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Coolest Phone Ever? Watch How Phonebloks Works Like Lego (+Video)
Phonebloks is a revolutionary idea to solve the problem of disposable electronics or in this case phone. The problem is mainly that as soon as one part breaks we tend to toss the entire unit since...
View ArticleWill Harper and Moore Keep Their Promise to Lower Cell Phone Prices?
It’s no wonder that so many Canadians are speaking out about the state of our broken wireless market. We pay some of the highest prices in the industrialized world for often terrible cell phone...
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Deadly Cell Towers
This story was co-published with Frontline. In a two-week span last August, four workers died from falls on cell towers scattered across the country. Before the year ended, another worker had plummeted...
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Discarded Cell Phones to Help Fight Rainforest Poachers, Loggers in Real-Time
A technology that uses discarded mobile phones to create a real-time alert system against logging and poaching will soon be deployed in the endangered rainforests of Central Africa. Rainforest...
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Cell Phones Allowed in NYC Schools Soon–But Keep Them a Secret
The decades-long ban on cellphones is to be lifted in New York City schools in two months, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Wednesday. Though alleviating inequity between schools that have and those that...
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Chick-fil-A Offering Free Ice Cream for Families Who Turn Off Their Phones
Chick-fil-A is offering free ice cream to families who silence their phones and place them inside a box known as a “cell phone coop” for the entire meal. The so-called challenge is available at more...
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Texting While Walking in New Jersey May Get You Fined, and Jail Time
Pedestrians caught using their cell phones without hands-free devices while walking on public sidewalks could be fined up to $50 and even 15 days in jail for persistent offenders, according to a bill...
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AMC to Allow Texting in Movie Theaters
In a bid to stay ahead of the curve and widen marketing strategies, AMC Entertainment is considering allowing cell phone use in its theaters as a way to attract millennials. “There does seem to be a...
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No Texting in Movie Theaters, AMC Does Quick About-Face
That was quick. After swift public backlash following an announcement to allow phones on during movies—to attract millennials—AMC Entertainment has reversed its stance and will not allow texting in any...
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Cell Phones Increase Risk of Brain, Heart Tumors, but Not by Much
Cell phone radiation increases risk of brain cancer or heart tumors, but not dramatically, a study on rats shows. The research was conducted by the Health Department’s National Toxicology Program...
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