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Clowns, and Other Things Easily Missed While on the Phone

Mobile phones have freed us up to do other things while connecting with people...but to what extent have we switched from a few feet of cord to an invisible yet omnipresent tether? A new study by Western Washington University found that people might miss quite a bit of what is going on around the...

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Tags: Cell phones, Clowns, Connection, Multitasking, Quality of life
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Cellphones: the making of a necessity

Bangladesh's necktie ban from yesterday's post got me thinking about the role of custom in consumption. This weekend I finally had to face the fact that my much-battered cell phone is on its way out. Forced to look through the overwhelming number of models out there, I began harking back to the p...

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Tags: Cell phones, Connection, Identity, Symbol
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