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First Free Text Donation Service Launched In UK

Posted 07.10.2011

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The UK's struggling charity sector gets a fillip from the launch of the first system allowing the UK's 50 million mobile phone owners to give money to...

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How to Turn the Wisconsin Rebellion Into a Progressive Tea Party

Johann Hari | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Hartnett, Labour Party, Tea Party, Vodafone, David Cameron, Politics News
Johann Hari

Imagine a parallel universe where the Great Crash of 2008 was followed by a Tea Party of a very different kind, with members demonstrating to demand the government finally regulate the behavior of corporations and the superrich.

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Wisconsin: First Stop in an American Uprising?

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sarah van Gelder

The uprising that swept Tunisia, Egypt, and parts of Europe is showing signs of blossoming across the United States. In Wisconsin, public employees an...

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The Resilience of Egypt

Jim Cowie | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Censorship, Egypt Internet Kill Switch, Egypt Protests, Great Firewall, Noor Group, Internet Kill Switch, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone, Tunisia Facebook, Egypt Facebook, Egypt Internet, Tunisia Revolution, Technology News
Jim Cowie

The Egyptian "kill switch" was simultaneously a technical success and a mystifying strategic blunder. Could other governments implement such a kill switch?

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Weekly Audit: The Real Legacy of Reaganomics

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger Sunday marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of B-movie actor-turned-conservative president, Ronal...

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Vodafone: Egypt Forced Us To Send Pro-Government Messages

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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(AP/Huffington Post) LONDON -- Vodafone says Egyptian authorities forced it to broadcast pro-government messages during the protests that have rocked ...

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Egypt Ordered Cell Phone Service Stopped: Vodafone

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — The Egyptian government ordered all mobile telephone operators to suspend services "in selected areas" of the country, telecommunicatio...

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Celebrating Green Business Success in Cancun

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andrew Winston

Driving change and convincing people that green is good for business requires logic, facts, examples ... but also passion, emotion, and yes, cheerleading. What's wrong with celebrating every now and then?

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Protest Works. Just Look at the Evidence -- And Start to Fight Back

Johann Hari | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Conservative Party, Corporate Welfare, Corporate Taxes, George Osborne, Vodafone, Protest, Politics News
Johann Hari

If enough of us demand it, in Britain and the US, we can make the rich pay their share for the running of our country, rather than the poor and the middle.

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Vodafone Brings Solar Power Mobile Phone To India

AP | DA YAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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MUMBAI, India — Vodafone Essar Ltd. has unveiled a solar-powered mobile handset in India to better serve the nation's energy-starved rural masse...

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Cell Phone Symphony: Tchaikovsky Played With 1000 Mobile Phones (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Vodafone NZ got a team to recreate Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture -- using cell phones. Watch the result (and the making of the cell phone orchestra) be...

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Vodafone Employee Gets Fired Over An (Un)Funny Tweet.

thenextweb.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Clearly companies are beginning to take their Twitter communication channel a little more seriously. For one Vodafone Hungary employee, Muller Tamas, ...

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CEO on Doing Business With India, Ahead of Presidential Visit

Rani Singh | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rani Singh

The CEO of the UK-India Business Council discusses her thoughts on the way the British do business in India, compared with their American counterparts.

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BlackBerry Storm To Be Released November 21 For $199

Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's official: Verizon Wireless will start selling RIM's (RIMM) new touchscreen BlackBerry Storm on Nov. 21. The iPhone-ish smartphone will sell for $...

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