Daily Archives: August 17, 2016

Is Cyberspace Where Health Goes To Die?

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For whatever it’s worth, I fully recognize the irony: I am writing about health in cyberspace, to say that cyberspace may be where health goes to die. Such, it seems, are the paradoxes of modern living. We learn the perils of excessive screen time from messaging on glowing screens. Our favored sages tell us the merits of going off the grid…via their social media feed. We get perky tips about the benefits of putting down our smartphone via our smartphone apps. I just work here.

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Xiaomi Mi 5 Review: For Those Who Like The Feel, But Not The Price, Of Samsung Galaxy Phones

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There’s a certain stigma to the word “budget” when it’s used to describe products or services. The term means, literally, “inexpensive” and absolutely nothing more; yet consumers have long associated it with “inferior quality.” To take that mindset is to make the false assumptions that market prices are defined by quality only and not supply, demand and hype. Xiaomi — long considered a budget phone maker — is here to smash that stigma to pieces: its 2016 flagship phone, the Mi 5, is a gorgeous device crafted out of curved glass and metal frame. It’s an eye-catching design that’s similar to Samsung’s highly popular S7 — and the Mi 5 packs the same top-of-the-line Qualcomm processor — only it costs half as much (HK$2,599, or US$335).

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