Phone Addiction

Constantly checking your phone? Then you could be depressed, study says

If you find yourself constantly fiddling with your phone and checking for updates, you may be trying to alter your mood, a new study claims. People who can’t put down their mobile phones are more prone to moodiness and temperamental behaviour, according to researchers. They have found a link between phone addiction and emotional instability,

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Want to free yourself from smartphone Addiction? There’s an APP for that!

The average phone user unlocks their device 63 times a day, for 2 hours 49 minutes each time – a minimum of three hours a day. And in a move that might seem counter-intuitive, a Berlin-based psychologist has developed an app to help wean us off our gadgets. Called Offtime, it limits which apps can

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9 Signs You May Not Have ‘A Real Friend’ Because You’re Dating Your Phone

We’re all pretty attached to our phones these days, but some of us are more attached than others. I love my phone and really don’t know what I’d do without it. Ten years ago I wouldn’t have thought I’d be so attached to a piece of technology, yet here we are. Some people might be

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Students ‘addicted to mobile phones’: Some spending up to ten hours a day texting & using social media

Students spend up to ten hours a day on their mobile phones, a study found. Some even say they feel stressed if their phone is not in sight. A team at Baylor University in Texas found that female students spent an average of ten hours a day texting, emailing and on social media while their

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