Your smartphone, as it turns out, is covered with 10 times as many bacteria as a toilet seat, according to a 2012 study from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just how filthy is the average phone? A 2017 study published in the journal Germs looked at 27 phones owned by teenagers and found ...

Most of us carry our phones everywhere, into the kitchen, the car, the office, and sometimes even the bathroom. The problem is that smartphones are one of the most frequently touched objects in our ...

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Bacteria and viruses move easily between surfaces like the ATM machine or the pole on the bus, where they can live anywhere from hours to more than a week, and your phone. And once germs reach your ...

Think twice before wiping down your devices with Windex and paper towels.

This is the harvest from a single iPhone Lightning port. Photo: Charlie Sorrel/Cult of Mac Even if you keep your iPhone in a nice case and regularly polish the screen, it is probably a filthy cesspit ...

If calls and media sound muffled, your phone's speakers might be dirty. Here is a safe, step-by-step cleaning routine that uses basic supplies.

When there's a will, there's a way to clean every kind of phone case. Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Let's be clear about one thing: Your phone is F-I-L-T-H-Y. It carries 10 times the number of ...

Whether you have the latest iPhone or any other flagship phone, you likely depend on your smartphone's camera to document your everyday life. After all, many of us have stopped using dedicated cameras ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Research suggests that your phone is likely playing host to viruses and bacteria. In addition to frequently washing your hands and ...