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L.A. City Hall Finds New Way To Ignore You -- With MyLA311 App

Technology is just amazing. Besides providing new ways for you be embarrassed by your mom (Facebook), called out by your peers (Twitter) and dumped by your lesser half (texting), smartphones can now give you a whole new way to be ignored by your taxpayer-funded representatives at City Hall:

Lord Blackberry's Apocalypse

The LA Weekly App: New and Improved

You could let your conscience be your guide, but that doesn't sound like very much fun at all. Plus LA Weekly's new and improved Smartphone app is going to do a much better job, especially since it's just been technologically bedazzled and is now ready for your downloading and upgrading pleasure. W ... More >>

The LA Weekly App: New and Improved

You could let your conscience be your guide, but that doesn't sound like very much fun at all. Plus LA Weekly's new and improved Smartphone app is going to do a much better job, especially since it's just been technologically bedazzled and is now ready for your downloading and upgrading pleasure. W ... More >>

The LA Weekly App: New and Improved

You could let your conscience be your guide, but that doesn't sound like very much fun at all. Plus LA Weekly's new and improved Smartphone app is going to do a much better job, especially since it's just been technologically bedazzled and is now ready for your downloading and upgrading pleasure. W ... More >>

The LA Weekly App: New and Improved

You could let your conscience be your guide, but that doesn't sound like very much fun at all. Plus LA Weekly's new and improved Smartphone app is going to do a much better job, especially since it's just been technologically bedazzled and is now ready for your downloading and upgrading pleasure. W ... More >>

LAPD Spied on 21 Using StingRay Anti-Terrorism Tool

Mimicking a cellphone tower, it bypasses checks and balances

New 'Mobile Lab' App Detects Allergens in Food

There's an app for that ... food allergy? An innovative new device and app from UCLA researchers lets you scan and test your food before you eat it. It basically turns your smartphone into a mobile lab that can test your food for a number of common allergens, Mobile Health News reports. It can curre ... More >>

The Para Abnormals

New iPhone Design Makes it Easier Target For Thieves Who Are Swarming Downtown L.A.

A rash of iPhone thefts has hit downtown L.A. this year, the LAPD says. The crooks could be taking advantage of what could be perceived as a security flaw in the new iPhone 4s: It has an easily accessible SIM card slot on its right side (the iPhone 4 does not): Its card can be tossed, rendering th ... More >>

Study Shows 90% of Gen Y Uses Phone on Toilet; Dudes With Androids Are the Worst

Did you know that a little over 90 percent of Generation Y does the smartphone while sitting on the toilet? This survey says so! (We realize we're like two weeks late on this, but our favorite AM station just mentioned it this morning, and it's way too newsworthy and hard-hitting and relevant to pa ... More >>

First Date Sex: Check The Type of Phone Your Valentine Has

hotgirlswithiphones.com​Okay, guys. We know you're sizing up potential mates for that overpriced Valentine's Day meal. And we know you all want your investment to pay off. (Yeah, boys think this way. Really). Well, here's a little intel for you:

Teen Cellphone Photos, Texts, Contacts Being Searched at School: ACLU of SoCal Says It's Illegal

ACLU​Those pesky bleeding-heart liberals at the ACLU actually want teachers and school administrators to keep out of your kids' cellphones. A report issued by the ACLU of Southern California lists some anecdotal evidence that school authorities are searching the contents of students' phones w ... More >>

Siri, New iPhone Virtual Assistant, Works With Your Girlfriend to Bust Your Cheating Ass

AppleA girl's best friend?​Ashton Kutcher, you definitely don't want to get the new iPhone. Reports indicate that the iPhone 4S' voice-activated assistant, Siri, can still take commands when your phone is otherwise passcode locked. Meaning that your wife -- Demi Moore, for example -- can ask ... More >>

Will Steve Jobs' Death Help Sell iPhone 4S?

Update: Sure enough! In the 24 hours since it's been available for pre-order, the iPhone 4S has almost doubled all previous iPhone records in that period. Apple reports that one million phones have been sold. Stock, naturally, is up as well. Lesson: Grief sells. Originally posted October 6 at 1 p.m ... More >>

iPhone 5 Could be Coming in September: Illustrations Show a Sleek New Version of Apple's Hipster Handset

