Cell Phone

Why We Should Bring Back The Phone Call

BuzzFeed | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Phone Calls, Telephone, Internet, Communicating on the Internet, Talking on the Phone, Cell Phone, Technology, Women News

Recently, I got into a conversation with some other women here at BuzzFeed about talking on the phone. The consensus: no one does it, unless they're c...

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Virgin Atlantic's Controversial New Offering

SmarterTravel | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Virgin Atlantic, Airbus a330, Cell Phone, Airlines, Travel Blogs, Airbus, Travel News

According to a press release from the airline, fliers on A330 Airbus planes operated by Virgin will be able to use cell phones in the air, to text or talk.

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New Technology Allows Deaf-Blind People To Send Texts

Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Sms, Czech Lorm Society, Mobile Lorm Glove, Remote, Science, Text, Text Message, Blind, Video, Cell Phone, Lorm, Deaf-Blindness, Message, Technology, University of Arts Berlin, Deaf, Touch, Science News

By: InnovationNewsDaily Staff Published: 04/07/2012 09:45 AM EDT on InnovationNewsDaily So far the products produced using remote-touch technolo...

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Shrimp Don't Make Flamingos Pink, And Other Phone Scams

Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Mobile Phone, Cramming, Text Messages, Data Cramming, Fcc, Cell Phone, Charles Schumer, Money News

Have you ever received a cryptic text message from an undisclosed number? It's possible you were being targeted by a phone-cramming scammer. On Mo...

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More Smartphones, More Money

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Smartphone, Iphone, Nokia, Verizon, Motorola, Cell Phone, Android, AT&T, Landlines, Service Plan, Sprint, Mobile Phone, Poll, Data Plan, Money News

Just last year my 70+ year old mother asked me to help her program the VCR. Then in February she bought an iPhone. I knew change was afoot. Like thos...

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Left Ear Or Right, What Cellphone Habit Says About Your Brain

The Huffington Post | David Freeman | Posted 02.25.2012

Read More: Cell Phones Brain Tumor, Video, Neuroscience, Brain Halves, Cell Phone, Left Brain, Left Brain Right Brain, Brain Science, Right Brain, Cell Phones Cancer, Brain Hemisphere, Science News

When it comes to using your cellphone, are you a righty or a lefty? A provocative new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit suggests that the ...

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Can D.C. Cops Foil Smartphone Robbers?

Georgiana Bloom | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Thefts, Police, Police Chiefs, Cathy L. Lanier, Vincent Gray, Mayors, Cell Phone, Smartphone, Iphone, Android, Mpd, Technology, D.C., Cities, Imei, Dcmpd, DC News

Your chances of actually losing your life in the nation's capital have gone down. Murders are at an all-time low, according to D.C. crime statistics. But cellphone robberies are on the rise.

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Where Gadgets Go To Die: E-Waste Recycler Opens New Plant In Las Vegas

HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Recycling, Cell Phone, Corporate Responsibility, E-Waste, Computers, Ces 2012, Cybersecurity, Toxic Waste, Security, Electronics, Technology News

LAS VEGAS -- Inside the mad hum of the convention center, an overwhelming array of gadgetry confronts attendees at the Consumer Electronics Show, a sh...

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Lost Cell Phone Causes Airplane U-Turn

Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Air France, Airplanes, Airport Security, Houston, Cell Phone, Air Travel, Airlines, Paris, Travel News

The discovery of a mysterious cell phone on an Air France flight Tuesday prompted pilots to turn their plane around. The Boeing 777, en route from ...

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Verizon 'Emergency' Text Alert Causes Panic In New Jersey

AP | DAVID PORTER | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Alert, Verizon, Homeland Security, Panic, Wireless, Emergency, Text, New Jersey, Cell Phone, Technology News

NEWARK, N.J. — Not quite the "War Of The Worlds" broadcast of a Martian invasion in New Jersey, a Verizon "emergency" alert Monday that the comp...

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How Haute Couture Can Explain mHealth

Tom Murphy | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Olpc, Mhealth, Global Health, Sms, Tech, Ict, Fashion, Health, Phone, Mobile Phone, One Laptop Per Child, Technology, ict4d, Cell Phone, Impact News

As the mHealth hype grows the focus upon what ideas will lead to actual solutions cannot be lost. Ambition will lead to innovations, but poorly constructed ideas will lead to miserable failures.

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Tea and the Art of Distraction -- 4 Simple Steps

Jesse Jacobs | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Add, Mental Health, Daydreaming, Focus, Ritual, Distraction, Samovar, Adha, Tea, Gtd, Cell Phone, Productivity, Healthy Living Spirit, San Francisco News

Whether it's tea or anything else you can find to wake up, I believe that we need all the weapons available to fight distraction. Distraction keeps us from living fully and making a real difference in the world.

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Thou Shalt Not Use The Computer One Day A Week

Rabbi Michael M. Cohen | Posted 11.24.2011

Read More: Religion, Shabbat, Sabbath, Blackberry, Work-Life Balance, Computers, Cell Phone, Judaism, Moses, Religion News

While the 39 categories tell us what not to do on Shabbat, they also inform us what we should do the other six days of the week. And what is that? Build a dwelling place for God in the world.

