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20Apr/20Off

The Virus Revealed Our Essential Tech (and Weeded Out the Excess)

15Techfix-illo-jumboIn a crisis, our most important tech — what we have turned to again and again — has boiled down to just a few basic items and services:

  • Computing devices with access to work tools and a browser.

  • Communication tools to stay connected with our loved ones and colleagues.

  • Entertainment to keep us from losing our minds.

  • An internet connection to let us do all of the above.

When you think about it, that’s all the tech we truly need even when there is no pandemic. That’s actually a nice revelation.

See the full story here; https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/technology/personaltech/virus-essential-tech.html

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