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The US Postal Service has announced a ban on international shipments of devices that contain lithium-ion batteries, such as phones, tablets, cameras, and most other electronic equipment. USPS claims that lithium-ion batteries can catch fire or spontaneously combust if not fully charged or stored/packed incorrectly. Two separate fatal cargo plane crashes since 2006 have been…
Remember how a judge recently ruled that your tweets could be subpoenaed and possibly exposed in court? This skit from Saturday Night Live highlights this new reality and reminds us how our tweets (and elderly butt internet searches) can make us look like an idiot, even when they are taken in context. Take a few…
A Belgian advocacy group took a group of teens, put them behind the wheel and told them to text and drive. Rather than an enthusiastic pump of the fist, the teens became flustered and confused when forced to do both tasks at the same time. Their reactions, captured in the video below, are priceless. Hopefully, the…
Are you the sexting type whose gotten yourself in trouble for sending a sext to the wrong person? Well, don’t feel bad, as 1 in 10 mobile phone users send sexts to the wrong person, this according to the latest poll conducted by U.K.-based mobile news site Recombu. The site polled 2,000 adults, the study revealed…
One company you wouldn’t expect to find on the cutting edge of technology is Cumberland Farms. Known for its inexpensive milk, the regional gas and convenience store is also ready to launch a mobile payment system. The Framingham, Mass-based chain has partnered with PayPal to produce a mobile app called SmartPay which lets you pay at…
Harry Potter fans have waited for the book series to launch as ebooks ever since J.K. Rowling unveiled the Pottermore website last year. It’s been a long wait, but today it’s finally over. Pottermore has flicked the switch and is now selling both a digital version and an audio version of the popular fantasy book…
Clear took the App Store by storm when it landed on the iPhone earlier this year. It logged over 350,000 downloads in a few days and netted the UK developers a cool £169,000 ($268,000 USD). Now that Clear has been out for a while, other developers have had a chance to study the user interface and…
Texting while walking can be efficient, but sometimes doing two things at once can be problematic. Just ask Bonnie Miller of Benton Harbor, Michigan. According to a news report from ABC57 News, Mrs. Miller took an unfortunate plunge off a pier while she was texting and walking. The incident happened during an evening walk with her…
Whether you’re a fun-loving teenager who just bought an iPod touch or a productive business professional with an iPad, don’t deny that you probably have at least one game on your iOS device. Even though iOS is a mobile platform, according to a survey from MocoSpace, most of us prefer to play these games at…
The tech world is talking about a Nokia patent application that describes a haptic tattoo. According to the patent, the body art would vibrate or otherwise react to an incoming call or message. The technology hinges on a unique material that’s “capable of detecting a magnetic field and transferring a perceivable stimulus to the skin.”…