Decades after the first of the iconic orange phones began washing ashore, a French community finally has answers.

New service offers refurbished cell phones complete with green tips for teens.

MBA students in a CSR course at Boston College were tasked to create a green business idea for Verizon and a recyclable phone project came out on top.

Communications Wireless Group works with business owners to recycle, refurbish, and reuse old wireless devices while maintaining a zero-landfill policy.

Sprint customers can get instant credit on their phone bills by recycling old phones at local stores.

Phone recycling has become so easy, convenient and, in some instances, profitable, there’s really no reason not to do it.

Chanie Kirschner remembers a time long ago when no one had cell phones.

Resist the urge to throw away your old gadgets. Here's how to recycle, donate and sell.

Gross or practical? Soon you may be able to charge your phone by plugging it into the urinal.

Radiation from cell phones might be contributing to the decline in the bee population.

AT&T's ZERO Charger won’t draw electricity from a power outlet when disconnected from a mobile phone.

Authentic sounds of the wild can now be downloaded for free to your iPhone. Assign your friends their own unique howl, hoot or roar.

Ann Louise Gittleman offers '1,268 Ways to Outsmart the Hazards of Electronic Pollution'

What are some good apps to help me stay healthy and make smarter decisions about products?

It's yet one more benefit of living in the Google years.

Some professors are doing it, but perhaps they should look in the mirror.

Consumers can sell their current mobile phone at an ecoATM.

The Boeing Black tackles cybersecurity with a range of spy-like features.

Imagine a smartphone for the visually impaired that has the tools most sighted smartphone users have come to take for granted

Save money and reduce your carbon footprint when you use one of these 7 apps to organize a carpool or book a carshare ride.

Public transit has long been undervalued as a mobility option. Thanks to new technologies and new ways of living, that's changing.

Uber and Lyft are both offering discounted ridesharing services. Today in San Francisco; tomorrow the world.

Helsinki is experimenting with a plan to match people with rides, making cars unnecessary.

EcoSnoop starts a new class of vigilante green apps for the iPhone. Now you can report neighborhood polluters.

After months of leaks and rumors, the iPhone 5S is finally real.

Phonebloks is a Lego-like approach to smartphone design, where each individual 'blok' is an isolated component that can be replaced.

Lost in the woods? Stuck in the wild? These 8 handy smartphone apps will help you survive in the wilderness.

The wireless camera attaches to your mobile device and provides a clear view — even through water and ink — for taking photos or recording video.

The Lune can identify that your phone is receiving a call, not from a Bluetooth signal but from the wavelength of the phone’s GSM signal.

Your next iPhone could recharge itself by absorbing sunlight-- if a new rumor turns out to be true.

A rampant scam can add $20 more to your phone bill if you hit redial. Make sure your kids know not to call the scammers back.

The SmartGait innovation could help patients with compromised balance by analyzing how they walk.

The EveryDrop LA app makes it easier for ordinary Los Angelenos to identify and report sources of wasted water in their communities.

Recycling or donating your old iPhone is sensible. But these projects are much more fun.

Here's how to capture gorgeous close-up photos in any scenario, with nothing but your smartphone and an affordable lens attachment.

Sherry Turkle says we are losing our capacity for empathy, and our ability to carry on a conversation.

A new study finds that we cannot remember phone numbers anymore. Shocking!

The design world is agog at its ugliness, and the fact that it was needed in the first place.

Finnish startup aims to engage mobile users in an international competition to send someone to the International Space Station.

Blackberry has cornered the military market but after the Department of Defense approved the use of Apple devices, this will likely change.

From magnifiers to medication trackers, these apps can help savvy seniors stay on track.

The debate continues about whether mobile technology is creating the most advanced generation ever or a society of uncultured automatons.

Apple's app store hasMark Bittman’s go-to book on the basics of how to cook just about anything you can imagine for free.

To celebrate the 30th birthday of Macintosh, Apple filmed an ad entirely on an iPhone and aired it during the Super Bowl.

'I See Change' app taps the power of citizen scientists to gather data on nature and weather.

Alan Kimble Fahey, the hirsute ex-phone service technician behind a folksy, sprawling rural California compound known as Phonehenge West, is found guilty of vio

A study about phones giving kids horns stirs some good old-fashioned moral panic.

Al Gore apparently let slip that Apple Computer plans to release new "iPhones" next month. Gore spilled the beans thusly: "Not to mention the new iPhones coming

Do we really expect our phones to have empathy, like Samantha in 'Her'?

Some devices can already share files by touching, but soon they'll also be able to share power.