If there’s one cell phone number you don’t want to get assigned to you these days, it’s George Zimmerman’s old number. Junior Alexander Guy bought his first cell phone at the age of 49 following his release from a 19-year prison sentence. Unfortunately for Guy, he was assigned George Zimmerman’s old cell phone number. Zimmerman, [...]
There’s nothing I hate more than stumbling upon a hilarious new YouTube video, only to find that the person filming it held their phone vertically. This completely ruins the viewing experience. Apparently, I’m not the only one who feels this way. Glove and Boots have released a new PSA to take on “Vertical Video Syndrome.” [...]
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Wow, is it just me, or is society sinking to new lows every day? Rich Dewberry, a heterosexual man from Denver, got the surprise of his life after dropping his cell phone off at a local Best Buy for repairs. It seems a Best Buy employee wrongly “outed” him as being gay on Facebook. Dewberry, [...]
In case you don’t know, Brian Dunning is the host of inFact, a web series that takes pride in debunking many common myths using science and facts. The latest myth Dunning takes on is the “fact” that it’s dangerous to use a cell phone while flying on a plane. We’ve always been told that our [...]
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The Samsung Galaxy Note smartphone / tablet hybrid features a much bigger screen than your average smartphone. Based on the idea that “bigger is better”, and inspired by recent videos like the frog and lizard playing with smartphones, the folks at Samsung took the Galaxy Note to Thailand and gave it to Peter the elephant. [...]
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More and more people these days just “can’t live” without their cell phone. Did you know that the average person check their phone 150 times per day? The infographic below illustrates the growth of mobile phone usage as well as how our obsession with our phones can lead to some unhealthy results. Is your cell [...]
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In today’s world of high-speed browsing, no one waits for answers any more. A desire for speedy information has made Americans impatient for just about everything. Is our high-speed society ruining us? Find out below. Created by: Online Graduate Programs Related articles The Digital Divide (INFOGRAPHIC)(blippitt.com) 15 Grammar Goofs That Make You Look Silly (INFOGRAPHIC)(blippitt.com) [...]
Imagine you’re sitting on the bus trying to call your spouse, or waiting for an important text from your babysitter – but suddenly there’s no signal. Did you just wander into a “dead zone”, or is someone jamming your cell phone signal? If you’re riding along a SEPTA bus route in Philadelphia, you’re likely a [...]
There’s some shocking news you need to be aware of today if you’re a cell phone user. An investigation has revealed that your Facebook smartphone app is accessing your personal text messages. Facebook admitted reading the text messages of smartphone users who had downloaded the social networking site’s app and said that it was accessing [...]
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Many would say that 2011 was the year of the protest. The Arab Spring saw citizens overthrow the longstanding regimes overseas, and the Occupy movement in the States drew attention to protests and unrest here at home. An interesting subset to these events has been how they have been displayed by a shift in mass [...]
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