Why You Aren't Safe Anywhere at Anytime in Twin Falls
We can all agree that smart speakers, smartphones, doorbells, and other smart equipment have made life easier, but at what point are they too smart for their good?
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What Everyday Device Would You Sacrifice to Save Money in Idaho?
When it comes to giving up your devices, which is the easiest to sacrifice, or which one would help you out the most financially to be cut off from?
Top Inventions Of The Century
It really is impressive to look back at the great inventions of our time. It is even more impressive to look at how quickly some of the greatest inventions were replaced by better technology. What do you think was the greatest invention of the last 100 years?
92% of Us Freak Out When Our Battery Level Gets Low
When you look at your phone during the day and see the battery icon is down to 5%, do you start freaking out? If not, congratulations, you're better than the rest of us.
A new survey found 92% of us get really stressed out and downright irritable when our cell phone's battery is low or runs out...
smartphones make us lazy
Last night I sent my husband to a store to pick up some things I had ordered and like the awesome person that I am I forgot to send him with the receipt. He called me from the store and asked if I had the receipt. Luckily, I had the receipt with me so I took a picture of it and sent it to him...
75 Percent of People Now Use Cell Phones in Bathrooms
As smartphones get more and more popular, using them while you're in the bathroom is getting more and more popular too. A new study found that:
75% of Americans now take their phones with them to the toilet
Five Extremely Useful Apps That Are Also Free
If you're still refusing to get a smart phone because you think you don't need it, check out this list from Reader's Digest of four extremely useful apps that are also free. Check out our top five favorites!
Would You Rather Give Up Showering, Shoes . . . Or Your iPhone?
We love our smart phones and we hate the idea of being without them. In fact there has been a rush of studies lately showing how crazy we are for our smartphones. And yet . . . the numbers from this latest one still seem ridiculous.
According to a new survey by TeleNav the GPS company TeleNav, here are some of the things people would rather give up than their smartphone . . .
22% would rather gi
You Glance at Your Smartphone 34 Times a Day for No Reason
I tend to look at my phone when I am nervous or bored but have you ever caught yourself pulling out your iPhone, or your Droid, or your BlackBerry and looking at the screen, even though it didn't vibrate or ring?
Yeah . . . everyone does it.
According to CNN and a study in the journal "Personal and Ubiquitous Computing", the average smartphone user checks their phone 34 times a day for
One in Five Smart Phone Users Don’t Use Internet on Their Device
File this under "So why in the world did you buy one?"
A survey by Ipsos OTX of 5,013 adults has found that 19 percent of smart phone owners have never used their device to access the Internet.
Furthermore, 32 percent have never used an app, assuring that their smart phone Internet experience -- for which they are presumably paying a monthly charge for -- is extremely limited.