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New research puts a face on mobile addiction

If these numbers are to be believed, you're probably reading this one your iPhone. 

On Apr 24, 2014 by Elizabeth Robinson

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There’s a science to why you’re so addicted to 2048

There's a perfectly good reason for your new habit.

On Apr 3, 2014 by Michelle Jaworski

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This hyper-addictive math game is driving the Internet insane

Busy day? Too bad. 2048 promises to ruin any chance you have of clearing your desk.

On Mar 14, 2014 by Rob Price

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This insane multiplayer Flappy Bird proves we’re all going down together

Consider the bar raised.

On Feb 12, 2014 by Miles Klee

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Why you can’t stop playing Flappy Bird

It's the perfect balance between stress and reward. 

On Feb 7, 2014 by Greg Stevens

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LeVar Burton hemorrhages Twitter followers over Philip Seymour Hoffman jokes

Swimming upstream on social media proves all but impossible.

On Feb 4, 2014 by Miles Klee

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Checking into the Internet Addiction Treatment Center

In this Op-Doc video, we show the inner workings of a rehabilitation center where Chinese teenagers are “deprogrammed.”

On Jan 22, 2014 by [email protected]

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Angry Swedish man has some reasonable suggestions for destroying the Internet

Works for me.

On Jan 14, 2014 by Miles Klee

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Many women prefer cellphones to sex, especially in China

Maybe they’re getting better service in that department? 

On Jan 10, 2014 by Miles Klee

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Follow 5 Internet addicts as they spend a week without their fix

You don't know what you've got till it's gone.

On Dec 12, 2013 by Miles Klee

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Architect sues over blog campaign that claims he has a ‘micro penis’

John Wender says that he has been “irreparably harmed” by a campaign of digital slander.

On Nov 13, 2013 by Miles Klee

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Netflix’s overhaul makes it less of a website, more like TV

An Internet service embraces the feel of an older medium.

On Nov 12, 2013 by Miles Klee

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We binge, we consume, we mainline … then we do it again

Are we in love, or are we just addicts, consuming without thinking about what it is we're consuming, what we're watching, or hearing, or obsessing over?

On Nov 1, 2013 by Zan McQuade

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‘Privacy concerns’ are driving people off of Facebook

Who is taking socializing off the network?

On Sep 17, 2013 by [email protected]

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U.S. hospital rehab program pledges to treat Internet addiction

Patients need to pay $14,000 out of pocket to join the program.

On Sep 4, 2013 by Kris Holt