cell phones

When it comes to Siri, we finally have some insight into what makes her work.

One time two years ago, some skeezebag stole our phone right out of our purse. For three months we were phone-less. So, we feel fairly well qualified to testify that this video, about what it's like to be surrounded by friends with smartphones when you don't have one, is pretty much spot on.

Little did we know, but our cell phones are doing 5 things to make us look ugly.

The summer months are not kind to your cell phone.

Okay, I might have creeped you out a while back when I wrote about germs that could be on your office coffee cup. You know, the one you've been meaning to wash. Well, I saw a story today about germs on cellphones. Right--the cellphone you keep with you all the time, even in the bathroom (you know who you are)...

Do you have a name for your smartphone?

I tend to think if this was 1978, we wouldn't be able to last 5 minutes.

How many of these describe you?

By this point, it should be fairly obvious that getting distracted by a cell phone can be extremely hazardous to your health. And yet, a teen girl in California actually fell into a pit of rattlesnakes while searching for a signal in the desert. Need further proof? We didn't think so.

Important work files, personal contacts and even racy photos are just some of the things being stored on mobile phones, new research shows. I'm not certain there is a great surprise.