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Geek Out the Bathroom with an Emoticon Shower Curtain

Your morning shower or evening bath is not the time to check in on your Facebook notifications or Tweet to your followers (As one Romanian girl found out the hard way). But it is the perfect time to s...

Air Writing: Using Your Cell Phone Like a Stylus

Tired of not being able to tweet or text while jogging or while you're otherwise busy? Have you decided that you wanted a more gesture-based form of input to your information world? Well, don't worry,...

This Lent, Italian Catholics Urge a Tech Purge

We first saw the concept blow up among our group of friends—both Catholic and not—last year during Lent: In the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter, when you're asked to give up a vic...

Mobile Email for the Non-Smartphone Set

On a recent trip out of town with a friend, we both knew we needed almost constant access to our respective email inboxes. It was no problem for me; I always bring my Blackberry everywhere I go. But f...

Dial My Calls: Properly Used or Abused at Holidays?

We can see the need for a service like Dial My Calls. It's a free online application that lets you record a message and automatically dial out and play the message to up to 25 people. A great tool for...

The Ettiquette of Instant Messaging at Work

A good friend of ours works in a laid back design office where the communication medium of choice between those in the office is AOL Instant Messenger. It's a great way to exchange information in real...

The Future of Cell Phone Communication?

David O'Reilly, an animator and filmmaker, has created an iPhone application, iHologram, that acts as if it were a hologram. For now, it's just an animation of a little running cartoon cat from a film...

Is it OK to Communifake?: The Rules of 'Faking It

Disclaimer: This kid, shot by photographer Derek Olson, may or may not be a 'faker. According to research, 43 percent of women are guilty of communifaking, as are 32 percent of men and 74 percent of 1...

Gmail is Doing Their Part to Stop Drunk Emailing

Following in the footsteps of breathalizer phones is this Gmail add-on from The Official Gmail Blog called Mail Goggles. When you enable Mail Goggles, it will check that you're really sure you want to...

iPhone Stylus Means Less Typing Mistakes

This post is not for the skinny-fingered. Do you have strong thick digits and a taste for Mac? Do your texts look like this?: Hey how's itg oing? Do you wnst to cathc s mocvie latet? Hit mee on muycve...