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Cell Phone Use and Rudeness

Lori Crofford — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:40:26 +0000

I had an incident yesterday that made me just think that some people do not have any kind of respect for other people. I had to stop by and ATM after work yesterday and I thought I would just stop by the bank on my way home. So I pulled into the bank, and up [...]

GameStop Wants To Get Its Paws On Your Android Gadgets

Phil Villarreal — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:28:21 +0000

GameStop is starting to approach Bill Belichick levels of strange-sounding but ultimately savvy trades. The former game and games-systems swapper started spreading out its range when it began to accept iPod/iPad/iPhone trade-ins. Then it got just plain silly when it starting swapping Skylanders toys. Now the company has started taking certain Android phones and tablets [...]

Research Finds Young People Can't Live Without a Smartphone

Shauna Wright — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:15:40 +0000

A new Nielsen poll finds smartphones are becoming less of a luxury and more of a so-called necessity — at least for younger people. Nielsen gathered data to learn more about the age, income and demographics of the typical US smartphone user. Specifically, the firm wanted to know if lower prices are making the devices [...]

There Will Soon Be More Cell Phones Than People in the World

Shauna Wright — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:54:34 +0000

Cisco’s annual Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast makes some interesting (some may say frightening) predictions, including the fact that the number of mobile-connected devices will exceed the world’s population sometime this year. The study, which looked at worldwide mobile networks, also found mobile data traffic went up 133 percent in 2011 and will likely grow [...]

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

Shauna Wright — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:40:53 +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 [...]

Florida Woman Hit with Staggering $200,000 Cell Phone Bill

Shauna Wright — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 12:00:12 +0000

If you think your cell phone bill is high, you haven’t met Celina Aarons.

The Florida woman added a cell phone to her account for her mute and hearing-impaired brother, who didn’t know to turn off his data roaming when he was recently in Canada. Since his only form of communication with the phone is via text messages, those international data rates added up quickly — to the tune of over $200,000 in one month.

Sprint to Offer the iPhone in October

Lori Crofford — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:00:24 +0000

I have never been the most up to date in technology in my circle. In fact, I’m completely out of the most up to date technology group. However, I may be one of the ones who is hip and cool come October. When I was at my remote at Amarillo National Bank yesterday, I was [...]

'Smart Cart' Syncs with Phone Apps to Help You Shop

Shauna Wright — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:00:54 +0000

There’s little more frustrating than making a trek to the grocery store, only to get home and realize you forgot something important.

Mobile service provider SK Telecom hopes to change all that with a tablet PC-equipped Smart Cart that will sync items from a grocery-list smartphone app and show you exactly what you need to get. The WiFi-connected tablet even uses GPS to display product info and discounts while you shop, and makes recommendations based on past purchases.

Cell Phone Cases that are Good Enough To Eat

Lori Crofford — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:56:59 +0000

I am a huge fan of jelly beans. I could eat jelly beans all day everyday. That is why I think it is super cool that Jelly Belly is introducing a new line of cell phone cases that smell like your favorite Jelly Belly jelly bean. ESI Cases and Accessories debuted the wireless cases at [...]

If You Have an iPhone and Need a Friend, There's an App for That

Lori Crofford — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:39:53 +0000

I'll be honest with you I haven't ventured into the world of the Android or iPhone. I'm still using a Blackberry 8330 and it's pretty sad. It doesn't have any bells or whistles really. I can get my email, I can text, I can surf the net on a tiny little screen. OK so I'm jealous.

Cell Phones May Cause Cancer, Says New Study

Billy Goforth — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 13:00:42 +0000

According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer the radiation in cell phones may cause cancer.

The group came to this conclusion after analyzing 30 previous studies which had explored the link between cell phones and cancer.

As a result of this finding, cell phones have now been given a "2 B" cl