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smartphone addiction
smartphone addiction
Our phones are more addictive than ever — is there a way back?
Smartphone applications are often designed to be addictive, but there's a growing movement to replace those designs with less addictive alternatives.
Mobile
Shubham Agarwal
Can switching to an old, outdated smartphone cure your addiction?
Mobile
Shubham Agarwal
March 7, 2020
Mobile
Shubham Agarwal
March 7, 2020
Simon Cowell says no longer using a smartphone is a ‘very strange experience’
Mobile
Trevor Mogg
June 3, 2018
Mobile
Trevor Mogg
June 3, 2018
Addicted to your smartphone? Ironically, there is an app for that
Emerging Tech
Luke Dormehl
May 21, 2018
Emerging Tech
Luke Dormehl
May 21, 2018
Apple highlights existing parental control features on new Families page
Mobile
Steven Winkelman
March 15, 2018
Mobile
Steven Winkelman
March 15, 2018
If tech addiction is screwing up our kids, what should tech giants be doing?
Emerging Tech
Luke Dormehl
January 20, 2018
Emerging Tech
Luke Dormehl
January 20, 2018
The phone designed not to be used could be a simple solution to a real problem
Mobile
Adam Ismail
September 2, 2017
Mobile
Adam Ismail
September 2, 2017
Samsung’s Marshmallow app encourages kids to put down the phone
Mobile
Adam Ismail
May 1, 2017
Mobile
Adam Ismail
May 1, 2017
Study finds that being sans smartphone is a legitimate stressor for young people
Mobile
Adam Ismail
February 20, 2017
Mobile
Adam Ismail
February 20, 2017
Facebook and Netflix binges sucking up your life? Xooloo to the rescue
Mobile
Bruce Brown
February 12, 2017
Mobile
Bruce Brown
February 12, 2017
Experience a lot of phantom vibrations? You might be addicted to your smartphone
Mobile
Kyle Wiggers
January 31, 2017
Mobile
Kyle Wiggers
January 31, 2017
Addicted to your smartphone? This app developer explains why
Mobile
Lulu Chang
January 24, 2016
Mobile
Lulu Chang
January 24, 2016
This animated video about smartphone addiction is the best we’ve seen
Andy Boxall
May 1, 2015
Want to cure your smartphone addiction? Do what this guy did — Use a BlackBerry
In a recent interview, British Labor Party leader and prime ministerial candidate Ed Miliband decided to switch over to BlackBerry from his iPhone.
Williams Pelegrin
April 3, 2015
With Hoyo, smartphone addicts may never get out of the shower
Trevor Mogg
February 19, 2014