Update 5/14/12 – MSNBC’s Rosa Golijan is reporting that the hype surrounding the “texting while walking” ban highlighted below is false. It seems a snowball started rolling down a hill, a word was added here, changed there and…viola. Internet hype. As it turns out, the jaywalking fine for not paying attention whilst walking is only issued if allowing yourself to be distracted and jaywalking. Simply walking without a care in the world, nose...

If you live in California, frequently commute via bike, and resort to yakin’ or texting it up as you move along be warned. California is coming for you — your phone specifically. Apparently the texting/phone ban while driving is doing so well, the state of California wants to pass along the law (and fines) to bicyclists. The first offense will cost you $20 with each subsequent offense dinging your bank account another $50. Considering the traffic that major...

While we tend to cater more towards the mid to high-end cellular market, the truth of the matter is that there is still a massive demand for lower-end smartphones and less complex connected devices. Take for example, the data-only Peek. It’s not a phone and it’s not a web browsing device. In fact, when the device was first launched in late 2007, the only supported feature on its monochrome screen was email. By this years introduction of the Peek9, weather,...

Since Apple didn’t have a fun childhood (or iPhones), they have to take the fun out of ours! If it isn’t one thing it is another with this company. Now, I am a huge Apple fanboy — have been since my Dad’s Apple deuce years and years ago, 20+ years in the making to be the stuck up snob I am today…But this is just getting ridiculous. Yes, their app rejection has become a little less fascist if you will, but it seems they do more and more to stop...

**Sweet jesus…I meant “hole”…not “whole”. And the Mondays strike again…** Feel like chttn it ^ in SMS form at 60 feet under? Most tech savy humans know that such feats are impossible due to the impenetrable nature of our sweet mother earth. You know how it is, rock and dirt decimate cellular signals. But a young 16-year old kid by the name of Alexander Kendrick spent his free time tinkering with gadgets alone in his room instead...