Sentences with phrase «apps as a distraction»

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They write it off in the name of focusing on other more pressing priorities — or they misinterpret social media as distractions, silly networks and apps that kids use.

Kobo's new Android - fueled OS is organized around reading with features like a homescreen that doubles as a personal library and a «reading mode» that cuts off notifications, apps and any kind of web distractions.

There is already some concern over the system being a safety distraction for the driver, and Chevrolet itself admits that the Chevy / Glass app holds more promise for the passenger in the car as a way to keep up with what the driver's doing next to him.

«justDrive for Jaguar Land Rover» integrates popular apps and services, services, such as Spotify, Twitter and Yelp, to give Jaguar and Land Rover drivers an unprecedented level of integration with navigation, media, social interaction, voice search and information services while minimizing driver distraction.

Even though my Kindle is an old - school one that only serves as an e-reader, without the distractions of game apps and Web browsers, I find I'm better able to focus when I'm reading a paper book.

Orson & Co.'s new app - based platform eLumination allows authors to get very creative with the additional features in their ebooks, such as music, videos, even the background display of the page, but more importantly, it allows readers to ignore these features if they do not feel they are anything other than a distraction, detracting from the reading experience.

And for those who lament the lack of Android or iOS apps, reMarkable is aware of this and is selling the tablet as a «distraction - free reading and writing environment.»

Which means, according to DBW, that the company is positioning itself as being focused on the reading experience, especially with features such as «Reading Mode,» which allows the user, among other things, to turn off notifications from other apps on its tablets to keep distractions at a minimum.

The company is positioning itself as being focused on the reading experience, especially with features such as «Reading Mode,» which allows the user, among other things, to turn off notifications from other apps on its tablets to keep distractions at a minimum... Beyond that, Kobo has launched a new book discovery tool called «Beyond the Book,» designed to help users find new books «via highlighted topics within books and content from across the Web.»

It is more productive than the iPad because it has Microsoft Office built in and there are fewer apps to serve as distractions and diversions.

I even went further and deleted the trading apps on my cellphone to avoid checking the charts while at work and my productivity also improved as there is no distraction anymore.

With tens of thousands of apps currently available for the iPad and iPhone, there is certainly no shortage of distractions to keep us smartphone - wielding humans entertained — but as it turns out, we're not the only ones who could benefit from bit of beguilement.

eDriving has introduced an app called Mentor that would capture data such as acceleration, braking, cornering, speeding, cellphone distraction, and other behavioral data, as well as provide proprietary and predictive analytics while driving.

There's good news for fans of a good, streamlined OS, as Samsung's TouchWiz take on Android now comes with fewer apps installed and a much cleaner interface, leaving you to enjoy all the features of Lollipop without distraction.

Plus, its apps look simpler than their smartphone counterparts, helping to eliminate as many distractions as possible.