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Tag: cell phones

Arts & Culture

Turn off your phone, watch the show. Why is that so hard?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 5, 2018, 9:16 AM Sep 5, 2018
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A letter in the Star Tribune today seems like an invitation to engage in one of our favorite spectator sports: watching and listening to theater- and concert-goers blow the whistle on their audience mates. It’s a problem even at “Hamilton.” Read more →

Health

School board: No evidence cell tower will hurt kids

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 15, 2014, 7:20 AM Sep 15, 2014
5

Some parents in the Stillwater area worry that a a cellphone tower at a junior high school will harm their kids. Read more →

A cell phone panic button

Bruce MacDonald June 23, 2014, 3:59 PM Jun 23, 2014
1

I’m sorry to live in a world where this kind of thing is necessary, but I see the point of a cell phone application that sends a distress signal via the power button. Olivia Solon writes in the U.K. edition of the Wired website that Amnesty International has released an open-source “panic button” app for human rights activists. Read more →

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