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Juicer Cable Leeches Power From Other Phones To Power Yours
Sometimes your phone’s battery dies when you need it the most, and the best smartphone in the world can’t function without any power. (And is it just me, or does this always seem to happen when there’s no power outlet nearby?) So what do you do when this happens?... Read more
Flip Phones Are Popular Again…In Japan!
When I started high school, my dad had a flip phone, and I thought it was the greatest thing ever. It had a black and white screen, an actual “ring’ tone, and an antenna you had to pull out in order to get the maximum phone signal. It was... Read more
Google Creating Wearable To Fight Body Odor
Google is known for a lot of good products around the world today, such as (but not limited to) their search engine (obviously), Gmail, Android, and last but not least, Google+ – their take on the whole social media thing. One thing they’re not known for though is ridding... Read more
Californian Town Adds Facebook Warning To Road Signs
You know too many people are addicted to Facebook when even road signs have to warn people to pay more attention to what they’re doing. I’m sure we’ve all noticed people walking down the street paying far more attention to what’s happening on their Facebook Newsfeed than what’s happening... Read more
Global Drop in Smartphone Theft Thanks to iPhone Activation Lock
Smartphone theft is a big issue; but there is relatively new fight against the war and it looks like the stats show it is winning, for the moment anyway. With pressure from the communications industry and government regulators alike, the decision to implement a ‘kill switch’ in Apple’s flagship mobile... Read more
Microsoft Creates A Theater Mode For Smartphones
For as great as smartphones are, sometimes they’re really inconvenient. Case(s) in point: you’re in the middle of a very important job interview and your phone starts loudly ringing in your pocket because you forgot to put it on silent. Or, you’re at the movie theater and someone calls... Read more
JetBlue Airways Launches Apple Pay on Flights
With the ability to pay for your goods and services in so many different ways these days, it was only a matter of time before the tech giants figured out they are going to make lots of revenue from NFC mobile payments. Both Google and Apple have entered the field... Read more
Need To Recover Lost iOS Data? Try iFoneBox
Have you ever been in the unfortunate circumstance where you wreck your iPhone? Well, let me tell you, it’s not pretty; smashed screen, unable to turn on your device properly, and maybe worst of all, you haven’t made a backup in a while or you have but you can’t... Read more
Apple Working On Bug Fixes, Stability With iOS 9
Apple is apparently scaling back from two large updates to the iOS platform this year, content with bug fixes, stability issues and an overall performance buff for users of the forthcoming iOS 9. Two years ago, Apple launched iOS 7 with the fully redesigned look, followed in 2014 by... Read more
Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition Smartphone Coming Soon
Smartphones are a mixed bag. They all have their differences, but behind the operating system they are all pretty much the same. They have a display, a data connection,  a web browser and a camera or two. What is different is the operating system that the phone runs on.... Read more
How To Get The Most From Your Smartphone Battery
Most of us use our smartphones so much that they will use up all of their juice by the end of the day. Likely you will plug your smartphone in at night and then forget about it and fall asleep, knowing that you will wake up to a fully... Read more
Schools Are Now Banning All Watches From The Classroom
Things seemed so much easier when I was in school. I graduated at the time when some students were just starting to have cell phones (not smartphones) on a regular basis. Texting wasn’t all that popular, there was no Facebook, people weren’t Snapchatting each other – and it seemed... Read more
Prynt Case Prints Your Smartphone Pictures Instantly
When I was a kid, my family really only had one camera that I can remember, and it was a Polaroid. I thought it was awesome and always volunteered to take any photo I could with it just to watch the photo almost instantly develop before my eyes. You... Read more
Pay For Your McDonald’s Food With A Selfie
McDonalds is making the news post Super Bowl with the announcement that they’re going to be giving away some free food for those who “Pay with Lovin'”. Just what exactly is “lovin'”? Well, according to McDonald’s, it can range from high-fives to hugs to selfies and beyond. We should’ve... Read more
Samsung Press Invites For MWC 2015, Galaxy S6 Incoming
Samsung has sent out press invites for Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on March 1st. Even though Samsung had a quiet CES 2015 in January, it is reportedly preparing to launch the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy Edge S at MWC to make up for it. Samsung faced a... Read more
Microsoft Working On Snapdragon 810 Lumia Device
Microsoft’s new mantra for Lumia devices is shoot for the low-end and hope something sticks, but in-between the launches of cheaper and cheaper Windows Phone we might finally get a flagship. That’s according to Microsoft’s Juha Kokkonen in a press release, claiming Microsoft will use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 chip in... Read more
Incredible Things You Can Do With Your Smartphone
As smartphones get increasingly smarter, it makes sense that we should be able to control more things from just one place. So here are some cool products that you can pair with your smartphone, which will hopefully make your life a bit easier. ICEdot's Crash Sensor Image 1 of... Read more
Teen Murdered Over Snapchat Message
Snapchat has faced all kinds of controversy in the past year, not the least of which being when users of the photo-sharing service were hacked through a third party client and all kinds of pictures of underage teenagers were released on the internet. Even more recently, the popular app... Read more