
President Obama on Sunday delivered a commencement address that included warning graduates of the “distraction” posed by technologies like Apple’s iPod and iPad devices. “You’re coming of age in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which don’t always rank that high on the truth meter,” he told students at Hampton University. “And with iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations — none of which I know how to work — information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment.