Mobile Phones

The (Mobile) Future of Health Care, Our Economy and More

Jonathan Spalter | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iphone, Palm Pre, BlackBerry Storm, Education, Mobile Phones, Wireless, Health Care, Economy, Politics News
Jonathan Spalter

Today, Mobile Future is releasing a report that explores the extraordinary potential wireless innovation holds to transform how we address our economy, health care and energy efficiency.

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Why Washington Needs to Keep Its Eye On the Cloud

Sean Donahue | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Congress, Twitter, Economy, Cyber Security, President Obama, Mobile Phones, Cloud Computing, Jobs, Information Technology, Facebook, Yahoo, Iphone, Internet, Federal Government, Youtube, Marketing, Communications, Technology, Hotmail, Gmail, salesforce.com, Innovation, Small Businesses, Google, White House, National Broadband, Politics News
Sean Donahue

Recognizing the power of cloud computing would create jobs, promote innovation and help organizations of all sizes become more competitive.

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Five Mobile Marketing Tips

Chris Brassington | Posted 08.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Chris Brassington, Mobile Marketing, Business, 2ergo, Mobile, Marketing, Mobile Phones, Business News
Chris Brassington

Mobile is used increasingly as a productivity tool, but also as a source of entertainment. Offers designed to drive a mobile response must carry with them an inherent sense of value or urgency.

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The Digital Divide: Is Mobile Technology Closing the Gap?

Jonathan Spalter | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Smartphones, Wireless, 4g, Mobile, Internet, Mobile Phones, Business News
Jonathan Spalter

African Americans are the most active users of the mobile Internet -- and their use of it is also growing the fastest.

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Hackers Go Mobile: Is Your Cell Phone Prepared?

Chris Brassington | Posted 08.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Cell Phones, Security, Mobile Devices, Hacking, Mobile Phones, Rupert Murdoch Hacking, News of the World Hacking Scandal, News of the World, Mobile Security, Murdoch Phone Hacking, Hackers, Business News
Chris Brassington

Make sure you are aware of the sheer extent of personal data you are storing and exchanging on your mobile, and take steps to prevent that from getting into the wrong hands

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Mobile Apps To Be 'As Big As Internet': Report

BBC NEWS | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Iphone, Mobile Phones, Internet, iPhone Applications, Symbian Foundation, Mobile Apps, Business News

However, GetJar say, the developer community will decline drastically as each developer makes less money. According to the Symbian Foundation, newl...

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Cleveland Rocks & Other Wireless News

Jonathan Spalter | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Smartphones, Wireless, Internet, Senate Commerce Committee, Broadband, Fcc, Barack Obama, Mobile Phones, Politics News
Jonathan Spalter

Last week, the Senate Commerce Committee unanimously cleared a bill requiring the FCC and the Commerce Department to conduct annual audits of our wireless airwaves.

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How a Year With the iPhone Changed My Life

Dan Frommer | Posted 08.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Smartphone Wars, Iphone, Apple, Apple Iphone, Mobile Phones, Media News
Dan Frommer

The iPhone has changed the way I work and play more than any other gadget I've ever purchased -- mostly for the better.

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Why Derail the Mobile Revolution?

Jonathan Spalter | Posted 08.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Wireless, Smartphones, Samsung, Nokia, Mobile Phones, Cell Phones, 4g, Technology, 3g, Media News
Jonathan Spalter

There's no doubt that the current smartphone revolution will do for mobile productivity what the PC revolution did for office productivity in the 1990s.

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iPhone Lines Around the World

Dan Frommer | Posted 07.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Smartphone Wars, Iphone, Apple Iphone, Apple, Business, Technology, Mobile Phones, Business News
Dan Frommer

The lines outside Apple stores aren't the same as they were last year, when the iPhone 3G first went on sale, quenching all sorts of pent-up demand.

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10 iPhone Accessories We'd Love To Have

Dan Frommer | Posted 07.16.2009 | Business

Read More: Smartphone Wars, Iphone, Apple Iphone, Apple, iPhone Apps, Mobile Phones, Business News
Dan Frommer

One of the iPhone's best new "3.0" features will be its ability to work with new hardware accessories. So here's a bunch we'd love to have.

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Smartphone Wars Are Set, Who's Going To Win?

Dan Frommer | Posted 07.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Smartphone Wars, Iphone, Blackberry, Palm Pre, Apple Iphone, Apple, Mobile Phones, Business News
Dan Frommer

Now that Apple has taken the lid off its iPhone 3G S, the rosters are pretty much set for this summer's smartphone wars. Who's going to come out on top?

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The New York Times Has 60 Million Mobile Views Per Month, ...2 Million iPhone Apps Downloaded

Andy Plesser | Posted 07.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Iphone, Blackberry, New York Times, Mobile Phones, Media News
Andy Plesser

Consumption of news on mobile devices is on the rise. At the New York Times, there were 60 million mobile views in April, nearly double the number from April 2008.

