Obama deplores the effects of information on iPad.

Barack Obama spoke to students from universities in Hampton, Virginia.Tags: iPad, iPod, Xbox, Obama.

With "the iPod, iPad, the Xbox and PlayStation, information has become entertainment rather than a tool of empowerment", regrets the U.S. president. A phrase that boosted the technology sector.

Barack Obama should he take his distance with technology? Sunday, from Hampton University in Virginia, Bush warned against the city information and entertainment gadgets namely the origin of these drifts. "With the iPod, iPad, the Xbox and PlayStation - which I know how each one works - the information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of amusement rather than a development tool or means of emancipation, "Barack Obama has launched on the occasion of the graduation ceremony, in a facility once the bastion of the black minority. "All this not only puts pressure on all of us, but also on our country and our democracy," he said.
These statements, coming from a president until praised for its use of the Internet and its presence in social networks, sparked a wave of incomprehension on sites specialized in new technologies, to become Sunday dinner One of the hottest topics United States. GizmodoA high-tech blogs most renowned, in particular contradicts Barack Obama, holding that the iPad and other gadgets were a driving force for the U.S. economy, and not a danger to democracy. MacDailyNews, A site dedicated to Apple hit by reference to the iPad and the iPod, said that Democrats had bought Advertising in video games during the presidential campaign.

"When you're young, they did things stupid "
More lenient with the president, the blog Mashable stressed that the president's speech was primarily intended for youth who does not always keys to sort the information. "You are entering adulthood in a world where we are bombarded with continuous information on a variety of topics and expose us to all sorts of arguments which the veracity of some is questionable to say the least," says Barack Obama , regretting "some of the craziest information can quickly be amplified" by blogs, radio or television. According to him, the world is at a "breathtaking change. We can not stop these changes, but we can adapt to them. "
This is not the first time that the U.S. president warns youth against technology in controversial statements. In September, he asked a class of schoolchildren to attention to information published on Facebook. "Whatever you do, you'll be apparent at one time or another in your life. And when you're young, we make mistakes, we make stupid things, "he warned. However, Obama has praised the impact of Google, Twitter and Facebook in History U.S. placing the founders of these companies in line with those "who fought for civil rights and sent a man on the Moon."