Police in the United States shared photos on Twitter illustrating why cellphone users shouldn't sleep with the devices under their pillows -- especially while charging. The photos that were tweeted show a scorched pillow, a bed with a burn mark and a completely destroyed Samsung phone. The post said the phone was plugged into a [...]
Now that’s a walkie talkie: Bizarre trend sees more people using their TABLETS as a phone. Tablet users have managed to annoy the world with their photo-taking habits – but this annoying trend could put even the most brazen photographer to shame. A growing number of people are using their tablets in place of mobile [...]
If you find yourself checking your phone first thing in the morning—before even getting out of bed, you may be addicted. If you find you’re text-messaging while in class, checking your phone instead of working on an important assignment, or checking Facebook during a family dinner — your phone is interfering with your life and you [...]
One of the biggest issues facing smartphone manufacturers is battery life. While software and computer chips get faster and more powerful, the technology in batteries lags far behind. As a result, batteries struggle to supply the power needed to run all the complex operations that smartphones require. Manufacturers claim that they are mindful of power [...]
The next time you can't sleep, your brain whirring over class assignment, the solution could be simple - move your mobile phone off the bedside table and out of your bedroom altogether. Eight out of ten of us keep our mobiles on overnight according to Ofcom, and around half use our phone as an alarm [...]
My favourite phone of all time was a sleek silver Nokia 2100 from the early 2000s, which is still sitting in a drawer at home. It may be primitive by today’s standards, but it could run for 10 days on a single charge. Compare that with the battery life of a modern iPhone or Samsung [...]
Here is something to make your mobile phone-dependent life stress-free. When chargers aren't available and powerbanks aren't powered up, all you need is piece of paper, a paperclip, two silver coins, and YOURSELF. A video posted by InnovationX in YouTube shows how mobile phones can be charged using knick-knacks in your pocket. "You can charge your [...]
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 [...]
Tablet users have managed to annoy the world with their photo-taking habits - but this bizarre new trend could put even the most brazen photographer to shame. A growing number of people are using their tablets in place of mobile phones to make calls, according to a new report. The research found that an increasing [...]
It has been hailed as the death of spelling and punctuation. But in fact texting does not affect students’ grammar and spelling, a new study has found. Researchers claim there is no evidence to suggest youngsters using textspeak – where young people miss punctuation and shorten words in messages – affected their understanding of English. [...]