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Study: Brain Makes Call on Which Ear is Used for Cell Phone
May 17th 2013 - 07:45 GMT
The study shows a strong correlation between brain dominance and the ear used to listen to a cellphone. More than 70% of participants held their cellphone up to the ear on the same side as their dominant hand, the study finds....more

US Cafe Chain to Support Wireless Charging of Consumer Electronics
May 12th 2013 - 09:50 GMT
USA based cafe chain, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf has announced it will start testing wireless charging with Power Matters Alliance (PMA) at a number of its Los Angeles stores....more

South African Police Arrest SIM-Swap Fraudster
May 8th 2013 - 16:10 GMT
South African police have arrested a man who is said to be one of the country's leading criminals in so-called SIM Swap identity fraud....more

Japanese Criminals Express a Preference for DoCoMo Mobile Phones
May 7th 2013 - 17:05 GMT
Although it is the largest mobile network in Japan by subscriber numbers -- with a 45% market share -- NTT DoCoMo carries almost all the mobile traffic used by criminals, the National Police Agency has claimed....more

Mobile Phones to Deliver English Language Lessons to Nigerian Schools
May 1st 2013 - 09:50 GMT
The United Nations educational agency today said it is ready to launch a pilot project combining mobile technology and teachers' development to support primary school English teachers in Nigeria, which has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the world....more

People May Welcome Talking Tissue Boxes and Other Smart Objects
May 1st 2013 - 09:00 GMT
Just as people have embraced computers and smart phones, they may also give their blessing to talking tissue boxes and other smart objects, according to Penn State researchers....more

A Text Message a Day Keeps the Asthma Attack Away
May 1st 2013 - 08:40 GMT
Simply sending children with asthma a text message each day asking about their symptoms and providing knowledge about their condition can lead to improved health outcomes....more

Postage Stamps to Celebrate the Touchscreen Smartphone
April 26th 2013 - 12:16 GMT
The touchscreen smartphone has made it onto a postage stamp -- as the South Korean postal service has launched a range of stamps to celebrate the ICT industry....more

Kissing Cousins? In Close-knit Iceland, App Helps Prevent Incest
April 19th 2013 - 12:06 GMT
In Iceland, a country with a population of 320,000 where most everyone is distantly related, inadvertently kissing cousins is a real risk. A new smartphone app is on hand to help Icelanders avoid accidental incest. The app lets users "bump" phones, and emits a warning alarm if they are closely related. ...more

Silly Phone Game Puts Illiterate Pakistanis in Touch with Potential Employers
April 18th 2013 - 16:35 GMT
A silly telephone game that became a viral phenomenon in Pakistan has demonstrated some serious potential for teaching poorly educated people about automated voice services and provided a new tool for them to learn about jobs,...more

Judge Fines Himself After Mobile Phone Rings During Trial
April 15th 2013 - 19:11 GMT
A US judge has issued a fine after a mobile phone rang in his courtroom. It was his own phone, and he issued the fine to himself as a result....more

Peregrine Falcons Knock Out Vodafone Coverage in Part of UK City
April 15th 2013 - 17:35 GMT
Vodafone UK has been unable to repair a faulty base station after the company found a nesting pair of peregrine falcons next to the tower....more

Kaazing Controls a Car with a Smartphone. What Comes Next?
April 14th 2013 - 10:20 GMT
Engineers at Kaazing, a startup based in Mountain View have created a way to control a toy truck with a souped up mobile phone. ...more

Motorist's Unfinished Text Message Released As Warning
April 13th 2013 - 16:01 GMT
The parents of a young adult killed in a road accident while sending a text message on his phone have released a photo of the last interrupted text message in a hope that it will dissuade others from the same mistake....more

Over 350 Phones Recovered Following Police Raid
April 9th 2013 - 12:05 GMT
Police in London, UK say that they recovered over 350 mobile phones when they carried out search warrants at a phone retailer kiosk in Sutton, and at the kiosk owner's home address in Croydon last week....more

Text Messages With Name Of Ahmadinejad Aide Blocked/Unblocked In Iran
April 6th 2013 - 18:06 GMT
The Iran News Network website, which is affiliated with the country's government, reported on April 5 that SMS messages containing the last name of President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's top aide, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, were blocked in Iran....more

AT&T Bans Obscene Passwords
March 31st 2013 - 14:02 GMT
USA based AT&T has been noticed having a rather unusual clause in its website password rules....more

Domestic Electricity Meters Also Delivering Municipal Wi-Fi Coverage
March 28th 2013 - 14:24 GMT
A US electricity supplier has started installing replacement electricity usage meters that also come with a built-in municipal Wi-Fi capacity....more

UK Police Seize Stun-Guns Disguised As Mobile Phones
March 27th 2013 - 09:50 GMT
Police in London, UK are warning people about the consequences of purchasing illegal weapons from the internet after two mobile phone devices with a stun gun capability were recovered last weekend....more

Gang Who Targeted Mobile Phone Stores Sentenced
March 26th 2013 - 10:30 GMT
A gang of youths who 'steamed' dozens of major high street mobile phone shop chains in London, UK to steal US$230,000 worth of high value handsets and tablets have been sentenced following a trial where they all pleaded guilty....more

