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Smartphones and the Mobile Workforce

Six years ago, the mid-Atlantic region came to a standstill as back-to-back storms dumped record amounts of snow, crippling cities and causing the temporary closure of many businesses. Known as Snowmaggedon, I witnessed the devastation first-hand as a Baltimore resident, and when the city ran out of places to dump the plowed snow, load after…

5 Things to do Before You Lose Your Smartphone

Over 70 percent of the adult population own smartphones, over two million of whom report them stolen each year, with another three million reporting them lost. Simply put, there is a decent probability that you’ll lose your smartphone at some point in time, be it from theft or carelessness. I consider myself to be a…

5 Stages of Grief in 5 Minutes

Losing your phone is not ideal. In modern culture we depend on our phones for everything, so realizing your phone is missing can induce panic. However, it’s not the time to lose your cool! Use this quick guide to go through the five stages of grief in just five minutes, and then find a solution….

Amusement Parks and Cell Phones…Oops

If you’ve been to an amusement park recently, you might have seen something like this:   That’s a lot of lost phones! And most amusement parks are “not responsible for lost or stolen items.” In just one year, King’s Island’s newest ride, “The Diamondback,” collected $20,000 worth of nose-diving cell phones. So, at an amusement…