An Australian council which claimed that the majority of the hard waste, including electronic waste such as old cell phones, was recycled and has been forced into an embarrassing retraction by a group of primary school students.
Continue readingCell Phone Flush Turns into Sticky Situation
An accidentally flushed old cell phone turned into a sticky situation for a 45-year-old woman from Lincoln in the United States a week ago.
Continue readingThe Life and Times of a Typical Cell Phone
Many Americans have probably never thought about the lifecycle of the electronics they use every day, but cell phones just like all other electronic items have a certain ebb and flow to their existence.
Continue readingBaseball Fan Catches Ball While on Cell Phone
A nonchalant baseball fan caught the ball in the middle of a Rangers game while talking on a cell phone yesterday – and proceeded to continue his conversation in a thoroughly unruffled fashion.
Continue readingBlackBerry Torch 9850 Review
The BlackBerry Torch 9850 is available for use with Sprint cellular service and retails for slightly under $150.00 with a contract.
Continue readingWireless Cell Phone Chargers Hope for Mainstream Success
Wireless cell phone chargers could be on the way to breaking into the mainstream consciousness with the announcement that Procter & Gamble’s Duracell battery division is teaming up with Powermat Ltd in a bid to get cell phone users to leave their traditional cell phone chargers behind them.
Continue readingAllergic To Cell Phones
The town of Green Bank in West Virginia in the United States is becoming a haven for dozens of Americans who believe they are suffering from a condition known as Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity.
Continue readingSafety Board Wants Cell Phone Ban for Truckers
A safety board in the United States is strongly recommending that commercial truckers are banned from using new or old cell phones while on the road after a crash in Kentucky in 2010 that claimed as many as 11 lives.
Continue readingNew Cell Phone App Targets Distracted Driving
A new application for smartphones is targeting distracted driving by disabling the functions of the device while the user is operating a motor vehicle.
Continue readingWorldwide Electronic Waste Worries
The problem of contamination from electrical waste, including old cell phones, in Asia is so great that it could spread all over the world, according to a leading environmental researcher.
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