#rumors

LEAK: The Google Phone "Is a Certainty"

According to a trusted source who's seen it with their own eyes, the Google Phone "is a certainty." [Gizmodo]

#commonsense

The STFU Manners Mafia: We're One Step Short of Beating You with Your Cell Phone

Common situation in an elevator: Mr. Mouthbreather near you has a ringing phone, which he answers, and talks into, loudly. He should be facepunched, right? Right! Ergo, Sunday Styles trend piece: People now vigilantly fighting back against manner-less, oblivious pricks. More »

#endangeredspecies

Cellphone Non-Users: An Ethnographic Study

85 percent of adult Americans have cellphones, which means 15 percent don't. Who are these mysterious, ringtone-free luddites? More »

#technology

Cancer Inquiry

#highwaytohell

NYT To America's Teenage Drivers: Stop Texing, Goddamnit!

You know you've done things while driving besides driving. Old ppl at the Times would like you to know: it's bad, shame on you, and you should play our video game to see how good at it you are. More »

#phones

Google Voice Is Cool, But Do You Need It?

You've read about the features, you saw the invites going out, but you might be wondering what, exactly, Google Voice could do for you. Here's our guide for the curious and uninvited on whether your phones need some Google juice. [Lifehacker]

#geeklove

Love in the Age of SMS

Things were simpler when the only medium for asking someone out was the telephone. Text messaging, Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have complicated romance, if not ruined it, the Washington Post reports. More »

#marketing