Bars & Clubs - July 23, 2009
Uncorked: Mobile wine apps -- Yay or nay?
You already lean on your iPhone or Blackberry for help in all kinds of situations. What about when it comes to selecting a wine? An informative app could help you out of a jam. The major problems with these sites is that you have no way to balance the information you just looked up with what is staring you in the face on the retail shelf or in the monstrosity of a wine list open before you.
Tags: mobile wine apps, natalie maclean, hellovino.com, iphone, blackberry

Living - July 1, 2009
Would you give up alcohol for your mobile device?
A new survey says one in three Americans would give up television to keep their mobile phone, and 60 percent said they'd rather abstain from alcohol for a week than give up their mobile phone.
Tags: mobile phone, smart phone, iphone, blackberry, surveys, Best Buy

Living - Feb. 16, 2009
Did you SMS on V-Day?
The text message tally for this St. Valentine's Day is in. Verizon Wireless says that its customers sent 1.4 billion text messages on Saturday.
Tags: sms, text message, verizon, valentine's day, phone, blackberry, iphone

Living - Nov. 23, 2008
The President needs his Blackberry
Should our next President have to give up his preferred mode of communication just because no one before him was an e-mailer and / or because of security threats?
Tags: Blackberry, Obama's blackberry, email, President, security

Politics - July 30, 2008
Chicago 2 ban text walking?
Some officials to our south, including Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, are supporting a bill that would ban using a wireless device while crossing streets.
Tags: texting, sms, blackberry, iphone