NEWSTALK 860 » cell phones http://ksfa860.com Wed, 22 May 2013 21:30:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Study Reveals Your Cell Phone May Be the First Thing Others Notice About You http://ksfa860.com/study-reveals-your-cell-phone-may-be-the-first-thing-others-notice-about-you/ http://ksfa860.com/study-reveals-your-cell-phone-may-be-the-first-thing-others-notice-about-you/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:57:44 +0000 Drew Weisholtz http://tsminteractive.com/?p=158070 They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. Maybe you shouldn’t judge a person by his phone, either.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/study-reveals-your-cell-phone-may-be-the-first-thing-others-notice-about-you/feed/ 0 Stockbyte New Jersey Town Raises a Ruckus for Ticketing Pedestrians Who Text or Talk on the Phone [VIDEO] http://ksfa860.com/new-jersey-town-raises-a-ruckus-for-ticketing-pedestrians-who-text-or-talk-on-the-phone-video/ http://ksfa860.com/new-jersey-town-raises-a-ruckus-for-ticketing-pedestrians-who-text-or-talk-on-the-phone-video/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 19:45:56 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=98905 You’ve probably seen the countless YouTube videos of people so transfixed by their mobile phones that they walk into inanimate objects or fall into fountains.

And while it’s easy to laugh at such incidents, the truth is that distracted pedestrians can cause serious harm to themselves or other people — and now one New Jersey town is taking a stand.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/new-jersey-town-raises-a-ruckus-for-ticketing-pedestrians-who-text-or-talk-on-the-phone-video/feed/ 0 Kenski1970, Flickr Is Texting Bad for the Future of Democracy? http://ksfa860.com/is-texting-bad-for-the-future-of-democracy/ http://ksfa860.com/is-texting-bad-for-the-future-of-democracy/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:13:52 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=49705 Don't laugh.  A recent Nielsen study shows that Americans between the ages of 13 and 17 exchange, on average, 3,417 text messages a month.  That’s one every eight minutes during the waking day, and that's just the average.  Many people send and receive even more texts than that.

A growing number of scientists and sociologists say this national addiction to cell phone technology is not just bad for those who're doing it.  It's also bad for the future of our society and our form of government. Read on.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/is-texting-bad-for-the-future-of-democracy/feed/ 0 via flickr/Tammy McGary There Will Soon Be More Cell Phones Than People in the World http://ksfa860.com/cell-phones-people-world/ http://ksfa860.com/cell-phones-people-world/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:54:34 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=76687 Cisco’s annual Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast makes some interesting (some may say frightening) predictions, including the fact that the number of mobile-connected devices will exceed the world’s population sometime this year.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/cell-phones-people-world/feed/ 0 Sean Gallup, Getty Images AT&T's Unlimited Data Plans May Not Be So Unlimited After All http://ksfa860.com/atts-unlimited-data-plans-may-not-be-so-unlimited-after-all/ http://ksfa860.com/atts-unlimited-data-plans-may-not-be-so-unlimited-after-all/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:35:06 +0000 Shauna Wright http://tsminteractive.com/?p=76535 AT&T Wireless customers with unlimited data plans are crying foul over a policy that seemingly punishes the heaviest users, throttling their download speeds to a snail’s pace.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/atts-unlimited-data-plans-may-not-be-so-unlimited-after-all/feed/ 0 Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Verizon Will Charge YOU a Fee for Paying THEM http://ksfa860.com/verizon-will-charge-you-a-fee-for-paying-them/ http://ksfa860.com/verizon-will-charge-you-a-fee-for-paying-them/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:41:01 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=36501 Most companies are happy if their customers pay their bills on time, by whatever means, but not Verizon.  Verizon is taking "accounts receivable" to the next level.

Starting January 15th, 2012, Verizon will start charging its customers a $2 dollar fee for paying their bills Online or by phone.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/verizon-will-charge-you-a-fee-for-paying-them/feed/ 0 via Spencer Platt, Getty Images Sorry Drivers, Hands-Free Devices Aren't Safer Options to Cell Phones http://ksfa860.com/hands-free-devices-distracting-cell-phones/ http://ksfa860.com/hands-free-devices-distracting-cell-phones/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:32:35 +0000 Danny Gallagher http://tsminteractive.com/?p=66273 In response to the National Transportation Safety Board-proposed ban on cellphones while driving, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers tried to defend hands-free devices. They’re “designed to be used in a way that helps drivers keep their eyes on the road,” they said, but now it looks like this defense doesn’t hold water.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/hands-free-devices-distracting-cell-phones/feed/ 0 Jeff J Mitchell, Getty Images I-Phone Technology Getting Out of Hand http://ksfa860.com/i-phone-technology-getting-out-of-hand/ http://ksfa860.com/i-phone-technology-getting-out-of-hand/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:22:46 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=24588 This is getting ridiculous. Is nothing safe from high tech snoops?  Here's the latest thing to be concerned about.  If you have an iPhone, that creepy guy standing near you holding a phone may be reading your text messages.

Read More|Comment

]]> http://ksfa860.com/i-phone-technology-getting-out-of-hand/feed/ 0 via Incase