The FAA recommends putting phones in airplane mode during take off. The truth is, the only problem with not using it is ...

A: Airplane mode is a setting that disables that device's connection to any sort of data transmission, both incoming and outgoing, as well as any features that require data transmission to work, such ...

I haven't flown much the last couple years, but when flying last week I noticed lots of people using their phones. I used mine, as directed by the flight attendants. But I didn't see many people reach ...

Your phone, when left to its own devices, is a needy little thing. It constantly pings cell towers, searching for a connection. On the ground, that's no biggie. In the air, those pings can interfere ...