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Things You Can Do Now To Help You Locate Your Lost Phone Later

Nancy Mace — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 19:34:09 +0000

A friend of mine told me that his cell phone had been stolen over the weekend. He had left it in his car and someone "helped themselves" to the content of his car. That made me wonder what would I do if I lost my phone or my tablet? All my contact information, photos, videos, etc. are on my tablet! I am forever looking for my phone in my purse or in my car. I found this information very helpful.

Hold On To Your Cell Phone! More Than 8,000 Mobile Devices Are Left At Airports Each Year!

Jeri Anderson — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:05:58 +0000

I love my cell phone. Not as much as I love my family, but I will turn around and go back home to pick it up when I forget it. I check it several times a day, just to make sure that I am not missing anything important. I guess my ‘phone love’ makes me [...]

Do You Use Your Cell Phone in the Bathroom? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:15:51 +0000

What makes cell phones so great — and so terrible — is that you can take them just about anywhere — even the bathroom. According to a survey of 1,000 adults by marketing agency 11mark, 75 percent of Americans have admitted to having combined a mobile phone conversation with their restroom business. In fact, about 25 [...]

Radiation From Solar Flare Bombarding Earth Today

Clay Miller — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:23:08 +0000

If you experience issues today with your cell phone or blackberry or any other means of electronic communication, it may not be your provider. The solar flare which is the biggest in six years started Sunday night around 10pm(CST) and is bombarding the earth with radiation. The first waves with the earth within an hour [...]

Is It OK to Use a Cell Phone in a Restaurant? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:18:11 +0000

While most of us have grimaced when a friend or a diner at a nearby table has taken a cell phone call at a restaurant, most of us have also been guilty of exactly the same behavior. That duality is reflected in a survey from Poll Postion, which asked 1,057 adults whether they thought talking on cell [...]

Sorry Drivers, Hands-Free Devices Aren't Safer Options to Cell Phones

Danny Gallagher — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:32:35 +0000

In response to the National Transportation Safety Board-proposed ban on cellphones while driving, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers tried to defend hands-free devices. They’re “designed to be used in a way that helps drivers keep their eyes on the road,” they said, but now it looks like this defense doesn’t hold water. Jim Hedlund, a [...]

US Government Agency Begs to End Cell Phone Use While Driving — Health Check

Shauna Wright — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:23:23 +0000

Studies about the dangers of using a cell device while driving have produced mixed results — some say talking or texting behind the wheel can increase the odds of a crash exponentially, while others say the perils are few.

Regardless, the National Transportation Safety Board is so convinced of the dangers of “distracted driving” that it’s now called for a nationwide ban on non-emergency cell phone use while driving. Even hands-free devices are not excluded.

Could the Dangers of Driving and Using a Cell Phone Be a Bunch of Baloney? — Health Check

Shauna Wright — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:03:27 +0000

In recent years, study after study has raised the alarm about the dangers of talking on the phone while driving, with some saying you could be four times as likely to have a crash if you’re using a phone behind the wheel.

But new research indicates it may have been much ado about nothing.

Cell Phones Eliminate the Three-Day Rule in Dating — Survey of the Day

Shauna Wright — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:01:53 +0000

If a new survey from dating site Match.com is to be believed, the rules of dating have changed — largely because of cell phones, email and texting. The so-called LoveGeist survey, given to singles in the UK, found the traditional “three-day rule” for contact after a first date no longer applies. The new standard? A [...]

Can a T-Shirt Charge Your Cell Phone Battery? [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:31:39 +0000

Being out and about and having your cell phone battery die has to be one of the most irritating first-world problems in existence.

What if you could avoid it simply by wearing the right shirt? That’s what UK mobile phone company Orange is striving for.