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First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

The Fairphone, Worlds First Ethically Sourced Smartphone, Opens Pre-Sales To General Public

Netherlands-based hardware initiative Fairphone began around three years ago as a project designed to highlight the use of conflict minerals in the construction of consumer electronics, and then evolved three years later into a full-fledged hardware ... [Published textually.org - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Smartphone, Mineral, TechCrunch, Supply Chain

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Thuraya Telecommunications Company

Nigeria's mobile phone blackout

Mobile phones across northeast Nigeria have been cut off for seven days, reports Aljazeera . This is because of the state of emergency in the sates of Borno Yobe and Adamawa. The military, state security service, police, the government, and presidents ... [Published textually.org - May 23 2013]

Entities: Cellphone, Nigeria, Boko Haram, Military/Armed Forces, Thuraya Telecommunications Company

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez to Open Cellphone Stores

Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez on Wednesday announced shes opening a chain of 15 cellphone stores and a website under the Viva Movil brand. The aim is to sell Verizon phones and services to Latinos. The first store will open in New York on ... [Published textually.org - May 23 2013]

Entities: Jennifer Lopez, Viva!, Cellphone, Verizon Communications Inc

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Mobile Phones for Women's Empowerment

The proliferation of mobile phones in low- and middle-income countries over the past decade has been rapid and remarkable. This boom in mobile technology offers an incredible opportunity to provide historically marginalized groups, such as girls and ... [Published textually.org - May 21 2013]

Entities: Cellphone, Proliferation, Well-being

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Palestinian prisoners used forbidden mobile phones to plot terror attacks

A recent trial before the Samaria Military Court revealed a startling connection between Palestinians and the employee of at least one Israeli cell phone company − a connection that resulted in Palestinian prisoners obtaining working cell phones, even ... [Published textually.org - May 20 2013]

Entities: Cellphone

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Google Android

99% of all mobile threats target Android devices

According to the recently published Kaspersky Security Bulletin 2012 , 99% of newly discovered mobile malicious programs target the Android platform, with a very small amount targeting Java- and Symbian-based smartphones. 2012 was the second year ... [Published textually.org - May 19 2013]

Entities: Google Android, Kaspersky Labs, Malware, Threat

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Who knew? New smartphone application improves colonoscopy preparation

The use of a smartphone application significantly improves patients' preparation for a colonoscopy, according to new research presented today at Digestive Disease Week (DDW). The preparation process, which begins days in advance of the procedure, ... [Published textually.org - May 19 2013]

Entities: colonoscopy, Smartphone, precancerous polyps, Digestive Disease, gastroenterologist

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Cell Phone Use May Reveal Your 'Dominant Brain'

According to WebMD , new research suggests the dominant side of your brain may make the call on which ear you choose to use while talking on your cellphone. The dominant side of your brain is where your speech and language center resides. Ninety-five ... [Published textually.org - May 18 2013]

Entities: Cellphone, Michael D Seidman

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Cure.org helps you save kids across the world with your smartphone

VentureBeat reports on nonprofit Cure.org , which raises money for children in need, and its experimenting with a suite of mobile apps to draw attention to the cause. Launching this week, the companys new iPhone app features profiles of kids ... [Published textually.org - May 18 2013]

Entities: Smartphone, Mobile Apps, Donations

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Smartphone Tracker Gives Doctors Remote Viewing Powers

Ginger.io , a smartphone app spun out of MITs Media Lab alerts a doctor when patients are headed for trouble. [via Technology Review ] At the Forsyth Medical Center in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, nurses can see into the lives of some diabetes ... [Published textually.org - May 17 2013]

Entities: Smartphone, Patient, Winston-Salem (United States), Diabetes

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented, expensive, or locked-in

The hottest space in mobile tech right now is messaging, with all the apps that let you skip past high-priced SMS and send texts for free (or very cheap). The Verge reports. Just this week, we've heard that BlackBerry Messenger will soon work ... [Published textually.org - May 17 2013]

