Mobile Phones

White House Must Lead on Wireless

Jonathan Spalter | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Spectrum, Wireless, Mobile Policy, Wireless Spectrum, Mobile, Mobile Phones, Wireless Internet, Wireless Generation, Mobile Communications, Technology News

The message is clear: Political gridlock and bureaucratic inertia in Washington must take a back seat to the more urgent tasks of moving our economy forward and putting the interests and needs of our citizens first.

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Global Motherhood: Happy MAMA's Day!

Patricia Mechael | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: South Africa, Global Motherhood, Women's Health, Bangladesh, Mama, Mobile Phones, Impact News

Here's how MAMA's mobile messaging works: A mother indicates her due date or the birthday of her recently born child. She then automatically receives weekly health messages and reminders during her pregnancy and up to the child's first birthday.

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Taking Stock and Saving Lives: How an m-Health Initiative Is Revolutionizing Health Care in Uganda

Stephanie Rudat | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Uganda, Medical Records, Mhealth, Mobile Phones, Public Health, Nonprofits, Hiv, HIV/AIDS, Africa, Prescription Drugs, Computer Science, HIV/AIDS Africa, Technology, Healthcare, Global Health, Impact News

Until recently, most health clinics in Uganda, and indeed across the continent of Africa, transmitted all of their data manually. The journey of a paper record from doctor's pad to the Ministry of Health in Kampala was treacherous at best.

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Would You Wear Google Glasses?

Sarah Alban | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Google, Facebook Fatigue, Internet, Disconnecting, Technology, Mobile Phones, Google Glasses, College News

Google glasses have to do a lot more than mimic a dissected phone for me. Like a lot of people, I'm unsure how right this whole cyber-world is anyway.

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White House Needs to Shake Loose Underutilized Government Spectrum

Jonathan Spalter | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Spectrum, Wireless Spectrum, Wireless, Mobile, Mobile Phones, Technology News, Wireless Policy, Mobile Future, Technology News

Today, U.S. consumers and businesses largely take our mobile connectivity for granted. It is incumbent on all political leaders to ensure this never changes.

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Officials Make Big Agreement On Cellphone Security

Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Chuck Schumer, Stolen Mobile Phones, Video, Vincent Gray, Ray Kelly, Cathy Lanier Cellphone Crime, District of Columbia, Stolen Cellphone, Mobile Phones, Cathy Lanier, Sen. Chuck Schumer, Cellphone Crime, Vince Gray, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Officials from the Federal Communications Commission and the wireless industry joined District of Columbia officials, New York City Poli...

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Carriers Join Forces To Fight Cellphone Theft

AP | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Cellphone Theft, Stolen Cellphone Database, Fcc, Julius Genachowski, AT&T, Federal Communications Commission, Deutsche Telekom AG, Mobile Phones, T-Mobile USA, Cellphones, Verizon Communications, Major Cities Chiefs Association, Sprint Nextel Corp., Technology News

WASHINGTON — Cellphone companies and the government are trying to make it as difficult to use a stolen cellphone as it is to sell a stolen car. ...

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Jay-Z's 40/40 Club Hosting Startup Party

The Huffington Post | Drew Guarini | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Small Business, Video, Startup, Singapore, Social Networking, 40/40 Club, Mobile Phones, Yuuzoo, Small Business News and Trends, Startups, Jay-Z, Technology, Small Business News

When Jay-Z’s 40/40 Club in Manhattan's Flatiron District re-opened in January, there were a slew of stars and celebrities there to celebrate, includ...

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Please Have a Seat, Your Smartphone Will Be Right With You

Karthika Muthukumaraswamy | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Smartphones, Technology, Robots, Health Care, Mobile Phones, Health Care Smartphones, Health Care Technology, Healthcare Apps, Health Care Tech, Healthcare Technology, Health Care Apps, Healthcare Tech, Health News, Healthy Living News

Doctors are nowhere close to being wiped out of hospitals by their robotic counterparts, but they could certainly use help in some areas, and swarms of little bots are more than eager to do their bidding.

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Smartphones About To Surpass Dumbphones

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Smartphone, Mobile Phone Subscribers, Video, Nielsen, Comscore, Mobile Phones, Smartphones, Mobile Subscribers, Smartphone Subscribers, Technology News

As of February 2012, nearly half (or about 49.7 percent) of U.S. mobile subscribers now own a smartphone, according to a new Nielsen report. That'...

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Why One State's Elderly Could Lose Their Phone Service

Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Video, Telephone Companies, Landline Service, Landline Phones, Ohio Elderly Landline Service, Landlines, Landline, Consumer Advocates, Rural Phone Service, Mobile Phones, Business News, Ohio Elderly, Business News

Some elderly Ohio residents may lose their only access to phone service if a bill pending in the state's legislature passes. The bill would allow ...

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Study: We Literally Can't Live Without Our Phones

The Huffington Post | Rieva Lesonsky | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Nomophobia Study, Survey Says, Mobile Phones, Mobile Shopping, Mobile Trends, Small Business News and Trends, Fear of Phones, Fear of Being Without a Phone, Nomophobia, Small Business News

Nomophobia is on the rise. In a recent study by SecurEnvoy, 67 percent of respondents are afraid of losing or being without their mobile phones, up fr...

