Essay Example on Recent study of GSMA Intelligence

Based on a recent study of GSMA intelligence 5 billion people in the world now have a mobile connection With cell phones today accessible to a significant chunk of the world population mobile technology at present has more potential to build local and global communities than ever before We use mobile apps to almost everything from waking us up to setting reminders as well as to taking us to places Despite being more than 10 000 kilometers away from my home in Nepal I can always talk to my parents or to my friends so that we always feel connected The practicality that smartphones bring to our daily lives is phenomenal We have apps that alert us in danger and keeps us safe We can make secure payments do work our work more efficiently and collaborate on ideas Social networking sites like Facebook makes it so much easier to navigate through events to keep connected with everyone Sharing your ideas or what you are passionate about is just a click away thanks to the hundreds of lines of code behind it 

The thing that impresses me most is how this technology makes people all over the world connected to each other For example I can now send smiles to my friends in Munich while working in projects with my friends in Kathmandu Some of the lasting friendships and bonds I have made have been through this technology I have got to meet interesting people got to explore things and events I would have never previously imagined Websites like Reddit Meetup Hacker News or Quora are helping create strong online communities where one can meet people with similar interests can feel a certain sense of belongingness and can inspire and learn from each other Facebook groups for example are really powerful I have known people that suffered from cancer struggle with depression But now they boldly fight cancer and depression because now they know that they have a community of more than 25 000 people across the world who know what they are going through who genuinely care for them and stand for their every single step These things always makes me excited about mobile technology So whenever I use an android or an iOS app I am always left excited by the code or the idea behind it I sometimes smile when I use a map application as I see the beauty of Djikstra algorithm at work As I study an article in my smartphone going through the paragraphs of an author moving through rainforests of Brazil or an astronaut going to space I experience a different life all together through the eyes of technology