response 63 of 79:

Mar 27 17:31 UTC 2014

Mobile devices have been starting to hit the business world more and
more in the past couple years.  Before that, using personal devices
for work may have been disallowed (e.g. keeping company files and
information on them, not cellphone usage which has been around for a
long time).  Now, it seems businesses are starting to acknowledge that
personal smartphones and tablets may have a place at work (maybe even
to reduce the cost of company-supplied devices).  So, that would be
why, for people who do not work at more liberal companies, it seems
more recent.  And by the way, no, I can't use my own devices for doing
work, even today.  That may change; however, for regulated industries,
the need to control company files would argue against it (absent any
security measures to ensure those files don't end up in the wrong hands
or change inappropriately when on personal devices).  So, this does not
surprise me.