Entities: Poison, BlackBerry Messenger, Facebook Inc, Google Android

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Texting While Flying: Help for Pilots

Pilots and air-traffic controllers texting each other? OMG! Your airline flight is finally starting to communicate the way the rest of the world does. The Wall Street Journal reports. Controllers and pilots aren't using their cellphones to text, ... [Published textually.org - May 17 2013]

Entities: Air Traffic Controller, Wi-Fi, Altitude

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...which the company plans to commercialize by 2020 would allow for mobile transmission of "massive" data files, which include high-quality movies, "practically without limitation. "

Samsung claims 5G mobile data transmission breakthrough - 100 x faster than 4G [Published textually.org - May 15 2013]

"It was a great barometer of how people were starting to live around entertainment on their phones" he said. "Ringtones were a really big part of that."

Whatever happened to the ringtone? [Published textually.org - May 11 2013]

Just last year, Informa releases a press release saying, "Despite the success of WhatsApp, iMessage and other over the top (OTT) applications, SMS will still dominate mobile messaging traffic and revenues to 2016."

Chat app messaging overtakes SMS texts, Informa says [Published textually.org - Apr 29 2013]

"It didnt really matter which texting method you were using, your reaction times were twice as slow and your eyes were on the road much less often, said Christine Yager, who did the research for the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University . "

Study: Voice-activated texting while driving no safer than typing [Published textually.org - Apr 24 2013]

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Mobile Phones for Women's Empowerment [Published textually.org - May 21 2013]
Palestinian prisoners used forbidden mobile pho... [Published textually.org - May 20 2013]
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Cell Phone Use May Reveal Your 'Dominant Brain' [Published textually.org - May 18 2013]
Smartphone Tracker Gives Doctors Remote Viewing... [Published textually.org - May 17 2013]
Pick your poison: messaging will be fragmented,... [Published textually.org - May 17 2013]
Texting While Flying: Help for Pilots [Published textually.org - May 17 2013]
Mobile phones could be cut for G8 summit amid t... [Published textually.org - May 16 2013]
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One in six admit to using mobile phone at funerals [Published textually.org - May 15 2013]
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San Francisco loses fight to put safety warning... [Published textually.org - May 09 2013]
Cellphones Set to Outnumber People This Year [Published textually.org - May 09 2013]
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Tao Lin's Photos of Taipei's 'Facedown Generation' [Published textually.org - May 08 2013]
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How Smartphones Are Shaking Up The Travel Market [Published textually.org - May 05 2013]

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The Fairphone, Worlds First Ethically Sourced ... [Published textually.org - 21 hours ago] Netherlands-based hardware initiative Fairphone began around three years ago as a project designed to highlight the use of conflict minerals in the construction of consumer electronics, and then evolved three years later into a full-fledged hardware ...
Nigeria's mobile phone blackout [Published textually.org - May 23 2013] Mobile phones across northeast Nigeria have been cut off for seven days, reports Aljazeera . This is because of the state of emergency in the sates of Borno Yobe and Adamawa. The military, state security service, police, the government, and presidents ...
Jennifer Lopez to Open Cellphone Stores [Published textually.org - May 23 2013] Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez on Wednesday announced shes opening a chain of 15 cellphone stores and a website under the Viva Movil brand. The aim is to sell Verizon phones and services to Latinos. The first store will open in New York on ...
Mobile Phones for Women's Empowerment [Published textually.org - May 21 2013] The proliferation of mobile phones in low- and middle-income countries over the past decade has been rapid and remarkable. This boom in mobile technology offers an incredible opportunity to provide historically marginalized groups, such as girls and ...
Palestinian prisoners used forbidden mobile pho... [Published textually.org - May 20 2013] A recent trial before the Samaria Military Court revealed a startling connection between Palestinians and the employee of at least one Israeli cell phone company − a connection that resulted in Palestinian prisoners obtaining working cell phones, even ...