South Korea: China May Not Have Initiated Cyberattack
March 22nd 2013 - 12:00 GMT
South Korea's communications regulator now says the cyberattack that paralyzed South Korean computer networks earlier this week might not have originated in China as originally believed....more

Nokia Boss Throws Away an Apple IPhone on TV
March 22nd 2013 - 11:28 GMT
Nokia's CEO, Stephen Elop has been accused of throwing an iPhone when he appeared on a Finnish TV programme,...more

South Korea Hit By Suspected Cyberattack
March 20th 2013 - 08:40 GMT
The computer networks of major South Korean banks and broadcasters have gone down and police are investigating the possibility of a cyberattack....more

AT&T Hacker Sentenced to 41 Months in Jail
March 18th 2013 - 17:45 GMT
Andrew Auernheimer -- one of the hackers behind the release of 114,000 Apple iPad user details after he access an AT&T computer system -- has been sentenced to 41 months in jail....more

Iconic Red Payphone Box Installed on British Warship
March 18th 2013 - 17:20 GMT
A UK warship has had one of the iconic red payphone boxes installed for the use by the sailors....more

Schoolboy Spends $1500 on Virtual Doughnuts for an IPad Game
March 14th 2013 - 14:20 GMT
A UK schoolboy managed to run up a bill of nearly £1000 (US$1500) buying virtual doughnuts on an iPad game, in the latest of a long line of stories about children spending money through in-app purchases....more

Text-Driving Ban Peer Blames Jewish Conspiracy for Jail Sentence
March 14th 2013 - 10:59 GMT
A British Peer has been suspended from his political party after he was accused of blaming a Jewish Conspiracy for his conviction in a driving accident that was caused by his use of a mobile phone while driving....more

Garbled Text Messages May Be the Only Symptoms of Stroke
March 14th 2013 - 08:30 GMT
Difficulty or inability to write a coherent text message, even in patients who have no problem speaking, may become a "vital" tool in diagnosing a type of crippling stroke, according to new research at Henry Ford Hospital....more

Overheard Phone Calls More Memorable, Rated More Distracting Than Other Background Talking
March 14th 2013 - 08:00 GMT
People rate overheard phone calls more likely to distract than other background conversations...more

Public Rebuke for Noisy Mobile Phone User on Train
March 11th 2013 - 11:56 GMT
A UK train driver has been praised after using the tannoy system to rebuke a passenger who was talking loudly on her mobile phone....more

Cellphone Thief Uploads Photos to Owners Facebook Account
March 10th 2013 - 15:15 GMT
Police in New York are seeking a man who stole a mobile phone from a woman. Ordinarily hundreds are stolen everyday, but this is different....more

5-Year Old Boy Spends $2,600 Bill on IPad Games
March 1st 2013 - 11:35 GMT
A five-year old boy managed to spend £1,710 (US$2,600) on his parents iPad after they gave him permission to download a free mobile app....more

Peshawar Mobile-phone Market Blast Kills 1, Injures 11
February 22nd 2013 - 08:10 GMT
A bomb outside a mobile-phone market in the Hashtnagri area of Peshawar killed at least one person and injured 11 others February 21, media reported....more

The Hidden Life on Your Phone - the Bacteria That Lurk on Your Mobile
February 21st 2013 - 15:35 GMT
Another study into the bacteria living on our mobile phones has been carried out by the UK's University of Surrey - who imprinted mobile phones belonging to students onto Petri dishes to see what they might carry....more

Stolen IPad Tracked Across London by Police
February 21st 2013 - 11:42 GMT
The location tracking app built into Apple iPads enabled British Transport Police (BTP) to track the stolen tablet across London and arrest the two thieves....more

Apple Admits Staff Computers Successfully Attacked by Hackers
February 19th 2013 - 19:15 GMT
Apple has issued a rare statement confirming that some of its staff computers had been compromised by a security hole by outside hackers who apparently were able to exploit a vulnerability in Java plugins used in Mac computers....more

Severely Disabled Man Uses IPad to Communicate with Nurses
February 18th 2013 - 11:34 GMT
A British man who was left disabled and unable to speak following an attack 20 years ago is now able to communicate using an Apple iPad....more

Teenagers Sending Text Message While Asleep
February 18th 2013 - 11:20 GMT
Technophobia has a new advocate in the form of Elizabeth Dowdell, nursing professor at Villanova University who is warning of the dangers of teenagers sending text messages while asleep....more

NASA Seeking IPad App for Use in Space Stations
February 17th 2013 - 15:58 GMT
A software house is calling for developers to create a new dietary tracking app for Apple's iPad for use by astronauts in an International Space Station (ISS) type environment....more

Ericsson Launches 3G and Connect To Learn in Ethiopian Village
February 14th 2013 - 09:10 GMT
Ericsson has provided the network infrastructure and services to bring voice and data communications to the Millennium Village Project (MVP) in Koraro located in a remote part of northern Ethiopia....more