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mHealth: My Father's First Cellphone and the Evolution of Risk

Dr Layla McCay | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Cell Phones, Mhealth, Health, Safety, Mobile Phones, Regulation, Innovation, Data Security, Health Care, Risk, Mobile Health, Mobile Health Care, Health News, Healthy Living News

Cellphones are being used in prevention, diagnosis and treatment, from prenatal to the last years of life, right across the spectrum of care. In health and development, "mHealth" (short for "mobile health") is the new black.

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Watching Wireless Grow Up (and Up and Up)

Jonathan Spalter | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Wireless, Wireless Policy, Wireless Spectrum, Mobile, Mobile Future, Mobile Phones, Technology News

Today, policymakers have an opportunity to transform challenges into opportunities by adopting policy prescriptions that make more spectrum available for mobile and enable robust wireless investment and innovation.

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Playing Catchup: Are We Even Really Ready for the Current Mobile Tech?

John Bergquist | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Mwc 2012, Air Travel Hassles, Mobile World Congress, Flying, Boarding Pass, Mobile Phones, Technology News

Remember the first time you tried to use the automatic check out aisle? The poor employee standing there was almost as busy as a regular cashier, helping people when the system failed or the customer did something wrong.

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Why I Don't Travel With A Cell Phone

Kevin Richberg | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Competition, Cell Phones, Travel, Telecom Immunity, Mobile Phones, Travel News

I'm taking this time to speak publicly about an item of maddening frustration every world traveler suffers with, but is powerless to solve or to combat: your cell phone!

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Fourth and Long on DC Spectrum Impasse

Jonathan Spalter | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Spectrum, Mobile Policy, Technology, Mobile Technology, Wireless Spectrum, Mobile, Mobile Phones, Technology News

The next wave of U.S. mobile innovation now waits on Washington. Mobile entrepreneurs and consumers have thrown a perfect spiral down the field. In the now infamous words of Gisele Bundchen, someone's got to catch it.

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Using Mobile Technology to Take Nonprofits on the Road

Dylan Kendall | Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Nonprofits, Technology, Development, Fundraising, Mobile Phones, Charities, Impact News

In 2012, I propose nonprofits look at the way they've traditionally approached fundraising and programming goals and turn them upside down.

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Cool Icelandic Phone Technology Is Hot

Iris Erlingsdottir | Posted 02.26.2012

Read More: Telephones, Iphone, Cell Phones, Telephone, Voip, Mobile Phones, Dating Sites, Online Dating Sites, Skype, Communications, iPhone Apps, Communication, World News

Sometimes I doubt that all the amazing communications technology the world has seen in the last decade has resulted in increased or better communicati...

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The Phone's Fickle Power -- in Text and Image

David Tereshchuk | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Mobile Phones, Military Violence, Egyptian Women, Web-Video, Cairo, Protests, Viral Video, Military Council, Media News

It turns out people are more honest when selling something if they do it in person. Disturbingly, they are most likely to be deceitful when conducting a transaction by texting.

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Kevin Spacey Scolds Audience As Richard III

Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: Old Vic, Cell Phones, Australia, William Shakespeare, Mobile Phones, Richard III, American Beauty, UK Arts, Kevin Spacey, Australian Theatre, Sydney, Cell Phone Interruption, Kevin Spacey Richard III, Theatre, Director Sam Mendes, Shakespeare, Sam Mendes, Video, Arts News

Kevin Spacey is receiving critical acclaim for more than just his scripted performance in the Sam Mendes production of Shakespeare's Richard III. The ...

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Technology Got Rid of Boredom, But It's Killing Our Creativity

Phil Cooke, Ph.D. | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Create, Creativity, Angry Birds, Daydreaming, Technology, Mobile Phones, Boredom, Unplugging, Down Time, Healthy Living News

Creativity doesn't happen during sessions of "Angry Birds." Creativity happens during the down times when your mind wanders and makes connections you wouldn't normally consider.

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Candidates Seek Gold Mine In Mobile Donations

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Iphone, Campaign Donations, Rick Perry Campaign Donations, Campaign Donations Mobile Devices, Perry Obama, Campaigns Fundraising, Dippindots Campaigns, Mobile Phones, Mobile Donations, Perry Mobile Giving, Campaigns Mobile, Obama Mobile Giving, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The thirst for money is an endemic feature of modern presidential campaigns, and one that is only worsening. In 1988, those who ran for ...

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No Plastic Needed: Consumers and the Future of Mobile Payments

Justine Rivero | Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: Smartphones, Credit Cards, Technology, Business, Finance, Google Wallet, Mobile Phones, Mobile Payment Technology, Mobile Payments, Technology News

More than half of citizens of the developing world are cell phone subscribers, reports the U.N. These are people who could have access to financial services for the first time thanks to mobile payments.

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Nokia Announces 'Painful, But Necessary' Job Cuts

AP | MATTI HUUHTANEN | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Business News, Nokia, Nokia Job Cuts, Job Cuts, Romania, Mobile Phones, Business News

HELSINKI — Nokia Corp. on Thursday announced a further 3,500 job cuts by 2012 as it strives to save costs and restructure while its global marke...

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