Phones

Phones Are Boring New Yorker (blog) The Samsung Galaxy S 4 is the latest iteration of the most popular Android phone in the world—its previous incarnation, the Samsung Galaxy S III, has now sold over fifty million units—from, by at least one measure, one of the greatest makers of ... See all stories on this topic » New Yorker (blog)

More American drivers distracted by phones than Europeans Washington Post Europeans who used their mobile phones while driving ranged from 59 percent in Portugal to 21 percent in the U.K., according to a report yesterday from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sixty-nine percent of American drivers surveyed ... See all stories on this topic »

Parents Paying For Cell Phones, Streaming Music Service Of Adult Children ... Huffington Post "Two in five parents of young adult children (18-35) pay for cell phone service for them," said Sue Shellenbarger, the Wall Street Journal's work and family columnist. "Ten to 12 percent pay [for] streaming music and video." It's undoubtedly a help to ... See all stories on this topic »

State cracking down on smuggled phones in Beaumont prison Beaumont Enterprise Senior Warden Michael Roesler explains a cell phone blocking system, left, at the Stiles Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice system Wednesday, March 13, 2013, in Beaumont, Texas. The new technology is being installed at the prison to ... See all stories on this topic »

Samsung CEO: Nobody Wants Microsoft's Phones Or Tablets Business Insider In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, J.K. Shin said, "Smartphones and tablets based on Microsoft's Windows operating system aren't selling very well. There is a preference in the market for Android. In Europe, we're also seeing lackluster ... See all stories on this topic » Business Insider

Game of Phones has Samsung on Broadway euronews http://www.euronews.com/ Samsung's latest all-singing all-dancing smart phone has been unveiled - on Broadway, with a series skits to illustrate its features with actors and a full live orchestra - as the South Koreans challenged Apple on its home turf. See all stories on this topic »

Grand Forks To Deliver Emergency Notices To Phones Valley News Live The city says businesses, individuals with unlisted numbers, those who changed their number within the past year and those with cell phones as their main number should register online. People can register by going to www.GrandForksgov.com or www. See all stories on this topic »

Wardens will stifle cell phones in Texas prisons Houston Chronicle The McConnell Unit prison near Beeville in South Texas and the Stiles Unit outside Beaumont are the worst of Texas' more than 100 prisons for contraband phones. Prison officials are hoping a so-called managed access system that intercepts calls from ... See all stories on this topic »

GADGET INSPECTOR: Men think phone is first item people notice about them ... New York Daily News Men used to think it was their looks, their money or their height that people noticed first about them — but now they seem to think it's their phone. According to a new study, 61% of men said that their phone was the first thing people noticed about ... See all stories on this topic » New York Daily News

e-Cycle now buying consumers' phones, tablets, too Columbus Dispatch (blog) The company purchases more than 150 types of mobile phones and tablets, then issues a check or PayPal payment to consumers within 48 hours of receiving a device. e-Cycle also provides consumers with a prepaid mailing label to send in their devices. See all stories on this topic »