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How Haute Couture Can Explain mHealth

Tom Murphy | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Olpc, Mhealth, Global Health, Sms, Tech, Ict, Fashion, Health, Phone, Mobile Phone, One Laptop Per Child, Technology, ict4d, Cell Phone, Impact News
Tom Murphy

As the mHealth hype grows the focus upon what ideas will lead to actual solutions cannot be lost. Ambition will lead to innovations, but poorly constructed ideas will lead to miserable failures.

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Ooma Adds Wi-Fi Option to VoIP Service

Larry Magid | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Ooma, Voip, Cell Phones, Google Voice, Phone, Phone Service, Technology News
Larry Magid

Call me old fashioned, but when I'm home or at an office, I like making and receiving phone calls from something that resembles a regular desk phone.

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Friday Talking Points -- Ads Obama Should Run

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.16.2011

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Chris Weigant

Obama should run a few ads right now which do not even mention the election. Instead of saying "vote for me!" these ads should say "pass my jobs bill" in as many creative ways as possible.

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Cellphone Provides New Bin Laden-Pakistani Leads

AP | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Osama Bin Laden Pakistan, Cell Phone, Phone, Pakistan, Cellphone, Bin Laden, Harakat, Osama Bin Laden, Osama, World News

WASHINGTON — A cellphone of Osama bin Laden's trusted courier recovered in the U.S. raid last month that killed both men in Pakistan contained c...

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Phone Friends: Headed Toward Extinction?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Generation Y, Friendship, Friend, Telephone, Breaking Media News, Pamela Paul, Phone, Phone Friend, Cultural Shift, New York Times, Text, Living, Decline in Phone Use, Breaking News, Communication, Healthy Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Aided and abetted by new technologies, phone calls and phone friends are becoming a dying breed. More people are switching to text messaging, which is less intrusive and less time-consuming.

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Blackberry Torch Review: It's the "Sizzler" of Smart Phones

Jim Louderback | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iphone, Blackberry, Android, Research in Motion, Phone, Technology News
Jim Louderback

If all you know is past Blackberries, you'll find the Torch's OS snazzy, modern and sexy. But for iPhone and Android users, it'll be a step back.

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The F Word: Evil Inequality in the Works for the Web

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The F Word, Google, Internet, Verizon, F Word, Broadband, Laura Flanders, Phone, Mobile, Wireless, Grittv, Media, Grit Tv, Comcast, Net Neutrality, Technology News
Laura Flanders

Offering freedom but not for wireless users is tantamount to telling independent producers we are free to communicate and do business -- but only by tin-can or pony express, while the big boys rule the mobile superhighway.

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LucyPhone To Do All The Waiting For You

Ramon Nuez | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mike Oristian, Lucyphone, Lucy, Phone, Technology News
Ramon Nuez

We have an aversion to waiting on line. Unfortunately, it has become an intimate partner in out daily lives. LucyPhone may have found the holy grail to the wait time problem.

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North Korea's 'Invisible Phone': Soccer Coach Says Kim Jong-Il Speaks To Him On Tiny Mobile Phone

TIME | Kayla Webley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong-Su, World Cup 2010, World Cup, Invisible Phone, Phone, Soccer, North Korea, Mobile Phone, Soccer Coach, Cell Phone, Kim Jong-Il Invisible Phone, Technology News

After their World Cup loss to Brazil, North Korea's coach may need to call up the country's Supreme Leader for some advice. Good thing Jong-Il invente...

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Friday Talking Points [109] -- Obama Enters Lions' Den, Bells Cat

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Obama followed up Wednesday night's speech with a town hall meeting in Florida, and then a truly stunning performance today, managing to "bell the cat" in the Republican lion's den.

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Landrieu Phone Scheme Meant To Embarass Senator, Says Defense Lawyer

AP | MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mary Landrieu, Phone, Senate Phone, Landrieu Phone, O'keefe, O'Keefe Phone, O'keefe Landrieu, James O'keefe, Politics News

NEW ORLEANS — A conservative activist accused of trying to tamper with Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu's phones said he and three others charged i...

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Want Healthcare Reform? Pick Up The Phone.

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Yesterday, over 300,000 people picked up the phone and called Congress demanding health care reform this year. The phones ringing off the hook certainly did not go unnoticed by Congress.

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Blackflip: Motorola's 'Inside-Out' Android Phone Debuts

Wired | Priya Ganapati | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cellular Phone, Phone, Smartphone, Motorola, Android, Motorola Backflip, Cellphone, Backflip, Motorola Backflip Release, Technology News

Motorola launched its third Android smartphone, an attractive, compact device with some surprising hardware innovations and a user interface that aggr...

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Cell Phone Camera Pics as Art? Broadway icon Joel Grey Thinks So.

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Photo, Cellphone Cameras, Academy Awards, Books, Phone, Cellphone, Tony Awards, Polaroid, Wizard of Oz, Alias, Joel Grey, Oscar Winner, Megapixels, Cabaret, Iphones, Cell Phone, Broadway, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

I spoke with the actor about his book of cell-phone photography, his photography career, and if this is all a hobby or another role he's taken on.

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Going Analog -- What A Concept!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Email, Digital Communications, Blackberry, Technology, Corporate Culture, Phone, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Do you know how many people are festering right now because their corporate culture mandates exclusive use of digital communications? He's not answering his BlackBerry! I left him six e-mails! Aieee!

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In Gaza: Mostly Phone Terror But Some Encouraging Calls

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Terror, Gaza, Children, Un, Phone, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel, World News
Daoud Kuttab

Unlike in any other war or military conflict, in Gaza there is absolutely no place for people to run to get away from the hell of the fighting.

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Innergie: A Smart, Green Hub

Discovery News | Alyssa Danigelis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Laptop, Energy, Ipod, Green Plug, Electricity, Green News, Phone, Environment, Green Technology, Electronics, Green News

We're getting closer to a truly intelligent electrical-charging system. Tech startup Green Plug announced today that it will be teaming up with power ...

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Google, Yahoo Revise Search Deal: MediaBytes With Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shelly Palmer

Google and Yahoo will narrow the focus of their search ads deal in order to win approval from the Department of Justice. The revised plans have a tw...

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Can You Tell If Someone is Obese Over the Phone?

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obese, Advertising, Phone, The Pussycat Dolls, Bariatric Surgery, Obesity, Rihanna, Show, Morning Radio, Exploitation of the Obese, Radio Show, D.J., Style News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

This is the kind of Mensa-level question posed by the D.J. on the radio show I sometimes listen to.

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Why We Don't Mind Uncle Sam Tapping Our Phones

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: George Bush, Warrantless Wiretapping, Humor, AT&T, The Inner Life, Privacy, FISA Bill, Phone, Satire, Political Humor, Wiretapping, Telephones, Fisa, Eavesdropping Program, Telecom Immunity, Telephone Companies Surveillance, David Letterman, Technology, Schwartzberg, Healthy Living News
Joel Schwartzberg

I guess it makes more sense to celebrate our freedom from government tyranny and interference before we give them the okay to monitor our private conversations. No one wants to be a party pooper.

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