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Some of the greatest mistakes happen when you are typing away quickly on your iPhone. Some of these mistakes can be hilarious or insanely embarrassing and awkward. Now days there are websites for everything, Texts From Last Night is still one of the best, but there’s also one for the great auto correct on iPhone...

Let’s face it, insurance can be confusing. Even most adults don’t fully understand insurance until they have had to go through the claims process. So, lets have a short little lesson on some common terms and how insurance works. Insurance is basically the transfer of risk. You pay a little to get reimbursed a lot based on the risk that you might experience a loss.

Now that Verizon has the iPhone 4, the advertisements against AT&T have started. During the Super Bowl, AT&T and Verizon each had an ad for the iPhone, trying to prove which company has the better network.

Let’s face it iPhones are notoriously famous for being susceptible to screen cracks. The glass screens have no give when it comes to being dropped. Therefore, you should always have a screen protector over your glass to reduce the direct pressure to your screen.

More and more schools are offering one to one laptop initiatives for their students. Technology has changed the way we do just about everything, including education. School districts have taken the lead and have incorporated technology in the everyday learning process. Computers have been used in schools since the 1980s with their popularity increasing as technology has increased.

We’ve all been there, your phone starts acting funny and you take it back to the store to have it looked at and they say, “Can’t help you the liquid indicator is red.” Argh! It can be frustrating, especially if you haven’t had a true liquid damage such as having a spill or water submersion.

A Newport News woman, Patricia Ramos got an email January 21 showing a picture of the two thieves that had stolen her laptop. “I noticed that it was on my phone,” recalls the 25-year-old, “and I said, ‘Wait a minute. I didn’t send this,’ and, so, I opened it up, and there’s a picture of them enjoying my hard earned money.”

On Jan. 11, Verizon announced that the iPhone was going to be part of their phone selection in February. Many have known this was coming but some were just as surprised. John Stewart from The Daily Show decided to give his take on Verizon iPhone Announcement on that night’s show. His biggest point with the announcement was the issue of dropped calls on AT&T’s network. Will Verizon’s network really fix the dropped call issue or could it be an actual issue with the iPhone? Only time will tell now!

Education has become more high tech than ever before. Teachers are finding new ways to integrate technology into the classroom to keep kids interested. Gone are the days of open your text book to page 372. Now it’s more like open your browser to this website or direct your attention to the screen at the front of the class.

It didn’t take long for T-Mobile to speak up about their opinion of the Verizon iPhone announcement. They are pushing that their network is faster and better even without a partnership without Apple. I jumped over to the T-Mobile site to see what kinds of phones they have and I’m rather impressed. They offer most of the smartphones you would expect and look for like, Samsung, Blackberry and HTC. Regardless who your carrier is and what type of cell phone you have, Worth Ave. Group has the best cell phone insurance on the market.