Smartphones

Do You Love Your Smartphone?

Mindy Utay | Posted 05.31.2012

Mindy Utay

Mark Zuckerberg has buckled to tradition and joined the ranks of the married -- and he let the world know the change in his "relationship status" by announcing it on Facebook.

How To Stop Your Smartphone From Getting Between You And Your Child

Betsy Brown Braun | Posted 05.25.2012

Betsy Brown Braun

When your child sees that you are choosing to be with him and not the phone, the computer, the laundry, or the baby, that strengthens your connection.

How To Take Great Pics With Smartphones

Posted 05.18.2012

In "SnApp Shots: How To Take Great Pictures With Smartphones And Apps," Adam Bronkorst lets us discover our inner artist. Billed as "how-to photograph...

Cell Phones, Teenagers and Anxious Attachment

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 05.16.2012

Barbara Greenberg

We are raising a cohort of teens whose cell phones have replaced their favorite blankets or stuffed animals.

Is Tech Addiction Killing Your Small Business?

Melody Stevens | Posted 05.14.2012

Melody Stevens

We have crossed the line. Internet and technology use has ceased being about helpful tools to grow and sustain a business. Instead, in many cases it has become an obsession, a compulsion and an addiction.

More U.S. Customers Reportedly Hanging Up On Phone Contracts

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 05.10.2012

NEW ORLEANS — U.S. consumers have had their fill of expensive, contract-based phone plans. Figures from T-Mobile USA on Thursday, added to earl...

Are You Too Busy Capturing Life to Enjoy It?

Daniel Gulati | Posted 04.30.2012

Daniel Gulati

In today's world, it's easy to think of your daily personal and professional experiences as notches in a belt, with the aim of creating a sense of appreciation at some future point. But why not let that time be now?

Making People Cry Isn't a Good Nonprofit Mobile Strategy

Joe Waters | Posted 04.26.2012

Joe Waters

Think about the implications for nonprofit marketing. You've worked hard to create a strong emotional message with your nonprofit videos but on smartphones it will fall on blind eyes. So, if you can't make people cry on their smartphones, what should your goals be?

Here's One Device Smartphones Haven't Killed

Reuters | Posted 04.26.2012

By Jeremy Wagstaff, Asia chief technology correspondent SINGAPORE (Reuters) - While most attention in the gadget world is on the breakn...

Rewiring Humanity: How Our Minds Have Been Reinvented by the Internet

Russell C. Smith | Posted 04.24.2012

Russell C. Smith

Technology is advancing at such a rapid rate that it will eventually surpass the human mind's ability to keep up with the myriad accelerations one now adjusts to, often on a weekly basis.

How Mobile Photography Is Changing Our Culture

2012-04-23-cahomedesign.jpg | Posted 04.24.2012

This article comes to us courtesy of California Home + Design. Smartphones have infiltrated almost every aspect of our lives, so it’s no surprise...

Two Places at Once: Divide's Merging Personal and Work Devices

Bryce Longton | Posted 04.20.2012

Bryce Longton

This is the life at Divide, where multiple-personas are a reality of having such a global team.

Turning off Your Smartphone: More Stress Or Less?

Leslie Perlow | Posted 04.18.2012

Leslie Perlow

When it comes to creating stress, smartphones are near the top of the list. Although these ubiquitous devices put the world at our fingertips, and seemingly free us from the shackles of the office, they also invade our lives and psyches.

Smartphone Addiction: Why I'm Putting the Phone Down

Susan Conley | Posted 04.07.2012

Susan Conley

The sneaky thing that my Smartphones does is make me feel like every hour of every day is the absolutely most perfect time in the world to get my email. Except it's not.

How Wealthier People User Smartphones

Reuters | Natasha Baker | Posted 06.02.2012

By Natasha Baker TORONTO (Reuters) - Wealthier smartphone users are less likely to play games or tweet and will opt for news, travel or...

Please Have a Seat, Your Smartphone Will Be Right With You

Karthika Muthukumaraswamy | Posted 05.31.2012

Karthika Muthukumaraswamy

Doctors are nowhere close to being wiped out of hospitals by their robotic counterparts, but they could certainly use help in some areas, and swarms of little bots are more than eager to do their bidding.

Smartphones About To Surpass Dumbphones

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 03.30.2012

As of February 2012, nearly half (or about 49.7 percent) of U.S. mobile subscribers now own a smartphone, according to a new Nielsen report. That'...

Dell Kills Off Two More Gadgets

The Huffington Post | Jason Gilbert | Posted 03.29.2012

Here's another Dell device you're not getting, dude: a smartphone. A few months after discontinuing its Streak tablet series, Dell announced that i...

Will Texting Make the Phone Obsolete?

Larry Magid | Posted 05.20.2012

Larry Magid

I'm not talking about smartphones -- they're really not phones, but pocket-sized personal computers with an optional voice function -- but I do wonder whether the idea of using any type of device to actually talk is likely to fade away or at least diminish?

iPhone Wins Award -- For Seventh Time

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 03.20.2012

This much is clear: U.S. customers love their iPhones. A study released Thursday from J.D. Power and Associates ranks Apple's iPhone highest in U.S...

Is The iPhone Just Too Small?

The Huffington Post | Jason Gilbert | Posted 03.15.2012

The trees in Michigan may be just the right height, but is the most popular phone in America too dang small? That is the implication of a new study...

These 16 HTC Phones Will Taste Ice Cream Sandwich

The Huffington Post | Jason Gilbert | Posted 03.15.2012

HTC'S ICS plans just got a bit clearer. In a post to the company's official blog, HTC identified 16 smartphones and tablets -- up from a previous 1...

Sony Announces 'Magical' New Smartphone

The Huffington Post | Jason Gilbert | Posted 03.13.2012

We're getting closer and closer to eliminating fingerprint smudges from our smartphone screens. Sony has announced a new smartphone, the Xperia sol...

PHOTOS: QR Codes In The Most Absurd Places

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 03.06.2012

The Quick Response Code -- more commonly known as the QR Code -- is to put it simply, the Superman of bar codes. With just a quick scan of your sm...

iPad Usage Jumps 25 Percent For Small-Business Owners

The Huffington Post | Alicia Ciccone | Posted 03.05.2012

Thirty-four percent of owners of small and medium-sized businesses say the iPad is a crucial part of their business operations, according to a new nat...