Mobile technology may affect future work trends
Source: AsiaOne
That new smartphone you just bought? It may well be the "most important technology" in your life.
A survey conducted by Cisco on 2,800 respondents found that 66 per cent of students and 58 per cent of young employees consider mobile devices such as laptops, smartphones or tablets to be the most important technology in their lives.
Part of this stems from the search for information online, according to the second annual Cisco Connected World Technology Report.
The survey reported that mobile technology has overshadowed older devices such as televisions (TVs) and newspapers when it comes to providing information.
Fewer than six per cent of college students and eight per cent of employees polled said TVs were important.
This downward trend is expected to continue as TV programming and movies become available on mobile devices.
Similarly, only four per cent of college students and employees surveyed globally said the newspaper is their most important tool for accessing information.
Working on the go
The above findings come after a similar survey conducted last year, when 60 per cent of employees around the world said offices are unnecessary for being productive.
This may point towards a trend where smartphones are increasingly used for work purposes when the next generation of workers enter the workforce.
Furthermore, these mobile technology users also don't seem to mind the fact that they are regularly interrupted by instant messaging, social media and phone calls.
84 per cent of college students said they are interrupted at least once every hour.
19 per cent said they are interrupted six times or more in an hour, an average of at least once every 10 minutes, while 12 per cent said they lose count how many times they are interrupted while they are trying to focus on a project.
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