Put down your smartphone or you iPad.

Americans are being asked to take a break from those digital gizmos today.

It's the fourth annual National Day of Unplugging.  

Gemini Adams, author of the upcoming "The Facebook Diet," says technological devices are using people more than the other way around.

He suggests using this National Day of Unplugging to spend time with friends and enjoy some live conversation.

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