The Human Cost of our Electronics
Marcus Bleasdale knows more about what goes into your smartphone than you’d ever want to hear about it. The British photographer has been documenting unthinkable violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since 1999
Replacing Big Banks With The Internet
We’ve seen digital technology disintermediate everything from record companies to university curriculum. Yet banking has remained rather immune to all this disruption
So, Now It’s Illegal to Jailbreak a Smartphone…
Consumers hoping to transfer a new smartphone from one mobile carrier to another could face up to five years in jail and a $500,000 fine because of a ruling from the Librarian of Congress that went into effect Saturday
Smartphones Obsolete in the Wake of Sandy
That is a status - Searching… - that could well describe the scene in the city in the days after the storm, as throngs of New Yorkers wandered dazed and aimless through the streets without the assistance of their typical go-to electric lifelines
iPhone 5 Officially Arrives
The phone, which will run on higher speed LTE networks, is made entirely out of glass an aluminum. It will have a larger, 4-inch screen, showing five rows of icons, with a retina display.
The Prospect of Google Mobile Wallets
Google Wallet product managers say they will provide I.D. verification so people can check in for a flight, download virtual boarding passes, and even keep their driver’s license on their mobile phone
New Jersey’s ACLU Launches App
New Jersey’s branch of the American Civil Liberties Union has taken its mission of policing the police to smartphones.
Smartphone Addiction Is Real
Some of us, in fact, put more time and TLC into our phones than we invest in our personal relationships. There’s strong evidence that we’ve developed a new mobile mindset that affects our thoughts

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