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Minor Hates

Valerie Frankel | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Stress, Slidepollajax, Cell Phone Etiquette, It's Hard Not to Hate You, Cell Phone Anger, Pet Peeves, Cellphone Anger, Cell Phone, Restaurant Pet Peeves, Comedy News

Minor hates have a major impact on mental health. The smallest annoyance can make your blood pressure rise. Here's a list of eight petty grievances of modern life. Rate your hate.

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Air Passenger Arrested For Not Turning Off Phone

AP | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Global Pulse, Southwest Airlines, Turn Off Phone, Cell Phone, Airplane, Travel News

PHOENIX -- El Paso, Texas, police arrested a Southwest Airlines passenger on a flight from Phoenix after he refused to turn off his cell phone. South...

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Media Literacy 101: Corporations Tell You What You Want to Hear

Alex Nogales | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Iphone, AT&T, Job Loss, Higher Prices, Latino, Merger, 4g, T-Mobile, Cell Phone, Latino Voices News

A couple of weeks ago, Roll Call published my article explaining how AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile would harm consumers and workers, particularly Lat...

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Cellphone Reception Blocked To Hinder Protest

AP | By TERRY COLLINS | Posted 10.13.2011

Read More: San Francisco Transit, San Francisco Train Protest, Bay Area Rapid Transit, Cell Phone, Bart Protest, San Francisco Cellphone Protest, San Francisco Blocked Cellphones, Video, Technology News

SAN FRANCISCO -- A decision by San Francisco Bay Area transit officials to cut off cell phone service at some of its stations to thwart a planned prot...

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Tug Pilot Pleads Guilty In Duck Boat Crash That Killed Two

AP | By KATHY MATHESON | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Laptop, Ride the Ducks, Distracted Driving, Guilty Plea, Cell Phone, Manslaughter, Tug Boat, Coast Guard, Philadelphia, Matt Devlin, Duck Boat, Crime News

PHILADELPHIA -- A tug operator consumed by a family emergency pleaded guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter for a fatal crash with a duck boat fil...

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Is This The End Of Unlimited Data Plans?

AP | By RACHEL METZ | Posted 09.05.2011

Read More: Iphone, T-Mobile, Unlimited Data Plans, Verizon, Cell Phone, Android, AT&T, Wireless, Smartphones, Smart Phone, Droid, Unlimited Plans, Technology News

SAN FRANCISCO -- When Verizon Wireless kills off its unlimited data plan for new smartphone customers on Thursday, it will mark another blow for endle...

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Cellphone Provides New Bin Laden-Pakistani Leads

AP | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Osama Bin Laden Pakistan, Cell Phone, Phone, Pakistan, Cellphone, Bin Laden, Harakat, Osama Bin Laden, Osama, World News

WASHINGTON — A cellphone of Osama bin Laden's trusted courier recovered in the U.S. raid last month that killed both men in Pakistan contained c...

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Beyond Cell Phones: 13 Known And Possible Carcinogens

Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Cell Phone Cause Cancer, Poll, Cell Phone Cancer, Carcinogens, Cellphone Cancer, Healthy Living Healthy News, World Health Organization Cell Phone, Cell Phone, Cell Phone Carcinogen, Slidepollajax, Cancer, Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer, Cell Phones Cancer, Cell Phone and Cancer, Healthy Living News

The World Health Organization made headlines Tuesday when they announced that cell phones could possibly cause cancer. Since then, there's been a lot ...

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Cell Phone Radiation May Cause Cancer, Says World Health Organization

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 07.20.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Mobile Device Radiation, Cell Phone Radiation, Cell Phone Health, Video, Cell Phone, Mobile Phone Radiation, Cell Phone Cancer, New Research, Cellphone Radiation, Cellphone Cancer, Radiation, Healthy Living News

A group of experts from the World Health Organization has classified the radiation emitted from cell phones as a possible cancer-causing agent, conclu...

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Cops: Metra Rider Punched Conductor For Shushing His Cell Phone Call

Posted 06.10.2011

Read More: Punch Conductor, Punch Train Conductor, Cell Phone Punch, Illinois, Kenneth Pollard, Metra, Chicago Metra, Cell Phone, Chicago, Chicago News

Kenneth C. Pollard did something a lot of commuters do: carried on a loud conversation on his cell phone on a train. This one, though, on the Chicago-...

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Why One Man Is Walking From Canada To Mexico

Toan Lam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ipod, Inspire, Apple, Inspiration, Toanlam, Toan Lam, Lovewallah, Shift, Goinspirego, Go Inspire Go, Technology, Awakening, Jordan Bower, Connect, Cell Phone, Impact News

Jordan is a business graduate-turned-vagabond who hopes his wanderlust inspires you to change by putting down your gizmos, gear and gadgets to engage with one another.

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Is Your Cell Phone's Radiation Level Safe?

aolnews.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cell Phone Radiation Safe, Cell Phone Radiation, Cell Phone, Mobile Phone Radiation, Radiation, Cell Phone Radiation Levels, Technology News

More than 200 million people in the U.S. talk on cell phones a total of at least 12 hours a month -- some double or triple that amount. Almost ever...

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