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Smartphones Can't Cure Acne, FTC Rules

Posted by timothy on from the that-is-one-spiteful-ftc dept.

jfruhlinger writes "Your smartphone can send texts, surf the Web, and update your Facebook page, so it stands to reason that it can cure acne too, right? Well, maybe not. Two companies that marketed acne-cure apps have settled with the FTC and have been forced to take the apps off the market. (Colored light can kill acne-causing bacteria, but needs to be much more powerful than what a smartphone screen can put out.) Almost 15,000 people bought the apps."

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  1. Re:What colour is UV? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Actually, the apostrophe has its own use in English and IT IS is similar to ITS but not. My retina can perceive this misuse and it's like getting an icepick in each lens. I wish my eyes were opaque to apostrophes so I couldn't see IT IS instead of ITS.