Ever since mobile electronics became a reality the FAA has banned passengers from utilizing these devices during critical times, such as takeoff and landing. Fortunately today the FAA officially accepted a new set of policies that will essentially allow passengers to leave their electronic devices on during the entire flight. This is great news for anyone that flies regularly because in many cases electronics like a phone or tablet are a great way to stay entertained or relaxed on a flight.

The FAA announced a few months ago that they were going to begin considering the possibility of allowing electronics and today they finally announced that it is going to become reality. It will still take time for airlines to implement the new rules but it is definitely a step in the right direction. As a whole the response has been overwhelmingly positive for this change which is definitely good news. The FAA is hoping to have their policy implemented by the end of the year at the latest, but each airline will still be able to decide whether or not to allow electronics based on their own policies. It is also important to note that cell phone calls will still not be permitted during a flight, at any time.

Each and every year the Consumer Electronics Show, or CES, is held in Las Vegas and most years it is full of dozens of new and exciting technologies. This year is no different as the show is now bringing plenty of new technology that will help the world in a number of ways.

One particular product has been drawing attention as a good piece of news for the world, the return of the One Laptop Per Child program. OLPC has always been about providing cheap and effective computers to children and families around the world and they’ve now finalized a new and improved tablet and laptop combo design that greatly reduces the cost and improved performance.

OLPC is happy to announce that the new tablet laptop combo is once again going to be charged by either solar power or a hand crank just like the previous OLPC projects and this one will once again be incredible cheap to produce and manufacture. The company is hopeful that the tablet will be completely finished and ready for distribution around the world within a few months. This is great news for everyone around the world as it will finally bring computers and technology to new and developing parts of the world that previously had nothing of the sort. Overall analysts say that this is truly great news in terms of technology and computers for all around the world as it is going to bring a big advancement in a number of ways.