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Are the Health Hazards of Cell Phones Being Covered Up?
Grab your tinfoil hats everyone. We're going on a wild ride through the world of cell phone radiation, industry cover-ups, and government complicity. If you've been following Switched, or tech news at all, you know that one of the most contentious ... Read more →
Steve Jobs Takes Shots at Google, Adobe, Blu-ray, Kittens
8 days ago on SwitchedAccording to a report in Wired, Steve Jobs recently took some time, post iPad announcement, to take some questions from Apple employees in a town-hall-style event. According to Wired's anonymous source, the topics: Google and Adobe. The message: ...
Cave-Loving 16-Year-Old Develops Underground Texting System
8 days ago on SwitchedAs many city-dwellers know, it's hard to scrap together even a few seconds of cell phone service in underground metros or subways. But a student barely old enough to drive has just invented a new device that can send text messages from well below ...
Cell Phone Driving Bans Have No Effect, Study Finds
8 days ago on SwitchedGiven all the fuss over the need for laws banning cell phone use while driving, the latest study from the Highway Loss Data Institute will probably be as much of a shocker to you as it has been to experts. Despite the fact that researchers have ...
'HourFace' iPhone App Ages Your Visage Horribly
11 days ago on SwitchedThe iPhone suffers no dearth of gimmicky photo apps. There are apps that make your photos look vintage, and ones that can turn your face into a Lego sculpture. There's even one that uses mathematical equations to determine how attractive you are by ...
'iMussolini' iPhone App Rules Italian App Store With Iron Fist
11 days ago on SwitchedWe told you about one guy who figured out how to make a killing by developing a dirty iPhone application. When you think about it, it's sort of logical that his app sold well. (Scantily clad 3-D girls always equal tons of downloads.) But sometimes, ...
Pre-Teen Kids Sending Over a Thousand Texts a Month
11 days ago on SwitchedAt the risk of dating ourselves, we'll admit that we didn't get our first cell phones until we could already drive a car. As for text messages, those came even later than did the mobile phone. That's probably why this recent Nielsen report on kids ...
AT&T Launching Location-Based Yelp Competitor Buzz.com
12 days ago on SwitchedLocation-based services and local searches are all the rage these days; just ask Google and Twitter. So AT&T -- which may be losing its iPhone exclusivity in the near future and has been taking a public beating over its network reliability -- is ...
Man Rides Dirty iPhone App to Retirement
13 days ago on SwitchedThere's an old saying in the relatively new world of iPhone application developers: if at first you don't succeed, create a virtual porn app. Okay, so maybe it's not an old saying, but it is a bit of wisdom that Eugene Lin took to heart. As he ...
Apple Rumor Roundup: Will We See an iSlate Tomorrow?
13 days ago on SwitchedUnless you've just woken up from a 30-year coma, you're well aware that tomorrow Apple will be unveiling its "latest creation." What exactly that is remains to be seen, but the rumor mill has been grinding out a speculated iTablet (or iPad, or ...
Google Voice Finally Comes to the iPhone as a Web App
14 days ago on SwitchedJust as it did with Latitude, Google has circumvented Apple's arbitrary and frustratingly restrictive app approval process by releasing Google Voice as a Web app, tailored specifically to mobile devices like the iPhone and WebOS handsets. Everything ...
U.S. Bans Truckers and Bus Drivers From Texting While Driving
14 days ago on SwitchedAdvocacy groups have done more than their share to raise awareness of the dangers inherent in distracted driving. Now, the U.S. government is stepping up to the plate. According to The New York Times, the Department of Transportation (DOT) will ...
Google's Nexus One Censors Cuss Words in Voice-to-Text Feature
15 days ago on SwitchedWith all the buzz surrounding the debut of Google's new Nexus One phone, it seems there was one feature that mostly went unnoticed. This mobile device might not be ideal for sailors -- or for people who talk like them. According to Reuters, the ...
'Sega Genesis Ultimate Collection' Brings Classic Games to iPhones
19 days ago on SwitchedAs kids, we spent countless hours parked in front of the TV with a Sega Genesis controller in our sweaty little palms. Unfortunately, Mom sold the console in a garage sale while we were at college (which we're still not happy about), so we've been ...
Man Trapped in Haiti Earthquake Credits iPhone App for Survival
19 days ago on SwitchedUsually, the most we can expect an iPhone app to do is add a few drops of entertainment or convenience to our everyday lives. Few of us, though, could ever imagine the iPhone actually saving our lives -- the way it did for one lucky American. On ...
FBI Illegally Obtained Personal Phone Records for Years
19 days ago on SwitchedE-mails recently obtained by The Washington Post confirm what we've all known for a while now: the FBI stockpiled private phone records for years, and violated civil liberty laws in the process. According to the Post, FBI officials collected over ...


