cell phones

NEW YORK (AP) — T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion takeover of Sprint could mean higher or lower phone bills, depending on whom you ask. A federal judge in New York ultimately took T-Mobile’s track record of aggressive competition into account in ruling Tuesday that the deal would be good for consumers. In doing so, he rejected a […]

Despite experiencing some anxiety-inducing volatility at the end of last year, the stock market has continued to record new all-time highs in 2019. The major stock market indices, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq, are already up between 16% and 22% so far, and we’re only a little more than […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Electronic devices across the United States sounded off Wednesday as the Federal Emergency Management Agency conducted its first-ever national wireless emergency alert test. The tone went off at 2:18 p.m. EDT. The subject of the alert read: “Presidential Alert” and text said: “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert […]

FOR WOMEN WHO MAY KEEP THEIR CELL PHONES TUCKED IN THEIR BRA — IS THERE A RISK OF BREAST CANCER FROM RADIATION? A: As far as we can say, there is no credible evidence linking cell phones tucked in the bra to breast cancer. While there are plenty of Facebook posts claiming a link, there […]

  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Judges in California and South Carolina have ordered cellphone carriers to disable nearly 200 contraband cellphones used by inmates to orchestrate crimes behind and outside prison walls, the most sweeping order of its kind ever won by corrections officials. It’s an important victory for prison officials who have been frustrated […]

Your phone goes everywhere with you because it’s literally attached to your hand. Which means there is poop all over it! So how do you clean your phone and keep it clean? Listen above to find out! Don’t Miss Out! Follow The Russ Parr Show on Twitter and Instagram Keep Up With The Russ Parr Morning Show  On […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Samsung said it is halting sales of the star-crossed Galaxy Note 7 smartphone after a spate of fires involving new devices that were supposed to be safe replacements for recalled models. Separately, South Korean safety authorities said they found a possibility of a new product defect in the new Note 7 […]

Amber Rose found herself bombarded with phone calls and texts this morning after she accidentally shared her 10-digit cell phone number on Twitter.   The tweet was deleted within minutes, but it was too late. Fans hit her up non-stop. “I just called Amber Rose and she hung up,” one follower shared. Another fan added, “That […]

A newly-discovered glitch in Apple’s software can cause iPhones to mysteriously shut down when they receive a certain text message. Apple says it’s aware of the problem and is working on a fix. But some pranksters are sharing information about the glitch on social media and using it to crash other peoples’ phones. The problem […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. said its first quarter net profit plunged 39 percent as consumers switched to bigger iPhones, squeezing earnings from its mobile business to less than half from a year earlier. The company reported Wednesday that its January-March net profit was 4.63 trillion won ($4.35 billion), compared with 7.49 […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Lovers of emojis, the cute graphics that punctuate online writing and texts, will soon be able to pick from different skin tones and depictions of families with two moms or two dads on Apple devices. Apple Inc. has incorporated more diverse emojis into the developer version of the latest update to […]

DENVER (AP) — Federal investigators say selfies were a likely factor in a small plane crash near Denver last year that killed two people. The National Transportation Safety Board says recordings from a GoPro camera found near the wreckage show the pilot and a passenger were taking flash “self-photographs” with their cellphones before the May […]