Vociferous Algerians, sharing taxis, turn silent when a fog descends.

ECONOMIST: Algeria

For example, walking into a meeting, SMARTACTIONS can turn the ringer to silent so an incoming phone call won't interrupt the meeting.

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Andrew Ross Sorkin plans to turn his cellphone on silent when his best-selling book Too Big To Fail makes its way to HBO this May.

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