Collaborate Disseminate
mi quotes a report from CBS Local: After keeping it hidden for years, California’s Department of Public Health has released a draft document outlining health officials’ concerns about cellphone radiation exposure. The previously unpublished document wa… Continue reading California Government On the Dangers of Cellphones
Slashdot reader gordo3000 writes:
Given all the recent headlines about border patrol getting up close and personal with phones, I’ve been wondering why phone manufacturers don’t offer a second emergency pin that you can enter that wipes all private inf… Continue reading Ask Slashdot: Would You Use A Cellphone With A Kill Code?
schwit1 shares a report from IEEE Spectrum that reflects on the “Stages of Electronics” based on James Clerk Maxwell’s theory: Now that the world has become addicted to portable electronics, billions of people have come to see the companies providing t… Continue reading Cellphones As a Fifth-Order Elaboration of Maxwell’s Theory
According to a report via The Korean Economic Daily, Samsung is said to be putting refurbished Galaxy Note 7 handsets on sale with new batteries following the cancellation of the device late last year. The speculation suggests the smartphones could be … Continue reading Samsung To Sell Refurbished Galaxy Note 7 With a Smaller Battery, Says Report
A new arena-league football team plays on a 50-yard field and uses a mobile app that allows fans to vote on the team’s next play. An anonymous reader writes:
Slate describes a receiver tackled for a short gain after the audience instructed the quarter… Continue reading Fans Choose A New Football Team’s Plays With Their Smartphones
Long-time Slashdot reader Toe, The sums up what he learned from freeCodeCamp’s Quincy Larson: “Before you travel internationally, wipe your phone or bring/rent/buy a clean one.” Larson’s article is titled “I’ll never bring my phone on an international … Continue reading Should International Travelers Leave Their Phones At Home?
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Recode: Your smartphone has an FM radio in it, only it’s unlikely that you’re able to use it. That’s because in the U.S., less than half of phones actually have the FM tuner turned on. But FCC Chairman Ajit Pai,… Continue reading FCC Chairman Wants It To Be Easier To Listen To Free FM Radio On Your Smartphone
A surprise announcement Sunday revealed that tomorrow Verizon will begin offering introductory plans with unlimited data.*
* Customers “will get full LTE speeds until they reach 22GB of usage,” reports The Verge, “after which they’ll be subject to re… Continue reading Shamed In Super Bowl Ads, Verizon Introduces Unlimited Data Plans
drunkdrone quotes the International Business Times: Self-destructing gadgets favored by the likes of James Bond and Mission: Impossible’s Ethan Hunt have taken one step closer to reality. Researchers in Saudi Arabia have developed a mechanism that, whe… Continue reading Mission Possible: Self-Destructing Phones Are Now a Reality
Sony has taken the wraps off of its latest smartphone camera sensor which it says can shoot 1080p slow-motion video at 1,000 frames per second. “The new 3-layer CMOS sensor — an industry first — can capture slow motion video about eight times faster … Continue reading Sony’s Latest Smartphone Camera Sensor Can Shoot At 1,000fps