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The tumor or no tumor discussion concerning cell phone radiation

  • June 16, 2010 7:37 pm

Talking on your phone could kill you!

The tumor or no tumor discussion concerning cell phone radiation is once again in the spot light.  Hatching the debate is San Fransisco’s, lightning rod of controversy, Mayor, Gavin Newsom.  The bill that just passed in S.F., “requires all retailers of mobile phones to clearly publish the amount of radiation emitted by each device.”

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The metric is called SAR, which stands for specific absorption rate, and the unit of measurement is Watt per kilogram.  The tumor or no tumor discussion concerning cell phone radiation has been going on for quite some time.  I find the debate a little confussing because we are constantly bathed in “radiation” 24 hours a day.  Radiation is a broad term and doesn’t always refer to that specific “radiation” we’ve come to know and fear living in a nuclear age.  No, it’s any form of emitted wave or beam of energy.   So day in and day out we live out lives among the billions of waves of radiated energy.

So what do you think?  Will wearing a Bluetooth Headset help? Does it seem reasonable to target cell phone manufacturers among all the other possible sources of radiation?  Are the fears and facts substantiated?  Let me know in the comments.  For more on the story head over to phonescoop.com.

***Update***

Thanks to @lorna_mclennan for adding this to the conversation.  Lorna followed up with a link to the GSMA’s response and contacted me via Twitter.  So, who are the GSMA and why would their opinion matter?  From the GSMA ABOUT US page:

The GSMA represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communications industry. Spanning 219 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world’s mobile operators, as well as more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset makers, software companies, equipment providers, Internet companies, and media and entertainment organisations.

Ok, so the GSMA carry some weight.  Below is a snippet of there official response to San Francisco’s new cellphone regulations:

The GSMA recognises that there is public concern about the use of mobile devices and the impact this has on health. These are low powered radio services and it is the GSMA opinion based on expert scientific reviews that there are no established health risks from exposures to radio frequency signals from wireless communications up to the levels recommended by the World Health Organisation. Importantly, in May the WHO stated that no adverse health effects have been established for mobile phone use.

Thanks again, @lorna_mclennan.  Now, let’s stick a fork in the debate and go home.

http://www.gsmworld.com/about-us/index.htm

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This dude is going shopping!

  • February 23, 2010 12:39 am
They sure are thrifty.  And they can stretch a dollar paper thin.  They have an eye for style, guys, that we sink or swim by.  Our woman can sure shop, can't they?  They practice more than we do, right?  Woman are the hunters/gathers in their roles as men are in theirs.  But watch out, ladies, this dude is going shopping.

(photo source: http://ow.ly/1ac0b )

  Men passionately love their gadgets as much as they passionately hate to shop but a marriage of the two might just have them bumping elbows with the ladies at the register,…..fighting for your product. 

MixMobi is a company that creates coupons for distribution across mobile phone platforms.  Surprisingly, MixMobi has reasonable pricing plans.  This means, that with MixMobi, you can create a graphically appealing coupon for your product and then distribute it via sms, Twitter, Facebook, IM, email and many other mobile applications.

I'm a lazy fellow.  I buy whatever I need based solely on the ease of acquisition and irregardless of price.  Let me tell ya, boys, I'm actually excited about shopping now.  Men, will this effect how you buy your toys?  Ladies,…….do you want to shoot me in the face for posting this?  Check our Mashable's review for an in-depth review.

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Science Hill’s Surprising Policy on Cell Phone Use at School

  • February 14, 2010 2:43 am
Wow!  My generation was the wave prior to widespread cell phone use, but even still, electronic devices were strictly verboten at my High School.  This article from the Johnson City Press blew my mind.  I did not know that cell phone use in High Schools was allowed.  I’m a child of the eighties and nineties and Walkmans and GameBoys were routinely confiscated as classroom contraband. Those were the big. “must-have” items back then and they were considered “public enemy number 1″ with most teachers and administrators.  What happened?

Science Hill High School’s policy on student cell phone use is fairly flexible, except for one no-no: they must be turned off or put on vibrate when they enter classrooms and other school functions. Though teachers can, at their discretion, allow cell phone use for certain purposes, such as emergencies, they also can request that students drop the devices in a basket or box when they come through the door.

Let me tell you, I’m more than a little jealous right now!  I want kids today to put up with the same perceived hardships as I had to endure.  What next?  What other ancient, long-endured, school day restriction will this generation of High School softies get a pass on?  I bet next they’ll allow …..(gasp)……kids to chew gum.  Or the school nurses will….(gasp)…..pass out contraceptives.  Naaaa…….that’ll never happen, but at least they can use their cell phones.  Well, use them, barring any major infraction:

If the policy is violated, the cell phone is taken and held by the school for 30 days. If a student refuses to surrender the phone, they may be considered insubordinate and face suspension.

Now we’re talking!  That’s a punishment worthy of 1988!  That’s a month without their phone.  Do you know the price tag on a punishment like that?  Sprint, historically, has the cheapest plans, so we’ll go with them.  Their unlimited plan is $99.99, so really, listen up Mom and Dad, your kids’ cell phone use could get your wallet and your kid a detention.

