April 18, 2014

America’s biggest carriers and manufacturers have agreed to equip new cellphones with anti-theft technology. Phones that go on sale after July 2015 could be remotely rendered inoperable to prevent the device from being reactivated without the owner’s permission. The feature could help deter phone theft, which is one of the top crimes in many cities. Source Link

Helping your daughter to eat more fruits and vegetables could have an important health benefit in adulthood. Girls who ate red, orange or dark green fruits and vegetables were less likely to get benign breast disease. A natural ingredient found in these fruits and vegetables are believed to have antioxidant properties that may guard against disease. Source Link

If you’re starting a family and hoping for a boy or for a girl, there’s a new app that claims to help you get the gender you want. Stork Diet prescribes a nine-week diet that suggests foods rich in the appropriate nutrients to conceive a boy or a girl. It’s based on research showing that women who ate more calories, sodium, and calcium were more likely to have boys. Source Link