A fight between two high school students in Nova Scotia last month has underlined some of the concerns parents and teachers have about cellphones in schools.
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People Who Text A Driver May Be Held Responsible For Crash
Everyone knows it’s dangerous to use a cell phone or text while driving.
In the future, it could be illegal to text someone who is driving.
That’s because it may cause the driver to pick up the phone and text back—which could cause a crash.
Three judges in the U.S. state of New Jersey have “agreed in principal” that if someone knows that the person they’re texting is driving, and the driver crashes into someone, both people (the driver and the texter) might be considered responsible for the accident.
Apple Launches Eagerly-Anticipated New iPhone
Apple launched its new cell phone last week—the iPhone5.
Although the iPhone5 has some new features, it’s essentially the same phone with a longer screen (see the picture that accompanies this article).
The new phone is thinner, lighter and faster than its predecessors.
It’s less than 8 mm thick.
The screen is now a bit longer, at 4” (measured diagonally), or 10.2 cms. The iPhone4 screen is 3.5” (8.9 cms).
The new iPhone is also faster than the other iPhones.
If You Lose Your Cell Phone The Finder Will Probably Snoop Through It
Some people at a software company wanted to find out what happens when people find a cell phone.
Do they keep it, or return it? What do they do with it?
They found out that half of the people people who find a cell phone returned it. However, in nearly every case, the “finder” first looked through the information on the phone, checking out the owner’s photos, emails and apps.
In his experiment, Scott Wright, who works for Security Perspectives Inc., left 50 cell phones in various places in five cities in Canada and the United States. He left them out so they would look like they had been accidentally lost.
Mahler Symphony Gets An Unwelcome Addition
When you go to hear live classical music, it’s usually quite a formal occasion.
The audience is respectful of the musicians.
Usually people even clap only at certain times. That’s so the beauty of the music isn’t interrupted.
The New York Philharmonic is a very famous classical music orchestra.
So you can imagine what people in the audience were thinking when, right in the middle of the soft and beautiful ending of Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 – someone’s cell phone started ringing.
