Posts Tagged ‘Texting’

More Child Injuries: Texting While Parenting to Blame?

October 1st, 2012 Screen shot 2012-10-01 at 2.17.16 PM

We spend a lot of time talking about texting on this site; mainly because we talk about safety issues, and there just aren’t that many things you can do safely while texting. This trend isn’t likely to slow down either as we see more and more people developing nomophobia.

We’ve talked a bit before about the dangers of caregivers texting while watching kids, and now there’s some compelling new information that’s been round up by The Wall Street Journal suggesting that …continue reading the rest of More Child Injuries: Texting While Parenting to Blame?

Emergency Warnings to Catch Up with Technology

May 15th, 2012 Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) Service

“This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System.”

Who hasn’t heard that warning rattle through their radio? Or their TV?

We’ve all heard it at some point. But for people like me who almost never listen to the radio and prefer to skip through commercials by watching digitally recorded TV, you might struggle trying to remember the last time you heard or saw a legitimate storm warning or other notable …continue reading the rest of Emergency Warnings to Catch Up with Technology

Are you Nomophobic? Probably.

February 22nd, 2012 L1040652

“Phone, keys, wallet.”

“Phone, keys, wallet.”

“Phone, keys, wallet.”

I repeat those three things while tapping at my pockets all day long. I don’t go anywhere without the three. Even when I’m at home I know precisely where my phone is at all times. I didn’t know it until today, but there is no doubt that I am the very definition of a …continue reading the rest of Are you Nomophobic? Probably.

Injured Diver Neglected by Texting Lifeguard

January 18th, 2012 lg_photo

A post from David Nagel, a West Bend Loss Prevention representative: Last week while at my son’s diving sectional I witnessed a female diver sprain her ankle as she was coming down on the board during her very first dive. When she came up to the surface of the water she was struggling and could barely swim to the …continue reading the rest of Injured Diver Neglected by Texting Lifeguard

Drivers Beware, Siri is Dangerous

October 4th, 2011 4794895023_60b44c3483_b

Apple, Inc. introduced some interesting new hardware and software upgrades at their highly anticipated iPhone announcement this afternoon. In addition to things like new camera technology and a faster processor, Apple unveiled a new built-in, voice-activated tool called Siri.

You can read all about Siri on Apple’s website, but in a nutshell, you ask Siri a question or provide a command and it will automatically …continue reading the rest of Drivers Beware, Siri is Dangerous