Tag: cellphones

Checking Maps While Driving Not Part of Cellphone Ban, Rules California Court
A California appeals court has ruled that consulting Google Maps on your cellphone is not the same thing as talking or texting on said phone, and therefore does not fall under the...
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Framily Plan- A Sprint Plan Frame-Up?
Calling all family, friends, enemies, frienemies-- CNet...
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Restaurant Offers Insane Discount If People Just Turn Off Their Damn Phones
One restaurant owner in Abu Ghosh, just outside of Jerusalem, is taking a stand against distracted eating. In "wow that's great, but aren't you running a business?" news, the owner...
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FCC May Greenlight Mid-Flight Cell Calls
Could you soon be permitted to call your loved ones while flying the friendly skies? According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, the Federal Communications Commission is...
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Bullet Hits Smartphone, Saves Gas Station Clerk’s Life
A Winter Garden, Florida gas station clerk was shot in the abdomen on Monday morning, and today he is alive after only sustaining minor injuries. He can almost certainly give all t...
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Cellphones May Not Cause Car Crashes, Show Study
It's now a given that talking on the phone while driving is dangerous. Public service announcements, ads from mobile providers, and laws in many states attest to that. However, a...
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Police Performing Warrantless Cellphone Searches After Car Crashes? Yep, There’s a Bill for That
Hey guys, meet my new favorite terrible state bill. Narrowly beating out the Internet Posting Removal Act,...
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Wireless Carriers Back Worthless Cellphone Unlocking Bill
Should you be able to unlock your cellphone? Wireless carriers used to not think so, but now the industry's lobbying group seems to be fine with it as long as the bill is worthless...
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House To Hold Hearing On Worthless Cellphone Unlocking Bill Next Week
Pretty much everybody in Washington agrees with the common man - you shoul...
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Theatergoing Hero Threw Woman’s Cellphone When She Refused to Shut Up, Stop Googling
Kevin Williamson is a theater critic and a writer for the National Review. This does not make him a hero. What does make him a hero is that he took action on an impulse that plenty...
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Mapping While Driving Ruled Illegal in California
Thanks to a recent court ruling by a California appellate court, it doesn't matter that you were only checking your smartphone to update Google Maps. That's because the law, as it...
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White House: “It’s Time to Legalize Cell Phone Unlocking”
Less than two weeks after a petition on the We The People site...
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FCC Will ‘Look at’ the Illegal Phone Unlocking Issue
After gaining a lot of traction on the internet, the current illegality of unlocking cellphones will receive a federal investigation. Back in January, the Library of Congress d...
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Petition to Make Unlocking Phones Legal Again Crosses Signature Threshold
A petition to make unlocking cellphones legal again has crossed the signature thre...
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Game Consoles, Phones Make Up The Past 30 Years Of Popular Tech
What's popular in consumer technology? If you look at most wanted lists...
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