People tend to spend a lot of time on social media applications (e.g. Facebook) on a daily basis. According to Straits Times (2017), “Singaporeans spend an average of 12 hr 42 mins on their digital devices”. This statistic was obtained from a study conducted by Ernst & Young on 1000 people aged 16 to 69 who have lived in Singapore for at least a year. Additionally, social media usage was ranked third among the top online activities people engaged in at least once a day. We believe that the time spent on social media applications could be better utilized on learning. Being more knowledgeable can help expand an individual’s worldview and may improve their ability to learn. Thus, we hope our application will improve the above situation mentioned.
Yangchen, L (3 April 2017). People in Singapore spend over 12 hours on gadgets daily: Survey. The Straits Times. Retrieved from https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/12hr-42min-connected-for-hours
We hope to improve an individual’s productivity during their free time through our app by reading random articles based on their interests.
- Generate Random articles using the Wikipedia API
- Filter Article categories for logged-in users
- Complete article read history for logged-in users
- Day/Night App Theme
Application UI (https://imgur.com/a/Bv2dlvm)
