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Are Our Children Victims of Technology?

Marjoriet T. Matute | Posted 05.13.2013 | Impact
Marjoriet T. Matute

The act of socializing appears to have slowly diminished mostly due to social media outlets in the last five years. Compared to the '50s, when teens m...

My BB's Back and There's Gonna Be Trouble!

Don Tapscott | Posted 05.07.2013 | Technology
Don Tapscott

Blackberry? Are you kidding me? I converted to the iPhone ages ago. Except that I've been trying out Blackberry's newest phone, the Q10, for a week. And guess what? I love it. Like a phoenix from the ashes, Blackberry may actually be making a comeback.

Smartphones Finally Overtake 'Dumb' Phones Worldwide

AP | By PETER SVENSSON | Posted 04.29.2013 | Technology

NEW YORK (AP) — Research firm IDC said more smartphones than "dumb" phones are being made this year, a milestone in a shift that's putting computing...

This Battery Could Charge A Phone In ONE Second

The Huffington Post | Alexis Kleinman | Posted 04.19.2013 | Technology

Imagine charging your cell phone in 1 second. There's a tiny new battery that can do that. Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Cham...

Judge Holds Self In Contempt For Smartphone

AP | Posted 04.16.2013 | Technology

IONIA, Michigan (AP) — A U.S. judge whose smartphone disrupted a hearing in his own courtroom has held himself in contempt and paid $25 for the infr...

The Smartphone Physical: Checkup of the Future?

Stacy Lu | Posted 04.06.2013 | Technology
Stacy Lu

Imagine a comprehensive checkup using only smartphone-based devices. The data is immediately readable and fully uploadable to an electronic health record. The patient understands -- and even participates -- in the interaction far beyond faking a cough and gulping a deep breath. For real?

How To Email An Insanely Busy Person

Forbes.com | Chris Fralic | Posted 04.03.2013 | Small Business

This story originally appeared on Forbes.com. Email is broken. Do you know anyone who loves email? I don’t – it can be frustrating and it do...

Review: myFC Powertrekk Handheld Fuel Cell Charger For Gadgets

Chris Rauschnot | Posted 03.26.2013 | Technology
Chris Rauschnot

Want to unplug from the grid and go exploring, but don't want to leave the tech behind? Now it's possible with myFC's PowerTrekk, a water-powered fuel cell charger, that's actually portable.

Remember Cell Phones?

David Sable | Posted 05.18.2013 | Technology
David Sable

Phones got smaller; batteries got better -- phones got bigger again; batteries got worse -- we added more features, more functionality, more confusion.

Are You Guilty Of This?

David Krevitt | Posted 05.14.2013 | Healthy Living
David Krevitt

Being "always on" is then seen as a badge of honor, locking employees in competition to send emails at the oddest possible hour of the night. Who hasn't received an inconsequential email at 3 in the morning? What ever happened to sleep, and to the great unicorn of work-life balance?

Do What I Say, Not What I Do -- Children and Mobile Devices

Christopher Burgess | Posted 05.01.2013 | Parents
Christopher Burgess

Rare is the teen that doesn't have access to a mobile device, be it a smartphone or tablet. Even more rare is the teen that has had a "training" session on how they will use such a device provided by their parent or guardian.

Bring Glass to a Gunfight

Michael Ham | Posted 04.29.2013 | Technology
Michael Ham

Cellphone images and internet connections have already provided unique insight into outrages, but they still require a person to take the phone out and record. Google Glass, on the other hand, could be used as a black box for your life, with the capability to record as you go.

Seeing Sound and Touching Data: How New Senses Will Expand Your World

Ben Thomas | Posted 04.24.2013 | Science
Ben Thomas

When I think back to the landlines and card catalogues of the 1950s, I'm amazed that people managed to work and think so efficiently under those constraints. What, then, will our grandchildren think of our touch screens and wireless networks - and with what senses will they look back?

Showbiz Goes High Tech

Yvonna Russell | Posted 04.23.2013 | Technology
Yvonna Russell

A lot has changed from the days when we went on foot to agents' offices, checked our answering machines on a pay phone and picked up sides in person. Show business, the last of the handshake businesses, has gone high tech.

Minute Hacks: Working Smarter on Your Smart Phone

HackCollege | Posted 04.17.2013 | College
HackCollege

What does it mean to work smarter? It means to let the techie design guys do your bidding for you. It means taking advantage of time-saving apps that you might not even know exist. It means never listening to voice mail again. Ever.

Love Notes From a Smartphone: Is Technology Ruining Romantic Movies?

Shiwani Srivastava | Posted 04.13.2013 | Arts
Shiwani Srivastava

This is the year that technology will kill romance. I don't like the thought any more than you do, but it must be true because I read it in The New York Times -- and The Atlantic.

Nerding Out in Nature: One Smart Phone. Two Kids. Tons of Fun.

Common Sense Media | Posted 04.08.2013 | Parents
Common Sense Media

My son wants every second he can squeeze out of my iPhone, and we're constantly wrestling with the when and how of device time. So, when I found a way for us to blend outdoor time and exercise with the allure of the iPhone, I knew I'd struck gold.

Catherine New

Babysitting Matchmaker Raised $6 Million While Pregnant

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 02.26.2013 | Technology

When the babysitter calls out sick, even the best dinner reservation in town quickly becomes worthless. For entrepreneur Lynn Perkins, that was not ju...

The Most Ridiculous Law Of 2013 (So Far)

The Atlantic | Posted 01.30.2013 | Technology

When did we decide that we wanted a law that could make unlocking your smartphone a criminal offense? The answer is that we never really decided....

A Home Remedy For A Water-Damaged Smartphone, From Katie Linendoll (WATCH)

Posted 01.28.2013 | MarloThomas

If you've doused your smartphone in water or some other liquid, you may not be completely out of luck. Tech expert Katie Linendoll suggested a number ...

This Will Be the Last Article You Read

Nir Eyal | Posted 03.25.2013 | Technology
Nir Eyal

Online content is habit-forming because it follows what I call the "hook framework," a four-step user flow composed of a trigger, action, reward, and investment. To end my own bad habit of spending too much time wandering the Web, I had to break the hook.

Jason Gilbert

The 17 Most Insane Gadgets We Saw At 2013's Hugest Tech Show

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Gilbert | Posted 01.11.2013 | Technology

LAS VEGAS -- The Consumer Electronics Show (or CES, to you) for 2013 has come and gone; and despite increased Internet belly-aching that the goliath t...

Jason Gilbert

How Much Storage Do You Really Need On Your iPhone?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Gilbert | Posted 01.04.2013 | Technology

Do you really need a 64GB iPhone? My friends, that is the $100-$200 question that you may find yourself asking one day soon, standing at the count...

'iBought a New Phone'

Jerry Zezima | Posted 02.25.2013 | Comedy
Jerry Zezima

At the urging of my wife, Sue, who got into the 21st century when it actually started, I exchanged my dumbphone for a smartphone. And it cost me only 99 cents.

Be Careful When Discarding Old Smartphones and Electronics

Michael Gregg | Posted 02.25.2013 | Technology
Michael Gregg

It doesn't take a computer genius to be able to restore deleted information from a hard drive or other electronic device anymore.