smart phones

It's a brand new problem thanks to smart phones. Since we spend so much time looking at small screens on smart phones and tablets, one researcher says it's ruining our eyesight!  Sort of.  At the very least, more people are having problems seeing things off in the distance. You can see your apps on your smart phone, but can you still read road signs ahead? Is our screen-centric world ruining our e

9-1-1 false alarms are nothing new. We’ve heard of kids dialing 9-1-1 when there’s no emergency, and we've heard about people calling emergency dispatchers for all the wrong reasons, liked burned hamburgers at fast food restaurants and things. But have you ever been driving on Highway 59 or Highway 69 and accidently butt-dialed 9-1-1? In the age where everyone has a smart phone that’s always at t

A new Nielsen poll finds smartphones are becoming less of a luxury and more of a so-called necessity — at least for younger people.