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Emergency Services to Enter the 21st Century: Texting 911


The FCC is considering making 911 accessible through text message and video streaming. All we can say is: Finally. Maybe not with regards to streaming video, but the ability to send texts to 911 seems way overdue. Our great aunts can text; shouldn’t emergency services be able to?
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Emergency Services to Enter the 21st Century: Texting 911

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You Can’t Compost a Cell Phone: What exactly happens when you recycle your old cell phone? (via Mother Jones)
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Getting Cat-Called? Use Your Phone to Fight the Pervs


Check out this post about an iPhone application that could discourage sexual harassment by Guilia Rozzi at Lemondrop.

Yesterday iHollaback announced the launch of their new smartphone apps that will track and map where and when harassment happens, in real time.

According to iHollaback: When users sign into the iPhone app, they will be given choice to Hollaback! with or without a picture, describing the type of harassment: verbal, flashing, groping, assault, or other. … More »

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Getting Cat-Called? Use Your Phone to Fight the Pervs

Give Up Your Shower and BPA Gets the Boot: Morning News Round-Up


How Does — Giving up your daily shower sound? (via The Guardian)

Exercise — To protect yourself from colds. (via BBC News)

What to Blame — For your sleeplessness. (via CNN Health)

BPA Gets the Boot — From several major manufacturers. (via The Independent) … More »

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Give Up Your Shower and BPA Gets the Boot: Morning News Round-Up

Freeze Your Ovaries and Have Graham Crackers Instead of Sex: Morning News Round-Up


If You’re on Your Phone at Dinner — People will think you’re annoying. Shocker. (via The Globe and Mail)

Get a Helmet — That literally stinks when it’s time to buy a new one. (via Ecouterre)

Did You Remember to — Freeze your ovaries? (via The Independent)

Graham Crackers — Were invented to control lust. (via The Straight Dope)
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Freeze Your Ovaries and Have Graham Crackers Instead of Sex: Morning News Round-Up