Gender-Customizable Emoji May Be Coming Soon
Last year, emojis reintroduced themselves in different skin tones, and now the Unicode Consortium is considering adding customizations that would allow you to change the gender of existing emoji.
Angry People Keep Going to a Confused Couple's Atlanta Home and Demanding Their Lost Phones
Christina Lee and Michael Saba, a young couple living in a suburb of Atlanta, are in a frustrating and potentially dangerous situation: Strangers keep showing up to their house at all hours of the day and demanding lost phones with tracking apps that have led them to Lee and Saba’s address. But Lee and Saba are not…
Guy Who Tried to Charge Phone on Broadway Stage: 'Girls Were Calling'
Playbill.com has identified and interviewed the man who attempted to charge his phone in a prop outlet on the stage of the Broadway play Hand to God. “Girls were calling all day,” explains 19-year-old Nick Silvestri from Long Island. “What would you do?”
I Can't Stop Using This Shitty App That I Hate
That goddamn app. Even though it's ugly and incomprehensible and barfs useless notifications at me, I keep using it. When I touch its stupid icon on my screen, it's a hate tap. It's a finger cringe. But I can't quit!
Japanese High School Girls Spend Up to 15 Hours a Day On Their Phones
If someone's ever accused you of being addicted to your mobile phone, print out this post and put it in your wallet so that you can let them know that no matter how much time you spend on your phone, if you're not on it for 15 hours a day, you're doing fine.
It's Time to Kill the Phone Call
The phone call isn't dead. Despite what many a journalist/blogger/paranoid internet commenter might have you believe, smartphones can indeed still dial out. Of course, that doesn't mean it's not in the process of dying. And if you have even a shred of decency about you, you'll help take it out back Old-Yeller-style…
CA Police Officer Stole Nude Photos from Female DUI Arrestee's Phone
A California Highway Patrol officer has confessed to sending himself personal and nude photos from the phones of women he has arrested for DUI and sharing the photos with colleagues in what he refers to as a "game."
What in the Hell Is a Selfie Brush and Why Would Anyone Need One
At long last, technology has finally figured out how to combine two of the most important activities on Earth—taking pictures of ourselves and brushing our hair.
Periods Are The New Way To Tell People You're Mad At Them.
It's hard to be a passive-aggressive person in an age of waning face-to-face communication, all but robbed of the microexpressions you need to make people feel bad without actually saying anything. Thank goodness our old dotty end of sentence friend the period is here to help.
Smartphones Are Made for Giant Man-Hands
About a month and a half ago, after years of relentless Blackberry mockery from my plugged in coworkers, I did something pretty out of my typically Luddite character: I bought a smartphone. And so far, I like it just fine. I can listen to Spotify on my phone now, which is nice. And the picture quality is much better…
The Woman Behind Siri's Voice Reveals Herself: 'It's Kinda Creepy'
One of the world's greatest, most enduring mysteries has finally been solved. No, we haven't figured out what Stonehenge is for, how the pyramids were built, who really killed JFK, what caused the Bloop, the identity of the man in the Taman Shud case, or why Jennifer Aniston keeps getting roles in major studio films…
Puke: Your iPhone Is Dirtier Than a Toilet Seat
Make sure to disinfect your hands by removing the first three layers of epidermis and then soaking them in bleach for ten minutes after you send your next text. Because, seriously, your hands are fucking disgusting and your precious iPhone is a germ magnet.
Eavesdropping on One-Way Conversations Is Like Being a Sleazy Detective in Your Very Own, Super-Irritating Noir Film
If you've ever found yourself grinding your molars because the person sitting next to you in a coffee shop was gabbing away on a cellphone about the previous night's bout of food poisoning from a vending machine chili dog, you no doubt wished that you had laser eyes so you could melt that person into a puddle of…
In Praise of the Text Message
Today is the 20th anniversary of the first text message. Should we be afraid of what's next? No way. Texting doesn't replace conversation with connection; it enhances it. I love texting, and you'd have to pry my phone from my cold, dead hands to get me to stop typing out my feelings. (And I'd probably still figure out…
Genius Purse Will Charge Your Cell Phone Battery
Watching your phone battery disappear as you're out and about running errands is a modern inconvenience, but an inconvenience all the same. You are an important person with places to go and calls to make! You have business to attend to or, at the very least, you would like to text your friend a photo of the guy you…
Mobile Phones Find Creative New Ways to Maim Distracted Pedestrians
If people don't stop seriously injuring themselves because they're walking in a crowded city with their eyes trained on the latest cat-and-monkey-become-best-friends-and-steal-a-shopping-cart video, then some lawmaker is going to sense that there's an easy way to start generating revenue by having police issue…
Tech-Obsessed Jerks Care More About Their Dumb Phones Than Their Wedding Rings
Adults these days! According to a new survey, Americans report that they'd find it more stressful to lose their phone than they would to lose their wedding ring, because one is a symbol of an everlasting commitment and the other is just a chintzy piece of jewelry some priest said magic over.
Looks Like Siri Has Been a Sociopath All Along
Siri can be used for many purposes — from telling Zooey Deschanel that when water falls from the sky, that's called "rain" to claiming she doesn't know who Samuel L. Jackson is (seriously! Ask her! She'll lie!) But did you know that Siri can also be a malevolent entity worthy of her own series of R. L. Stein books?
Florida Politician Might Be the Worst Sexter of All Time
Florida House Rep. Richard Steinberg is under federal investigation for his inappropriate, bumbling attempt to woo a married attorney via a series of terribly unsexy — and unsolicited — sexts. How is it that in this day and age, grown-ass adults are still incapable of sending a decent sext? It's not that difficult.
Study Shows Olds Know How To Use Phones
Watch out, teenagers! New market research shows baby boomers know how to use smartphones just like you do. What will they learn next?
