50 minutes. The first time the app Moment showed me the exact amount of time I had spent on my iPhone during the previous 24 hours, I…
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Imagine this: the year is 2003. Somebody comes up to you and says: "In the future, everyone will be carrying in their pocket a phone connected to the internet, but…
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