| From a 1 kg 'Brick' to lightweight smartphones The Hindu The first-ever mobile phone weighed half as much as a red clay brick, was barely handy and could hardly be trusted to last you through the long phone conversations you now take for granted. Forty years ago, when the first cellphone call was made, it ... See all stories on this topic » |  The Hindu |
Newstrack India
The study by Norton anti-virus producer Symantec showed that nearly nine out of 10 online adults (87 percent) in the MENA are mobile device users, of which a large majority (78 percent) use them to access the internet. The study revealed that few ...
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Business 2 Community (blog)
The thing is, most of these activities are now increasingly done using mobile devices when waiting in a long queue, on airports, train stations, and in coffee shops. To make sure that your business blog provides a good reading experience to the reader ...
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| Verizon to Follow T-Mobile's Un-Carrier Model? – CEO Says Maybe Eagle's Rant T-Mobile's innovative change to eliminate contracts and allow users the freedom to move and change providers at will seems to have struck a chord not only with critics but with other cell phone wireless providers as well. Only this week the head guy at ... See all stories on this topic » |  Eagle's Rant |
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
JUNEAU — The next time you get pulled over and a police officer asks for license and registration, you could reach for your smartphone instead of rifling through a messy glove box looking for an insurance card. That's if the Legislature approves a ...
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| Hands off the smartphone map, California court tells drivers PCWorld (blog) Technically, the ruling suggests if you want to use a mapping program in California you have to do it without touching a mobile device. For a lot of people that wouldn't be a problem. Google Maps on Android, for example, delivers stellar spoken turn-by ... See all stories on this topic » |  PCWorld (blog) |
Boston Herald
One-time smartphone rivals Apple and BlackBerry face crucial tests in the U.S. market this year, the former to maintain its mobile device edge, the latter merely to survive. In a reversal of fortunes, Apple's shares have dropped 23 percent this year ...
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| Maryland County Pilots Text-to-911 Government Technology About 15 years ago, the first wireless 911 call was successfully made from a mobile device. Fast-forward nine years to the mass shooting at Virginia Tech in 2007. On the day of the shootings, many students sent text messages to 911, but those messages... See all stories on this topic » |  Government Technology |