A TCL flip phone known as the dumb phone due to its limited features. (Joe Fiorino/CBC – image credit) When Leigh Tynan agreed to buy her 13-year-old daughter a mobile phone, she didn’t want it to distract her. “When there’s a smartphone or a screen, you’re not practicing guitar, you’re not reading books, you’re just… Read More »
It’s almost enough to stop doomscrolling: dull devices are very cool now. The Boring Phone is a new, featureless flip phone that satisfies the growing appetite of young people looking to throw away their smartphones. The latest model is a collaboration between Heineken beer and fashion retailer Bodega, and it caused a storm when it… Read More »
Time for a ban… This week it emerged that the Government is considering banning the sale of phones to children under 16 Steve Jobs promised a revolution when he took the stage in San Francisco to introduce the first iPhone in 2007. The crowd at the Macworld Conference and Expo inevitably went wild when he… Read More »
smart phone Maybe you failed Stoptober and continue to feel bad about it. Maybe Movember had its intention, but things never quite worked out; especially in the upper lip area. December was probably a wipeout period from day one. And the less said about Dry January, the better. But a new month offers a new… Read More »