Poor mobile etiquette driving people mad

WHETHER is it texting during dinner, talking on a mobile phone in a public restroom or using a laptop while driving, most people think mobile etiquette is getting worse, not better.

Ninety one percent of US adults questioned in a new poll by computer innovation company Intel, said they have seen people misuse technology, and three-quarters think mobile manners have disimproved in the past year.

“New digital technologies are becoming a mainstay in consumers’ lives, but we haven’t worked out for ourselves, our families, communities and societies what all the right kinds of behaviours and expectations will be,” said Genevieve Bell, the head of interaction and experience research at Intel.