More Unpredictable Side Effects of Technology: Cell Phone Storage Trucks for Students

New York City public schools have a citywide ban on cell phones, and I'd heard there were bodegas that offer daily "storage" to students for a small fee. It's a good deal for bodegas--assuming they don't get targeted and robbed--as cell phones don't take up much space, and the twice-daily student traffic probably provides a modest boost in sales. A company called Pure Loyalty Electronic Device Storage has expanded on this business model, deploying brightly-painted trucks to schools with...

February 20, 2012 · Read full article