Tired of paying $100 each month for cell phone service? Have an old iPod touch laying around that isn't getting much use? Wish you could have an iPhone but can't afford the data plan? Wireless startup FreedomPop thinks it has a solution to all of those problems. As detailed in an article on ... Read more...
A potential ban on Google Glass while on the road -- before the product has been released -- may have seemed premature, but legislation may already be stopped in its tracks. A "Stop the Cyborgs" sticker on offerCNET's Chris Matyszczyk wrote an article documenting the trend of preventing "cyber sp... Read more...
Companies like Google are developing head-up displays for the consumer market (Credit Sellingpix | Dreamstime.com)Mobile World Congress 2012 wrapped up today in Barcelona, Spain and from the looks of it, the latest crop of mobile devices failed to impress with their homogeneous displays, process... Read more...
In case big email providers like Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo hadn't already been scared stiff by recent online communication trends, this news should wake them up. A huge French company has just banned the use of email within the company. Instead, having concluded that the vast majority of email i... Read more...
According to the Pew Internet project, people in the 18-24 year-old range are sending and receiving 110 texts per day on average. The median number of texts sent/received by that group is 50 per day. The overall average for texting per day amongst cell phone users is 42, says Pew. That number... Read more...
A woman Austin movie theater was warned twice to stop texting during a screening. When she refused to comply, the staff of the Alamo Drafthouse kicked her out. She was pissed, and left an angry voice mail on the theater's phone line. So as Yahoo's The Lookout reports, the Alamo Drafthous... Read more...
Could wiki technology find Osama bin Laden? Imagine if any Pakistani could send an anonymous text message to the authorities suggesting where to look. Each location could be plotted on a map. The dots would be scattered widely, perhaps, with promising leads indistinguishable from rubbish. Bu... Read more...
Via: UD IAmNotADictionary Word Of The Day: Smartphone Shuffle - The act of walking slowly or "shuffling" because you're too preoccupied with tasks being done on your smartphone such as browsing the internet, texting, etc. The Smartphone Shuffle can sometimes be dangerous for oneself, such as c... Read more...