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Ashlee Simpson's Guilty Tech Pleasures: Her BlackBerry and Electric Toothbrush
Pop rock singer Ashlee Simpson recently caught up with AOL's Switched to talk about all things tech. . .
Rosie O'Donnell Loves Her iPhone
When Rosie O'Donnell is chillin' out on set, her gadget "must haves" include her Nextel cellphone and her iPhone. I always knew Rosie was crafty, but until she started her own blog, I had no idea she was so tech savvy! AOL's Switched recently chatted with Rosie and her partner Kelli about their favorite websites, texting, and yes, the iPhone.
Ruben Studdard Discusses His Tech-Obsessed Life
Recently, AOL's Switched had the pleasure of talking with American Idol Season 2 winner Ruben Studdard about his love for his BlackBerry, how he still wants to get an iPhone, and his annoyance with the short battery life on his iPod, phone, and laptop. Here are some of the highlights from the interview:
- On what was the longest time he's ever spent playing a video game in one sitting and what game it was: "About three hours. It was NCAA college football from EA Sports.
Top 10 Most E-Mail Addicted Cities In The US
The folks over at Switched inform me that AOL just completed a massive survey on e-mail usage throughout the United States, which polled residents of the country's top 20 markets. The results? While teens may think e-mail is so 1999, there are many adults (and teens) who are in need of a little e-mail detox.
Do You Sleep With Your Cell Phone?
Turns out our addictions to our smartphones and laptops aren't just affecting our love lives and vacation time.
According to AOL's E-Mail Addiction study for 2007, 40 percent of e-mail users have checked their e-mail in the middle of the night. Which means, people are sleeping with their laptops, smartphones (ie BlackBerries, iPhones and Treos) right at their bed side.
iPhone Obsessed? Is it A Mental Disorder?
With the week of iPhone madness almost over it's time to sit back, relax and consider what it is we've all been through. The folks over at Switched have put together a hilarious and thoughtful video looking at America's "iPhone hysteria," i.e. i-Sanity, which has had its grips on millions of us since Macworld.
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Miley: How Low Can You Go With Kelly O?
Is there anything Miley Cyrus can't do? The 15-year-old singer/actor has now written an autobiography, for which she was reportedly paid a seven-figure sum. She's had a busy week, enjoying the shows at LA Fashion Week after taking her adorbale pooch to Millions of Milkshakes in West Hollywood.
Sale Alert: Pier 1's Great Light Switch
Clearly, there is something major going on at Pier 1. Right now, the retailer's web site is all but empty, and I suspect it's about to unveil a drastic makeover of sorts. Meanwhile, it's hosting a sale on lamps, cleverly dubbed the Great Pier 1 Light Switch, through Sept.
Babies Switched at Birth
In a situation straight from a lilsugar poll, two Illinois women ended up with the wrong babies.
According to an Associated Press article:The switch apparently occurred when Bathon's son, Hunter Allen Bathon, and Hopkins' son, Riley Howard Spencer, were taken at the same time to be circumcised. Both wore identification, Womick said, but "apparently both came off and they put the wrong ones back on."
Eco-Friendly Outlet Banishes Power Vampires For Good
Vampire power month may be over (how appropriate that it was in October, no?), but that doesn't mean I'm going to stop trying to find ways to reduce our electric bills! We are living in a digital world, which means nearly everything needs to be juiced up to work. I've already got my laptop working overtime at the office and at home, so you can imagine that I'm a pretty powerful energy vampire on my own.
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