If you use Android, you may have had Facebook updates foisted upon you that didn't require going anywhere near the Play store. That made Google angry—so it's banned developers from being able to update apps except from through its store. More »
Cellphones and driving go together like knives and juggling. But when cellphone use is banned, are drivers any safer? It depends on where you're driving, a study by University of Illinois researchers says. The study found that, long-term, enacting a cellphone ban was associated with a relative...
Attention college freshman: If you attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, you must no longer refer to yourself as a "freshman" because your school has determined that this term is offensive, inappropriate and sexist. Really. Going forward, we all need to refer to such students...
The FA's new code of conduct has been issued to England players and it apparently isn't too far off from what we predicted. Covering everything from respect for hotel staff to leaving the designation of approved mobile phone use areas to the discretion of the manager, the 16-page booklet covers...
California's Governor Jerry Brown*just signed a new legislation that prohibits parents from sending their gay kids to therapy in hopes of turning them straight. It's the first law of its kind to protect a minor's sexual orientation and of course, the Republicans are the only ones opposing it...
The school board in Manatee County, Florida has boldly banned energy drinks from all schools in the county. The vote to ban drinks like Red Bull, Rockstar and Full Throttle was 4-0, effectively placing the drinks on the same level as alcohol, cigarettes, and drugs. Considering that energy drinks...
Turkish football fans have probably kept many flare companies in business over the years, but when the Turkish FA banned them from stadiums, their brand of pyromaniac fun seemed to be over.
The fans of Super Lig club Eskisehirspor had other ideas, though. In response to the decision, they...
A study of four European countries with smoke free legislation, published online in Tobacco Control, revealed that smoking bans do not encourage smokers to smoke more at home. According to the researchers, who base their findings on two waves of the International Tobacco Control Policy...
Every 5 seconds, Americans use about 60,000 plastic bags. During the holiday season, consumption increases, as shoppers leap from store to store, getting a new single-use sack at every stop. But some cities and even states are stepping in to stop the waste, by banning or imposing small fees on...
Well, we all knew this day was coming at some point in the future. After weeks of watching some of the best players use the controversial belly putter to win three straight events, including a major championship, a European tour decided to lay the hammer down and ban the long putter from all...
http://www.iihs.org/laws/maptextingbans.aspx
I don't know the difference map hand-held bans and map test bans
Test is mean just try, but have not applie
It's not that surprising (given previous bans), but Apple recently rejected a small Danish Android magazine app from the App Store. It's unlikely that many people would've bought the magazine in the first place, which makes it an odd-ish ban. More »
Hellbent on banning something after RIM acquiesced to various Arabian nations' BlackBerry threats, Kuwait is believed to have banned the public from using DSLR cameras in public. Members of the press are still allowed to use them, apparently. More »
...like we have with Cuba? I mean, I've heard the possibility mentioned a few times by people I know that Congress will ban travel to Venezuela, as a jab against Hugo Chavez, and Ileana Ros-Litehan (pardon my misspelling of her name), while not explicitly mentioning travel bans, has expressed...
...phones in cars? And then they can send a rebate so people can buy the bluetooth headsets or something.
This could cost a few tens of millions of dollars.
Or should we just wait it out and see what happens? What do you think should be done?
ASH congratulates the Finnish president who signed a new law putting tobacco displays out of sight in shops. Finland joins a growing number of countries including Ireland, Canada and Norway that have adopted the measure to protect young people from tobacco marketing. [1] In several...