I’m actually starting to feel a little better now.  My teachers would always relinquish the Game Boys by the end of the day and the Walkmans?  Well, the battery life on those would hardly last the bus ride to school much less a tune or two during a boring lecture.  You know, those were some good times.  A poor grade and a detention here and there never cost me a hundred bucks.  If you are a High Schooler, then hit me up on your mobile phone with some comments below .  Comment during the week day between the hours of 7 and 3, I know where you’ll be.  Your teachers won’t mind.

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National Association of Realtors uses Twitter for customer service

  • January 26, 2010 4:12 pm
NAR, like BestBuy, uses Twitter as a Customer Service option.  BestBuy developed the TwelpForce to tackle their customer service needs as another option to their more traditional means already set in place.  It’s just an example of a another inventive and resourceful use for Twitter.  NAR as shown below, are following suite. More and more Realtors and Realty companies are recognizing Social Media as a valuable marketing tool and the industries’ leading association is endorsing its use.  See the links below for more examples.

askNAR

askNAR: RT @RealtorAction IRS offers guidance on new $6,500 tax credit for repeat home buyers http://bit.ly/5JU5HN
2:15pm, Jan 24 from Twitterrific
theParaMobile
theParaMobile: @askNAR is this method working better for you than traditional methods of customer service? Seems to me you could easily get swamped. 2:31pm, Jan 24 from UberTwitter
askNAR

askNAR: @theParaMobile Sure. This is just one of several customer service channels we employ — phone, email, webchat, skype, etc. 10:26am, Jan 25 from Web

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Fun With Google Voice!

  • November 25, 2009 1:16 am

Yeah, call me. Go ahead, click it or just dial 423-302-0090.

It’s alright, theParaMobile has decided to have some fun.  We know that Google Voice has a few bugs yet to work out with their voice transciption feature, but let’s laugh a little until they do.  Call and leave a short message and we’ll post the really funny ones.  How ’bout it?

Updated 11/25@ 5pm:

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Transcription: “My music, it’s me so hard. Makes me say blasphemy. Thank you for blessing meet with them on to come into a high speed, it feels good. We know you’re damn a super group on boy from the Oaktown and known as such. And this is the you see attached. I told you my home boy can’t touch this. Yeah, that’s our let me know you can’t touch this.”

Transcription: “Precedence, this is Jamie the tricky probably tonight. Goodbye.”

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Transcription: “Hello Eric, This is after I just wanted to let you know that I didn’t that you need to stop telling people that i’m dead and I also need you to stop collaborate and listen places back with my brand new way in some didn’t grab a hold of me tightly. Yeah, I’m a rapper. Ron still Oracle to. Well I just wanted to test your google voice application that sends voicemail just as text messages and excellence is and and I’m glad that that I’m still alive and taken round split and well, have fun, I’m.”

Transcription: “Between kal tween pulls it though, star how I wonder what you are the the world so hard. Black at Diamond in the supply tween Cal’s Kathleen, so little store Jesus lives, the little people all the children of the world. Yes, I said red and yellow, black and white bear purchased and it’s that Jesus loves. I would like to have it up. No the.”

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Can you say, “Seizure!”

  • November 24, 2009 1:19 am

Unfortunately, there aren't aren't any funny "seizure" picture that are in good taste.

Yeah, I was unable to find a picture that would truly bring out the funny side of an epileptic seizure.  Ah, so I went with this…

Remember the urban legend that said little Japanese kids were having seizures after playing video games for long periods of time?  The blinking lights were said to induce these fits.  For some reason this has stuck with me over the years.  I often feel my tongue start to arc when I catch the flashing lights of an Ambulance in my rear-view mirror.  It’s psychosomatic, I know, but I can’t help thinking of those poor little kids twitching on the floor as the Super Mario Bros theme pranced along in the background.

If the myth is true then what I caught on engadget could be the end of the Mall experience as we know it: Blinking LEDs to give QR codes a run for their (ad) money.  Blinking LEDs, Light Emitting Diodes, will soon, according to the article, transmitt ads to your cell phone via light receptors..  I hope, for the sake of our over exposed neurons  and in memory of the seized up synpapses of the Japanese kids, that the light will be visible or near in invisible.  Otherwise a trip to the mall will be like Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds instead of a trip to Payless.  The cacophony of blinking lights will …….well, I think the picture sums it up nicely.

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Evolution of the Cell Phone?

  • November 21, 2009 11:24 am

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In the beginning there was nothing and then, from nothing, nothing exploded and created…….Whaaaaat?!  That doesn’t make sense!  Well, then, how in the world did we arrive at this hideous contraption?

Surely, this behemoth was discovered next to ancient dinosaur bones or maybe it was originally on the Mayflower, right?  MSN Tech, via Benj Edwards, covers these questions and many others as they detail the Evolution of the Cell Phone.  Check it out!

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