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Friday, June 10, 2016

My Name Is Erica and I’m a Cellphone Addict

…my child or my husband. My cellphone. It had dropped out of a shallow pocket in my pants. (When will they start designing pants for the humongous-phone era?) I’d gone…

Friday, April 25, 2014

Celliquette for Seniors: Where Do You Draw the Line?

…you don’t have a cellphone, get one. According to the Pew Internet Research Project, 26 percent of people over 65 don’t even have cellphones. I know some of these people…

Friday, August 27, 2021

Open Thread Update: Phone Fatigue

Cellphone frustrations were a hot topic for readers, especially concerning cellphone etiquette – or lack of it. There were fewer comments than usual, but they were mostly longer, well-thought out….and…

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

The King and Queen of Wireless Speak Out

cellphone revolution that has changed the way we live. Arlene Harris began her career at age 12 as a telephone switchboard operator for her family’s communications business. She has been…

Friday, August 13, 2021

Open Thread Update: Call Me…Maybe

…like my issues touched a chord Several respondents said “thanks” or “Glad to see this” in the comments. (Thanks!) They weighed in with their comments, complaints and solutions. Cellphone use…

Friday, March 27, 2015

How to Save Money By Ditching Your Landline

…say that I don’t miss my landline sometimes. I miss not having a phone that I can use to call my cellphone when I misplace it. And relying on my…

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Smartphones During Sex: How to Break the Habit

…have developed a phobia around his habit of keeping his cellphone on – and on the bedside table – when we’re having sex. I can’t relax and enjoy sex. Just…

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Smartphones for Newbies

…she doesn’t know squat about technology) recently posted that she was planning to buy a new cellphone and asked her friends questions about what she should get. When I confidently…

Friday, January 27, 2017

Now You Can Use Uber Without a Smartphone

…— until Boogaard created GoGoGrandparent, a service that lets you call a ride on-demand from Uber or Lyft using a landline or cellphone. GoGoGrandparent acts as an intermediary between the…

Monday, August 14, 2017

Cellphones: We’re Not Just About Big Buttons

T-Mobile is promoting its new 55+ cellphone plan by saying other carriers insult and demean older tech users….

Monday, August 8, 2016

What You Need to Know Before You Visit an Audiologist

…able to communicate on the phone. Here, you’ve got several options, from hearing aids that can accept streaming from a cellphone, to generic devices that can send a cellphone signal…

Monday, February 1, 2021

How to Set Up 2 Factor Authentication

…your cellphone. Why 2FA works 2FA authentication increases security by requiring two different forms of identification in order to access something. It requires not only something you know, like your…

Monday, February 19, 2018

Got a minute? Watch a movie.

…packed into a compelling narrative in just one minute and shot on a cellphone, like this amusing look at a common dilemma, “Come Dine with me….or not”: Thinking of entering…

Monday, February 3, 2014

Aging with Attitude: Inked Rebel Helen Lambin

…from the point of an eccentric person, not traditional at all, as you might imagine! How has technology figured in your life? I have a cellphone, but I only use…

Monday, July 27, 2015

What Does It Feel Like to Get Old? Ask Cyndi.

…we got the private phone it was like, “ Oh wow we have a private phone!” Then when the cellphone revolution started, and people were walking around talking to themselves,…