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California Legislature Passes Bill to Ban or Limit Cellphone Use in Schools

California will likely soon become the fifth state in the nation to ban students from using smartphones in schools, though the full ban likely would not go into effect until the 2026-27 school year.

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Digital, Smartphone Driver’s Licenses are Coming to California

Allegedly “in the coming weeks,” you’ll be able to upload your California driver’s license and present it digitally in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet, that is, if you consider getting your ID out of your wallet to be some terribly time-consuming task.

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'Kill Switch' Cuts SF Smartphone Robberies By Half

Your iPhone is a lot less likely to get swiped on Muni than it used to be. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, new San Francisco Police data says that smartphone robberies in

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Photos: See Classic S.F. Movie Locations Then And Now

The next time you're frustrated standing on the tourist-packed corner of Powell and Geary, take solace knowing you're in the same spot Tippi Hedren crossed in Hitchcock'

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Tips: Protecting You And Your Smartphone

Reader Erica Kwiatkowski contacted us this morning with the following tips, care of the sometimes frightening folks at AT&T, about how not to get your smartphone stolen while in public. The

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Apple's $1 Billion Triumph: Jury Rules Samsung Infringed On Apple Patents

Last yesterday, a federal jury found that Samsung had indeed infringed upon Apple's smartphone and tablet patents and ordered the Korean electronics maker to pay Apple over $1 billion in damages.