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A decade after the invention of the smartphone, we're about to find out how we use our time

  • Written by Lyn Craig, Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Melbourne
A decade after the invention of the smartphone, we're about to find out how we use our timeAustralia hasn't had a time use survey since 2006. Budget cuts got in the way.Shutterstock

Much has changed since 2006 about the way we use our time.

Back then we didn’t have iPhones, iPads, Tinder, Snapchat, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, or machines that could play us streamed music, check our heart rates and guide us to our destinations as...

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