Editors’ note: This is a guest column. See Roger Entner’s bio below. One thing is …

Earlier this year I wrote about the Kungl, a nifty plastic iPhone case with an embedded 1/4-inch tripod mount. At $19.99, it’s one of the more affordable tripod accessory options out there. But what if you want to shoot video with, say, an iPod Touch? Or an Android phone? And what if you don’t happen to have a tripod handy? …

Almost everyone knows someone who has had their cell phone stolen. And most likely, there wasn’t much that person could do about it. Some mobile carriers and the U.S. government are now trying to change that. The Federal Communications Commission announced today that it is partnering with four major carriers to work toward curbing rampant cell phone theft, according to …