The Week contest: Apps for the real world
What would an app that encourages millennials to put down their phones be called?

Last week’s question: The average 18-to-24-year-old American checks his or her smartphone 53 times a day, according to a new study. Come up with the title of an app that would encourage Millennials to put down their phones and engage with the real world.
RESULTS:
THE WINNER: The Selfie Taser
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Clive Nickerson, Cranston, R.I.
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Jill Long, Bluffton, S.C.
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Lane Willingham, Brentwood, Tenn.
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Andrew Baker, Allentown, Pa.
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Kenneth R. Updegrove, Cedaredge, Colo.
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Ted Barker, Northridge, Calif.
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Roy Duggan, Memphis
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Sarah Cox, Irvington, N.Y.
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Linda Crider, Prescott, Ariz.
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Tom Skopal, Bethlehem, Pa.
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