cell phones

In case you missed it, we may get a new area code very soon!

When minutes and even seconds matter in a fast moving wildfire situation, information is vital for firefighters to be able to effectively communicate with residents in the path of the fire.

The Missoula County Attorney’s Office, City Police Department and County Sheriff’s Office have jointly sponsored investigators’ attendance at an elite training on extracting and decoding forensic evidence from mobile devices.

A national consortium of digital communications companies are reminding users of digital devices…phones, personal computers, i-pads etc that today is National Digital Maintenance Day, commonly known as NDMD.

Starting Tuesday, Feb. 5 drivers using cellphones without a hand-free device will be ticketed and fined by Missoula police.

Maybe you thought your thumbs were fast, and you could pop out text messages at remarkable speeds. Well, perhaps you should think again. A 16-year-old New Yorker was just awarded the top prize for the second year in a row at the LG US National Texting Competition.

The times they are a changing; with everyone and their mother carrying cell phones these days, it seems like any and all cell phone etiquette has gone out the window. Case in point: yesterday I was at a restaurant trying to enjoy dinner and conversation with friends while a guy at the next table over was talking on his phone...