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Keychain-Friendly Micro Charger Provides Emergency Power For Your Phone

Joe Student — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:43:00 +0000

Is there anything as panic-inducing as when your cell phone battery starts giving you warnings that it's about to, gulp, DIE? Enter the Fuel Micro Charger, a tiny cell phone power source that's like Viagra for your phone.

The Cellphone Turns 40 This Week

Wes Styles — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 15:05:45 +0000

Hard to believe the Cellphone turns 40 this week. Remember when there was a day we had to use a pay phone to make a call while out and about? Remember pagers? It’s not that long ago but it sure seems like it. This week in 1973 the first cellular call was made on a Motorola DynaTech in New [...]

Step Into Rattlesnake Nest? There's Not An App For That

Wes Styles — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:24:07 +0000

To say I HATE SNAKES is an understatement. So when I read this story you can imagine how my skin was crawling. I don’t even want to know what was going through this girl’s mind after stepping into a Rattlesnake nest while searching for signal on her cell phone. The 16 year old was in a [...]

Should Cellphones Be Banned In Schools? [POLL]

BJ Ragone — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 10:30:20 +0000

Everyone under the sun has a cellphone. Adults, children, even pets. Okay, maybe not pets. Are they too much of a distraction for schools? We are all guilty of checking our phones. While we won’t admit it, most of us have texted while driving, and been just plain rude with our various phones. With everything [...]

Would You Take Part In Sexting? [Poll]

BJ Ragone — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:08:28 +0000

The other night I was watching the show ‘What Would You Do’ on ABC. One of the topics they covered had to do with pressuring people into ‘sexting’. That got me thinking, who would take part in that? ‘What Would You Do?’ is a great show. They put regular people, is sometimes very awkward situations. [...]

Man Uses Device To Jam People's Cell Phones When They Use Them In Public [VIDEO]

Dalton Castle — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:15:10 +0000

This guy is my hero! A true patriarch of the common curtsy world. According to the Huffingtonpost.com a man in Philadelphia has taken matters into his own hands when it comes to rude people on their cell phones. I can relate to the amount of times I’ve been on a train, or in a restaurant, [...]

Law Enforces Stricter Penalty for Cellphone Users

amanda.medina — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 17:56:38 +0000

Using your cellphone while driving has always been frowned upon in New York. I’ll admit even I am guilty of this every now and then, but I do try to avoid chatting on my phone because it is a stupid ticket that I could avoid down the road (literally). Plus, if you’re aware of my [...]