Smartphones

Last night, I took my child to Nut Night, a local church's fall festival. My baby is just a little over a year so I tried to keep my costume on the G-rated side. I chose a scarecrow. I waited until she had a nap and painted my face using some black eyeliner and lipstick on my nose and cheeks...

Due to a growing population and a limited amount of available phone numbers, a new area code is coming to southern Indiana which will require those of us with the original 812 code to dial all 10-digits of a phone number when making a call within our own area code.

Leslie and I were talking on air this morning about something that is really starting to bug me - people who have their faces constantly buried in their smartphone. The need to constantly check e-mail and Facebook is getting out of hand. It seems like one to one interaction is completely obsolete anymore.

Imagine if everything you did on your smartphone was logged somewhere and was being tracked. Well, according to a security researcher, there is hidden software, known as Carrier IQ that is found on some smartphones including HTC, Blackberry and Nokia.

It's GREAT having a man in your life, but so is your smartphone. Men come and go, but a smartphone is always there for you! ;-)   Here are The Stir's 10 Reasons Why a Smartphone is Better Than a Man: Smartphones never have to ask for directions, they give the directions. They'r ... Read More ...