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Inside the Rolling Stones’ old-school, phone-free album release party

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Inside the Rolling Stones’ old-school, phone-free album release party

It may still be only rock ’n’ roll for the Rolling Stones. But that apparently does not include camera rolls.  At Thursday night’s album release party for “Hackney Diamonds” — the legendary British band’s first LP of new material since 2005’s “A Bigger Bang” — the Stones put the “old” in old-school by requiring all … Read more

‘Digitally fast’: Scenic island aims to go ‘phone-free’ in first for screen-obsessed tourists

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‘Digitally fast’: Scenic island aims to go ‘phone-free’ in first for screen-obsessed tourists

Finland has welcomed the arrival of summer, its warmer weather and the anticipated influx of tourism by establishing what is believed to be the world’s first phone-free island in a move to encourage people to get off their devices. Visitors to the Ulko-Tammio Island off of Finland’s southeast coastline will be asked to keep their noses out of their … Read more