Let’s face it, your phone is a blessing and a curse. Behind its sleek glass front is a whole world of excitement. All your friends, the entirety of the Internet and omg, a kitten video… If you haven’t ...

Flipd is an Android app that aims to curb your smartphone addiction, and even others’,, by Flipping them Off. No, this is not some app that sends a middle-finger to your friends, but more an app that ...

University students are distracted by their phones in class on average 11 times a day, a recent University of Nebraska survey suggests. Toronto-based startup Flipd has created an app that gently ...

Like many educators, Lorenz Neuwirth, a professor of biopsychology and neuropsychology at SUNY Old Westbury, was tired of his students scrolling through their phones during class. The students were ...

Smartphone addiction is quite common nowadays, with so much of lucrative content to surf through. You have probably found yourself often stuck in front of your phone screen aimlessly scrolling through ...

When Apple’s head of software engineering announced a new slate of controls to curb smartphone addiction at its developers conference earlier this month, one Toronto startup was paying close attention ...

Sometimes it’s a little difficult to switch off, to put down the phone and ignore the little blinking light. The end result is that you check it hundreds of times per day, most likely. I know, because ...

Don't let all the apps for to-do lists and schedulers fool you: While your phone can be used as a tool for productivity, more often than not it's a source of distraction. Turns out, there's a ...

Take a look around you the next time you’re riding the subway, or queueing at a coffee shop, and you’ll likely see someone using their smartphone. Given that 56% of Canadians have a smartphone, this ...

Most of us could use time away from our smartphones. Push notifications, bright colors, and other smartphone features are designed to keep us glued to our phones, and for the most part, they're ...