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This minimalist new phone wants to curb your addiction to devices
This minimalist new phone wants to curb your addiction to devices
A low-key, streamlined new cellphone is being funded to help confront the antisocial addiction to screen-gazing. Want to unload all but the most vital phone functions for a weekend (or more)? Light Phone 2 might be your thing. Read more: The cellphone from 'The Matrix' is coming back The stark new device is being presented as a "simple, 4G LTE phone with a beautiful black & white matte E
People aren’t thrilled with Samsung’s new Galaxy S9 phone shades
People aren’t thrilled with Samsung’s new Galaxy S9 phone shades
Samsung launched their latest smartphones, the Galaxy S9 and S9+, and it appears as though people aren't too keen on the shades you can choose from. Read more: Samsung officially kills its “exploding” phone, the Galaxy Note 7 The phone comes in four different colors: Lilac Purple, Midnight Black, Titanium Gray and Coral Blue. Galaxy S9 colour optio ...
Jack White forcing fans to lock phones away for upcoming shows
Jack White forcing fans to lock phones away for upcoming shows
In a move that's become all too common, Jack White is taking extra measures to make sure people won't be recording during his show. Read more: Misfits ban cell phones at reunion show, people take photos anyway As NME reports, White has released a statement saying that shows will be "phone-free," writing: "No photos, video or audio recording devices allowed." Read his statement
A guy stole 53 phones in a mosh pit and hid them in a swimsuit
A guy stole 53 phones in a mosh pit and hid them in a swimsuit
There have been plenty of weird stories about phones being stolen at gigs, but not often does it involve a swimsuit in a mosh pit. Hear us out—it's truly as weird as it sounds.  Read more: Misfits forcing fans to lock phones away for upcoming show At Royal Blood's show in Birmingham’s Arena Birmingham, 22-year-old Alin Marin managed to pickpocket 53 cell phones in the pit and proceeded to hide th
Misfits forcing fans to lock phones away for upcoming show
Misfits forcing fans to lock phones away for upcoming show
Phones have been a massive topic of discussion at recent shows, with bands like A Perfect Circle banning phones from their live shows in an effort to keep fans present at concerts and not fixed on their phones. And it looks like they're not the only band to ban phones, with Misfits taking extra precaution from having fans film by actually locking up phones when fans get to the venue. Read more: ..
France to ban phones in schools
France to ban phones in schools
It turns out France will be banning students from using phones in the country's elementary and middle schools, The Guardian reports. Read more: Turns out 73 percent of young people do not want phones banned at shows The Guardian explains that students will be allowed to bring their phones to school, but will not be allowed to use phones until they leave school for the day. “Sometimes you need a ..
Turns out 73 percent of young people do not want phones banned at shows
Turns out 73 percent of young people do not want phones banned at shows
Using phones at shows is a bigger discussion that’s been on the forefront in the past few years, recently reignited after A Perfect Circle kicked out more than 60 fans who violated their “no photos” policy. So, UK ticket outlet Skiddle conducted a survey with 1,200 customers to get their thoughts on using phones at gigs, with only 27 percent of young people thinking they should be banned at concer
Every Time I Die’s Keith Buckley shuts down fan’s onstage selfie in the smoothest way possible—watch
Every Time I Die’s Keith Buckley shuts down fan’s onstage selfie in the smoothest way possible—watch
Back in 2014, Every Time I Die guitarist Jordan Buckley quite literally karate kicked a phone out of a fan attempting to take an onstage selfie's hand. Read more: Every Time I Die frontman tells us how he “saw God” at Warped Tour Later on Twitter, Buckley said, "Stage selfies = look at me look at me I didn't get enough attention as a kid and can't handle 5 people here getting more attention