The perfect phone call lasts for 9 minutes and 36 seconds

The ideal phone conversation should last for 9 minutes and 36 seconds, covering family news, personal problems, work, current affairs and the weather, according to new research from the Post Office. And during that call, you'll spend 102 seconds laughing plus 12 seconds in silence. [Source: Telegraph.co.uk]

UK gripped by nomophobia

Not an April Fool's Day joke, although it might as well be. Yesterday the Post Office said that one in five people found being out of mobile phone contact as stressful as moving house or breaking up with a partner. Its research, which had been carried out by YouGov, said 53% of UK mobile phone users were anxious about running out of battery, running out of credit, losing their handset or not having network coverage. They christened this fear of having no mobile phone contact "nomo-phobia". [Source: Independent.co.uk]