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National Broadband: The Mobile Opportunity

Jonathan Spalter | Posted 07.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Internet Policy, Economic Stimulus Package, National Broadband, Rural America, Mobile Phones, Wireless, Health Care, Public Safety, Politics News
Jonathan Spalter

The pieces are coming together for the president to get Congress and the public behind a truly forward-looking national Internet policy.

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Palm Pre Is Nice, But I'm Keeping My iPhone

Dan Frommer | Posted 07.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Smartphone Wars, Iphone, Palm Pre, Apple Iphone, Apple, Mobile Phones, Technology, Business, Business News
Dan Frommer

While I was impressed with the phone's quickness, the ability to run multiple apps at once, and Palm's overall hardware and software design, it is not enough to get me to switch from an iPhone.

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Transforming the African Brand Through Sustainability

Richard Seireeni | Posted 06.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Carbon, Wind Power, Kenya, Carbon Offsets, Organic Food, Geothermal, Mobile Phones, Africa, Environment, Sustainability, Geothermal Energy, Organic, Green News
Richard Seireeni

An African brand driven by sustainability can establish new rules for participation in African growth, one that extends its rewards to those at the bottom of the economic pyramid.

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Mobile Phones: Key To Developing Nations

Huffington Post Contributor | Jennifer Openshaw | Posted 05.24.2009 | World

Read More: Mobile Phones, Cell Phones, Social Networks, Global Communication, Social Networking, Communication, Cell Phone, World News

By Jennifer Openshaw Most of us use our cell phones for just about everything these days -- texting a buddy, monitoring social networking sites, or c...

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For Small Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries, Mobile Phones Can Be Path Out of Poverty

Terra Lawson-Remer | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

Read More: Mobile Phones, Foreign Aid, Growth, Indonesia, Fiji, g20, Kenya, Economic Development, Telecom, Phones, Cell Phones, World News
Terra Lawson-Remer

Mobile phones are already breaking the economic stranglehold of elites with access to capital, and giving poor entrepreneurs a chance to build their own businesses and be their own bosses.

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It Is Easy Being Green

Jonathan Spalter | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Cell Phones, Environmental Protection Agency, Earth Day, Mobile Phones, Wireless, Green, Green Business, Green Living, Mobile Future, Green News
Jonathan Spalter

According to the EPA, more than 100 million cell phones are discarded annually in the United States and only 10% of these phones get recycled.

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Virgin Mobile: Pink-Slip Protection For Laid-Off Customers

WSJ | Marisa Taylor | Posted 05.11.2009 | Business

Read More: Virgin, Virgin Mobile Pink Slip, Virgin Mobile, Cellphones, Virgin Mobile Promotion, Pink Slip Virgin Mobile, Virgin Mobile Usa, Mobile Phones, Business News

Virgin Mobile USA has joined the ranks of companies angling for business in the deepening recession, as it launches a new promotion that promises to c...

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India: Rude Cell Phone Users Should Go To Prison

Times Online | Rhys Blakely | Posted 04.30.2009 | World

Read More: India House of Lords, India, Mobile Phone Use, Cell Phone Problems, House of Lords, Mobile Phones, India Mobile Phones, Cell Phones, India Cell Phones, World News

A staggering rise in mobile phone usage in India has stoked an unacceptable surge in public rudeness and the most annoying offenders should be sent to...

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iPhone, Blackberry Curve: Blackberry Is "Admirable Replacement"

Salon.com | Om Malik | Posted 04.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Cell Phones, Iphone, Blackberry Iphone, Blackberry, Apple Iphone, Mobile Phones, Iphone Curve, Iphone Blackberry, Curve Iphone, BlackBerry Curve, Business News

It's been almost a month since I broke up with my iPhone and switched to the new T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8900 for what I like to call "unified commu...

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iForget: How the iPhone Killed Memory

Matt Stewart | Posted 04.04.2009 | Style

Read More: Cell Phones, Iphone, Internet, Forget, Sociology, Mobile Phones, Web, Memory, Talk, Society, Cellphones, Communications, Technology, Cell Phone, Style News
Matt Stewart

The iPhone is a gorgeous, near-perfect device that reads minds and moves planets. It's also destroying the traditional concept of memory.

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Developing Countries Drive Explosion In Global Mobile Phone Use

Guardian.co.uk | Chris Tryhorn | Posted 04.02.2009 | World

Read More: Mobile Phones, International Telecommunications Union, Internet, Mobile Phones Developing World, Technology, Internet Access Developing World, World News

More than half the world's population now pay to use a mobile phone and nearly a quarter use the internet, as developing countries rapidly adopt new c...

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Lost Cellphone? Carriers Have A Solution

Wall Street Journal | KATHERINE BOEHRET | Posted 03.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Cell Phones, Lost Cell Phones, Mobile Phones, Lost Phones, Business News

By the time you've left your cellphone in a taxi or dropped it into a pot of soup, it's too late. All those phone numbers you had at your finger tips ...

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