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Last activity: 27.04.2024

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The Light Phone is phone for humans. It's a tool that gives us back the most important things we take for granted, our time and attention.

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Location: United States, New York

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27.04.2024	Sick of toxic screen time? Dumbphones are having a moment	figcaption>span]:font-sans"> Breaking up with your smartphone is hard. But a growing "dumbphone" market is giving offline alternatives. The big picture: The well-known negative effects of screens — loneliness, addiction...
17.04.2024	Heineken Partners With Bodega, HMD to Bring 'Boring Phone' Just Like in the Old Days	Joseph Henry, Tech Times 17 April 2024, 01:04 pm Heineken, in partnership with Bodega and HMD, is embracing a nostalgic journey with the launch of the Boring Phone. This transparent flip phone harks back to a time before smartphones dominat...
04.03.2024	Punkt rocks its minimalist roots with first smartphone	Punkt first made a name for itself in the world of mobile with pared-down, monochromatic phones focused on voice, text and not much else. Now, the Swiss company has taken its concept of minimalism and changed it up, with the launch of its f...
23.01.2024	‘De-Googled’ smartphone company Murena launches own-brand mobile network	Murena, a French startup that sells “de-Googled” smartphones replete with its own flavor of Android, is launching an own-brand mobile network as it throws its hat into the fast-growing mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) ring. Murena Mob...
05.01.2024	The Humane touch: More MVNOs are being minted than ever	Ryan Reynolds-backed Mint Mobile exited to T-Mobile for $1.35 billion last year, and Sam Altman-backed “Ai Pin” startup Humane launched a pricey little device with a $24 monthly subscription that comes with phone number, unlimited data and ...
06.06.2023	Catholic University’s Light the Way Campaign Raises More Than $500 Million, Pope Francis Offers Congratulations	Multiyear fundraising campaign supports new buildings, scholarships, endowed professorships, and other critical needs /EIN News/ -- Washington, D. C., June 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Catholic University of America has raised a half bi...
06.06.2023	Catholic University’s Light the Way Campaign Raises More Than $500 Million, Pope Francis Offers Congratulations	-
30.03.2023	В США растут продажи обычных кнопочных телефонов из-за того, что зумеры пытаются ограничить экранное время	Журналисты издания CNBC рассказали, что в США наблюдается тенденция роста популярности обычных кнопочных телефонов. Специалисты считают, что рост вызван желанием зумеров сократить время, проводимое перед экраном смартфонов. Компания HMD Glo...
09.03.2022	How To Get Technology To Boost Your Concentration	Does the headline of this article seem confusing? Isn’t technology the reason we are increasingly finding it hard to concentrate? Isn’t our 24/7 always-connected culture causing us to have trouble focusing on a single task? The answer to th...
14.12.2021	Gift Guide: 5 gifts for all of us needing less screen time	Welcome to TechCrunch’s 2021 Holiday Gift Guide! Need help with gift ideas? We’ve got lots of them. Check back from now until the end of December for more! This is a year where we’ve all had to reconsider our relationship with tech. Social ...
10.06.2021	I ditched my iPhone and used a 'dumb' phone to fight my tech addiction. Here's what I learned after 2 weeks of staying offline.	Jenni Gritters tried the Light Phone 2, a basic cell phone that only allows for texts and calls. As her two-week iPhone hiatus went by, she got used to the quiet, but she missed receiving photos. She also wished for GPS services and thinks ...
09.06.2021	I ditched my iPhone and used a ‘dumb’ phone to fight my tech addiction. Here’s what I learned after 2 weeks of staying offline.	The Light Phone 2. Jenni Gritters Jenni Gritters tried the Light Phone 2, a basic cell phone that only allows for texts and calls. As her two-week iPhone hiatus went by, she got used to the quiet, but she missed receiving photos. She also w...
28.07.2020	Sky: Children of the Light developer Thatgamecompany raises $1 million for pandemic relief	Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Thatgamecompany, the developer of Journey and Sky: Children of the Light, said today it has raised $1.02 million for pandemic relief th...
04.09.2019	Daily funding roundup - September 4th, 2019	RocketBody raised $1M; Litmus Automation picks up $7M; Light closed $8.4M; Railsbank landed $10M RocketBody: RocketBody is an ECG-based personal fitness trainer for Apple Watch. The app provides high-quality control over body condition duri...
04.09.2019	Light Phone’s founders discuss life beyond the smartphone	For a seemingly tough pitch, Light has had little trouble getting noticed. The company has run two successful crowdfunding campaigns for a pair of minimalist phones designed to augment or replace the smartphone. Today the startup announced ...
02.03.2018	Streamlined Light Phone 2 Raises $410k, Will Support 4G	Nearly a year after the first edition of the Light Phone started shipping, interested consumers may now fund the second edition of the “distraction-free” smartphone on Indiegogo where the offering already raised north of $410,000. The Light...
08.05.2017	Light Phone é um celular minimalista até demais	À medida que os smartphones se tornam mais onipresentes, há quem queira fugir de mensagens e notificações sem ficar totalmente isolado do mundo. Essa é a ideia por trás do Light Phone: ele recebe ligações redirecionadas do seu smartphone, e...
15.02.2017	The Light Phone solves one of modern life’s biggest problems: having a phone	Innovation, and technology generally, can be boiled down to one function: solving problems. But sometimes those solutions have their own problems. One of the most arresting products we’ve come across here at Technical.ly is the Light Phone,...
03.01.2017	The Finally Light Bulb Company Raises $15 Million In Oversubscribed Series C Funding	Boston-based light bulb innovator, The Finally Light Bulb Company, has raised $15 million in an oversubscribed Series C funding round, the largest consumer product Series C in the US in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to PitchBook dat...
15.11.2016	“Anti-smartphone” Light Phone runs into delays	For people who feel that we are a little bit too connected these days, Kickstarter project Light Phone was promising a respite. It was scheduled to ship in May this year, but has seen a number of setbacks. This week, the company issued a st...

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