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Mobile phone addiction causes teens to check phones ten times a night

10/12/201610/10/2016 Julie Campbell

Recent research showed adolescents are checking their mobile devices at least ten times nightly. A recent study has underscored the impact of mobile phone addiction on adolescent behaviors. It revealed that nearly half of young people (45 percent) are checking their phones for notifications after going to bed. The survey included the participation of 2,750 respondents between the ages of 11 and 18 years old. Among those who participated in this mobile phone addiction and behavior survey, one in ten said they checked for notifications at least 10 times after…

Mobile device use can lead to strained necks, say chiropractors

10/04/201609/30/2016 Jennifer Goula

A growing number of people are now finding themselves faced with a condition called “text neck.” Chiropractors are rapidly seeing a growing wave of patients injured through heavy mobile device use. They are suffering from a condition nicknamed “text neck” since it results from staring at a smartphone screen for hours at a time. The condition is caused by taking the posture used most frequently for texting, and doing it often. The reason is that tiling the head down in this way places about 65 pounds of pressure on the…

An iPhone battery pack is often needed to keep up with daily smartphone use

02/15/201602/13/2016 Julie Campbell

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A recent study has revealed that the majority of people check their smartphones an average of 85 times each day. If you’re like most people, you’re continually checking your smartphone for a broad range of different reasons and this can be very draining on the device’s power, helping to explain the rising popularity of the portable iPhone battery pack. In fact, the average person checks their mobile device 85 times per day, from waking up to going to bed at night. The reasons for checking the device can include anything…

Smartphone addiction prompts “text walking lanes” in Belgium

06/19/201506/17/2015 Julie Campbell

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People are paying so much attention to texting and so little attention to real life that one city has taken action. Antwerp, Belgium, has become the latest city to join into the trend of protecting its residents who have a smartphone addiction by creating text walking lanes that are meant to keep people from wandering into dangerous situations when they fail to glance up at the real world while they are texting. This may sound as though it is a silly thing to do, but texting while walking has become…

Cell phone addiction: Myth or Reality?

11/05/201411/03/2014 Julie Campbell

Technology news headlines have been revealing that people are becoming increasingly hooked on their mobile devices. As a growing number of cases of internet and cell phone addiction have been making headlines – with the latest being a patient diagnosed as being hooked on his Google Glass – many have started to wonder whether smartphones are doing us more harm than good, when all is said and done. For this reason QR Code Press conducted a study to examine the various items and parts of our lives that people consider…