This word beat "merkeln" to the top spot. Photo: DPA What do you call someone who stares gormlessly at their iPhone for hours on end? A "Smombie", apparently, which was chosen as this year's German ...

Six months after two Swedes poked fun of their smartphone-addicted peers with an unofficial road sign, it's become an unexpected educational tool, one of its co-creators has told The Local. Showing a ...

The other day, I watched from across the street as a pedestrian waited for the walk signal at a crosswalk. He was on his phone. The light turned green. Absorbed in his device, the man didn’t notice.

Korean, Chinese foreign ministers discuss preparations for 'substantive' outcomes ahead of Lee's state visit to China ...

A city in South Korea, which has the world's highest smartphone penetration rate, has installed flickering lights and laser beams at a road crossing to warn "smartphone zombies" to look up and drivers ...