In just a few decades, mobile phones have gone from a luxury reserved for the elite to an essential tool for billions of users. From the first in-car phones of the 1940s to the best smartphones of ...

You can tell a lot about a person by their phone. "Where they goin’, where they been," as Forrest Gump said. Actually, he may have been talking about shoes, but what he said does still ring true for ...

Throughout the past 30 years or so, cell phones have dramatically evolved. Many early cell phones were considered “car phones” since they were too large to carry around in a pocket or purse. It was ...

Cell phones can make life easier in many ways. But you may worry that using a cell phone can raise your risk of cancer. Scientists have been studying this question since more and more people started ...

Educators are pursuing creative tactics to limit their students' cell phone use in class. Some students are required to leave their phones in lockers, others store their phones in pouches that cannot ...

Cell phones in classrooms—yes or no? Do you know how long it takes a child to refocus after being on their phone? With July cruising into its last week, the start of the school year rapidly approaches ...