Ay mamacita.​So you're one of the legions of Echo Park hipsters who proudly threw down your summer internship stipend for the boxy iPhone 4? Haw-haw. The smart guys and girls at Macrumors have put together illustrations of what they think the next iPhone will look like, and it's so much cool ... More >>

iPhones That Charge Themselves? There's a Future Hack For That, Thanks to UCLA Researchers

hotgirlswithiphones.com​Okay, hipsters. Don't all jizz yourselves at once. But it looks like UCLA researchers have discovered a way for you to revive your juiced iPhone with solar rays -- no ad-on charger necessary. Well, in theory, anyway. This is some year-2000 future shit. Your fellow gee ... More >>

iPad Killer Sought by Tribune Co., Corporate Parent of L.A. Times: Try Not to Laugh

Newspaper suits want to go head-to-head with this.​The Chicago-based geniuses at the Tribune Co., corporate parent of the Los Angeles Times, have their sights set on an iPad killer. Really. Because nothing says "future-forward high-tech hub" like the land of hot-dogs and coronary disease. The ... More >>

Sex Toy Sales to Rival Smartphone Buys in The Next 10 Years: Stars Like Cameron Diaz Popularize This Booming Lady Business

Cameron Diaz talks about this stuff. For real.​Ring ring. Who is it? It's your libido calling. It wants a new toy. And not an iPhone 4, either. A British study making the rounds this week claims that sex-toy sales will rival smartphone purchases in the next 10 years. Of course, your pocket ro ... More >>

iPhone FAIL: Some Users Get Daylight Savings Time Snafu, End up Two Hours Late

AppleThe iPhone can't tell time, apparently.​It can help you find a parking space, video chat with your mom, and find you the best restaurants nearby. But apparently the iPhone still can't tell time. The device was a FAIL again this weekend after it didn't automatically register the "spring f ... More >>

L.A. Launches Graffiti Database to Track Taggers, Keep Evidence on File

Graffiti meets database.​Los Angeles is launching its own tagger database and expanding graffiti tracking to four areas of the city, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Councilman Jose Huizar were scheduled to announce today. Workers equipped with smart phones will have the ability to upload photo ... More >>

L.A. City Hall Cell Phone Bill at Nearly $5 Million: City Controller Wants That Cut by More Than Half

hotgirlswithiphones.comIf only City Hall were this discriminating with its mobile phone use.​Jerry Brown's not the only Debbie Downer at the all-you-can-eat buffet known as California public employment. Wendy Greuel stepped forward Tuesday to call for L.A. City Hall's cell phone use to be cut ... More >>

Y2K, 2011-Style: We're Running Out of Internet Protocol Addresses

hotgirlswithiphones.comOne IP address at work.​When the precursor to the Internet was developed at UCLA in 1969, little did the pioneers know that we would all someday be connected by this thing many times over: Your computer at work has an IP address. Your laptop has an IP address. Your iPhon ... More >>

iPhilandering: It's Easy to Be Sleazy!

iPhone apps for wanderers

Donald LeBuhn Files Class Action Lawsuit in LA Against Apple: Says iPhone 4 Glass Casing Sucks and is Not as Strong as Apple Advertises

Gizmodo​If you own an iPhone 4 and the glass casing has broken, you are not alone. So many people have complained, in fact, that the phenomenon has even earned the nickname, "Glassgate." Apparently fed up and pissed off, California resident Donald LeBuhn filed a class action lawsuit earlier thi ... More >>

Mayor Villaraigosa, City To Roll Out 'Rock Star' Parking App To Help You Find Empty Spaces

hotgirlswithiphones.com [nsfw].What she really wants is an emotionally available parking space.​The can-do train that is City Hall can't keep libraries open on Mondays, give cops enough overtime to help solve murders, or get a grip on hundreds of out-of-compliance pot shops. But if you need t ... More >>

SKATE YOUR WAY TO HAPPINESS

Cell Phones Flooding to Mexican Mafia Prisoners

Schwarzenegger vs. Legislature pissing match means no crackdown

Today In WTF: Following California's Ban, Texting While Driving Nearly Doubles (Good Work, Legislature)

​Like many laws passed by the legislature in Sacramento, California's ban on texting while driving has been ... not so effective. The Automobile Club of Southern California on Wednesday announced that texting by Golden State drivers has nearly doubled since the rule went into effect 19 months ... More >>

Japan's iPhone Food Cases: Your Phone as Bento Box

Strapya WorldBento iPhone, anyone?​ From celebrity chef apps to video cooking tutorials to mapping the whereabouts of L.A. food trucks, it's no secret that the iPhone pretty much doubles as a mobile kitchen. But now, thanks to Japanese cell phone accessory-maker Strapya, your iPhone can take ... More >>

Jerry Brown Or Meg Whitman? Your Phone Is A 'Tell'

