In anticipation of moving out of our home and into a different house, my wife and I have been going through a lot of stuff, deciding what to discard and what to keep. It is exhausting work, as those ...

This school year, many of the nation's adolescents and teens are sitting in class without the device that can sometimes feel like an added appendage: their smartphones. States such as Florida, Indiana ...

Why aren’t there “phone books” (directories) for cell phone numbers? Finding your name and number in the phone book once meant that you had officially made it in the world. You see that in the film ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ray Ravaglia covers education, focusing on technology and innovation. For those who embrace technology’s potential to improve ...

The New Yorker, which is apparently a magazine and not a sandwich, has an article on the history of cell phone ringtones, the little bits of MIDI and MP3 that accounted for four billion dollars in ...

As students across the country head back to class, one thing won't be coming with many of them: their cell phones. This year more states than ever are banning students' devices during school hours. In ...

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 ...

Cell phone bans in school are ramping up as more states consider policies that have been cheered by many educators but still face trepidation from parents. New York and New Jersey are the latest ...