Nearly 2.4 billion people around the world used a smartphone in 2017. By the end of 2018, more than a third of the global population will be using a smartphone. Those numbers -- from Mobile Marketing Magazine -- sound great, don’t they? More people will have more information at their fingertips. However, smartphone technology can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it sends us unlimited amounts of information. We don’t have to wait. Our devices ring, ping, vibrate and light up with the latest news from family, friends and around the world. On the other hand, this immediate access to information may become an addiction. And it may make some people feel lonely, anxious and depressed.
Title: Smartphone Use May Lead to Addiction, Loneliness, Depression
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2536/phone_addiction.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Smartphone Use May Lead to Addiction, Loneliness, Depression' data-article-id='3066'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7813'>Nearly 2.4 billion people around the world used a smartphone in 2017.</span> <span data-start-time='7813' data-end-time='16292'>By the end of 2018, more than a third of the global population will be using a smartphone.</span> <span data-start-time='16292' data-end-time='22729'>Those numbers -- from Mobile Marketing Magazine -- sound great, don’t they?</span> <span data-start-time='22729' data-end-time='27479'>More people will have more information at their fingertips.</span> <span data-start-time='27479' data-end-time='32875'>However, smartphone technology can be a double-edged sword.</span> <span data-start-time='32875' data-end-time='37938'>On the one hand, it sends us unlimited amounts of information.</span> <span data-start-time='37938' data-end-time='40042'>We don’t have to wait.</span> <span data-start-time='40042' data-end-time='49292'>Our devices ring, ping, vibrate and light up with the latest news from family, friends and around the world.</span> <span data-start-time='49292' data-end-time='56729'>On the other hand, this immediate access to information may become an addiction.</span> <span data-start-time='56729' data-end-time='63479'>And it may make some people feel lonely, anxious and depressed.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2536/immediate_information.m4a'><span>immediate information</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2536/phone_technology.m4a'><span>phone technology</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2536/both_good_and_bad.m4a'><span>both good and bad</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2536/causing_anxiety.m4a'><span>causing anxiety</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=10685 data-hint-location='40042' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2536/what_do_phones_do.m4a'>What do phones do?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='ping and vibrate'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2536/ping_and_vibrate.m4a'><span>ping and vibrate</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2536/get_lost.m4a'><span>get lost</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2536/make_us_happy.m4a'><span>make us happy</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2536/speak_and_dance.m4a'><span>speak and dance</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=10686 data-hint-location='49292' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2536/access_to_information_may_become__blank_.m4a'>Access to information may become <span class='blank'>an addiction</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='an addiction'><div 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