14-01-22 Phubbing refers to the activity of being impolite in a social situation by looking at your phone instead of paying attention to the person you are with. Phubbing指在社交场合不关注身边的人，而是一个劲看手机的不礼貌行为，我们可称之为低头症。 Have you...

14-01-16 Zenware is a software designed to block visual distractions on a computer so that it is easier to concentrate on what you are doing. Zenware是一款能够屏蔽电脑上各类容易让人分神的窗口和软件、以便让用户更加专注于手头工作的软件，字面意思为禅宗软件，业...

13-11-11 The US is relaxing its rules to allow air passengers to listen to music, play video games and watch films on their phones and tablets during takeoffs and landings. 美国联邦航空局日前出台新规定，航空乘客获准用手机或平板电脑听音乐、玩游戏及看电影，但...

13-10-18 Blue-spoof means causing someone to believe you are speaking to them while actually using the hands-free device for your cell phone, or believing someone is talking to you, but they're using their blue-tooth. (Source: merriam-webster.com) Blue-spoof...

13-09-29 为了遏制司机开车发短信的行为，美国纽约州近日宣布将在州内交通主干道沿线设立91个短信区，并沿路设指示牌，提醒司机短信区就在前方，不用急着看手机。 An ATT survey earlier this year showed that 49 percent of adult drivers text while driving that's a lot of...

13-09-12 Nomophobia is the fear of being out of mobile phone contact. The term, an abbreviation for no-mobile-phone phobia, was coined during a study by the UK Post Office who commissioned YouGov, a UK-based research organization to look at anxieties suffere...

13-08-30 英国利兹一位自由从业的商人因饱受各种推销电话的骚扰，于2011年11月花10英镑为自家办理了一个收费声讯号码，拨打这个号码每分钟收费10便士，而他可以从中分得7便士。他表示，到目前为止，这个号码已经为他带来了300英镑的收入，而他每个月接到的推销电话也从之前的二...

13-08-15 Smartphone sales exceeded feature phone sales for the first time in the April-to-June period, according to research firm Gartner. 市场研究公司高德纳的数据显示，四月至七月智能手机销量首次超过功能手机。 Worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 435 millio...

13-07-27 Samsung has become the most profitable mobile phone company in the world, overtaking Apple, a report says. 三星取代苹果，成为全球盈利最高的移动电话生产商。 Samsung's handset division had an estimated operating profit of $5.2bn in the second quarter...

13-06-21 朋友聚会时，大家都忙着玩手机，没人愿意好好聊天？巴西一家酒吧推出了一款专治聚会玩手机现象的啤酒杯，酒杯底部只有一侧有脚，其余部分需要用手机垫着，杯子才不会倒。这样，大家在放下酒杯想要看手机时，只能望机兴叹，转而跟朋友们聊天交流了。 Salve Jorge Bar in...