Gizmodo​It might be a little scary knowing that pollsters and political operatives can take one look at you or, rather, at your mobile phone, and have some idea of who you will vote for in California's November gubernatorial race. That is, at least if you have one of the two most-popular smart ... More >>

Earthquake Warning System: There's NOT An App For That ... Yet

​Scientists this week said that an earthquake warning system is not that far off, and that smart phones such as the Apple iPhone might be able to take advantage through imminent-shaker apps. A prototype warning system plugged into 300 sensors along the San Andreas fault is already being teste ... More >>

Is The New iPhone 4 An Epic FAIL? Consumer Reports Gives It A Thumbs Down

Gizmodo​Hold on to your Ray-Bans, Echo Park hipsters: The iPhone 4 has been declared a FAIL by Consumer Reports magazine (via LA Biz Observed). It wasn't AT&T's new reaming digital data plan that will certainly put most monthly iPhone bills above $100. It wasn't the fact that the new phone ... More >>

Lines For The iPhone Could Mean Leak Of New Gadget Did Apple Good

​One of Apple's arguments in its push to condemn the website Gizmodo and those journalists who helped to leak images and information about the new iPhone was that the unauthorized previews hurt sales of its existing phone model because, getting a taste of the edgy new gadget, people would wait ... More >>

Journalist's Home Searched For Information On iPhone Seller; Coveted Apple Prototype Sold For $10,000

An affidavit and search warrant unsealed at the behest of the Los Angeles Times and other news organizations revealed that authorities in Silicon Valley searched a reporter's home in order to obtain more evidence on a suspect who sold an Apple iPhone prototype to the writer. The Times reports that ... More >>

Is AT&T Dangling Next iPhone In Front Of Customers?

gizmodo.com​Reports (like this one from Yahoo) indicate that AT&T has quietly revised upgrade eligibility dates to allow current customers to get a new handset at a discount on June 21 -- the same day a new AT&T-enabled iPhone is rumored to be released. Echo Park hipsters rejoice: The new iPh ... More >>

Drunk Off Your Ass? There's An App For That

​Ensuring that your tax dollars are hard at work, the state of California on Monday unveiled an iPhone app that lets drinkers too impaired to dial a cab use their touch-screen iPhones to catch a ride. It's just in time for Cinco de Mayo. The California Office of Traffic Safety calls it Taxi M ... More >>

New Phone App Finds Best Happy Hours

Reporter Who Wrote Story Of Missing iPhone Prototype Has Computers Seized

​The computers of the California-based Gizmodo reporter who unveiled how a next-generation iPhone prototype was apparently left carelessly at a bar were seized over the weekend, the website reports. The California's Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team served search warrants on Jason Chen's ... More >>

Smuggling Cell Phones To Prisoners Perfectly Legal; Bill Would Change That

​One of organized crime's more potent weapons of late has been the mobile phone. If you've ever wondered how a prison-based organization like the Mexican Mafia can be so effective, or why even some prison officials have said prison gangs essentially run their lockups, the preponderance of smug ... More >>

iPhone Users Plan Protest To Choke AT&T Network Today

​If your iPhone is a little slow you can probably blame fellow users are staging a protest Friday to send a message to AT&T that they're not going to be happy if the company start charging usage fees for those who use the internet and email functions of their devices more. The protest was act ... More >>

Phone a Friend, Order a Taco: Chipotle's New App

Unless you've been living under a rock for the last year or so, you or someone you know has some version of what's been dubbed a "smartphone." And more likely than not, said friend is obsessed with getting the latest app's. There are apps for every passion/obsession under the sun, including some ... More >>

Nine Inch Nails iPhone App Rejected: Trent Reznor is Pissed, Posts E-Mail from Apple on NIN Forum

On May 2 Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor broke the news via Twitter that Apple had rejected the updated NIN iPhone app because it contained "objectionable content," specifically lyrics on the album The Downward Spiral. Needless to say, Reznor is pissed. After posting Apple's rejection e-mail on the NI ... More >>

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Gettin' the MySpace Money: Coolfer Blog Explains the Many Ways That T.I. Is Getting Paid

A Night with the Glamour Girls

Best Party Line: CUT-FOOT Hot line

In a Dark Theater, Everyone Hears a Cell Phone

Cue the ringtone

Tim Biskup Mural on La Brea

Yeah, it's actually an ad for Helio... Kind of. There's a small Helio logo off to the left side. But for the most part it's just a cool huge original painting by Biskup right in the middle of La Brea. The painting has been there for most of 2007 and I've had these pictures for a while, but ... More >>

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