Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 14-12-2017

They’ve been called “small pieces” of the internet and every smartphone user have them on their devices.

Recent research indicates that the average smartphone user spends two hours and 15 minutes a day using apps, which adds up to about a month every year.

Smartphones have become essential daily living tools and there are few people who could optimally function without apps. But it’s not just about communicating anymore.

There are over 2.8 million options available for download on leading app stores that can help you do anything from getting fit, relaxing, watching a movie or playing music to identifying a plant or calling a cab. If you can think it, there’s probably an app for it.

Apps are so much a part of everyday life that many of them are becoming verbs – instead of asking a person to send a message on WhatsApp, its more common to say, ‘WhatsApp me’.

When it comes to language skills as well, short messaging has brought about a whole new vernacular to be learned and interpreted (especially by parents of teenagers).

Although managing apps has become almost second nature to most users, it can be challenging at times.

Vice President of Integrated Mobility at Samsung SA, Craige Fleischer says, the recently launched Galaxy Note8 makes managing apps a breeze.

“It’s far easier to manage your most used-apps by allowing you to open two at a time – and the extra-large screen means you can easily navigate both.”

Apps have made the world a different place – allowing you to experience what you want to experience, when you want to, as well as to share your opinions and encounters in real-time while tracking your health or making hand-written notes that’ll save to the cloud.

Just about every need you have has been ‘apped’.

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