Introduction

The Digital Age

With the advent of the internet, the proliferation of mobile phones, and the rapid development of wireless technologies, we are truly living in a digital age.

It seems like only yesterday that we were using dial-up, and that awful scream from the modem meant that we were online at data speeds that would seem like a snail's pace compared to today. Not only has our internetimproved, but the way our telephone system has changed in the past decade has been nothing short of dynamic. Some of us can still remember a time when calling someone meant he or she had to be at home in order to answer the phone. Considering that most people carry around their phones with them, we almost don't have an excuse for returning our phone ...

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