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29 Jun 19 : 45 | Apple agrees to industry standard mobile phone charger The European Commission (EC) announced today that 10 mobile phone manufacturers and chip producers, including Apple, have signed up to an initiative to produce standard mobile phone chargers. V2.co.uk reports. Companies signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will harmonise chargers in Europe... Source : textually.org |
01 Jul 09 : 12 | Mobile pollution sensors deployed Cyclists, buses, cars and even pedestrians will become mobile pollution detectors in an initiative launched on Tuesday, reports the BBC. Led by Imperial College London, the Message project will trial three types of mobile, wireless pollution sensor. These will measure traffic pollutants throughout... Source : textually.org |
27 Jun 12 : 45 | Russia Faces Mobile Phone Shortage Due to Customs Clamp-Down Russia is facing a possible shortage of mobile phones following a clamp-down instigated by the Federal Customs Service. The Moscow Times reports via Cellular News. Under new rules, a policy of randomly checking handset boxes to ensure they were as advertised has been changed to require that every... Source : textually.org |
29 Jun 19 : 26 | Grameen Foundation and Google create mobile apps for Africa Real time information about farming, health and trading will be available to mobile phone users in Uganda with new technology services developed by the Grameen Foundation, Google and telecom operator MTN, writes The Seattle Times. About 18 months ago The Grameen Foundation started a project called... Source : textually.org |
03 Jul 09 : 14 | Speech Recognition iPhone App Translates Arabic On the Fly Speech technology is advancing quickly; even smartphones offer apps that let you speak commands and perform voice-activated searches. Now, a new app for iPhone and Blackberry can convert spoken Arabic into spoken English (and vice versa). The mobile app's speed of processing and accuracy is... Source : textually.org 42 hours ago |
24 Jun 10 : 11 | Disaster-prone Bangladesh trials cell phone alerts Tens of thousands of mobile users in Bangladesh's flood and cyclone-prone areas will now receive advance warning of an impending natural disaster through an alert on their cell phones, reports Reuters. ... Bangladesh, with a population of around 162 million, has more than 46 million mobile phone... Source : textually.org |
03 Jul 09 : 10 | 3 day course on how to start a successful iPhone Apps Business Monday, July 20 9:00a to 4:30p at The Inn at Saratoga, Saratoga, CA. Price: Early registration is $1695. Phone: (888) 438-9510 Age Suitability: 18 and up A 3 day intensive course on how to start your mobile App business from the ground up. This course introduces you to proven models for rapidly... Source : textually.org 42 hours ago |
12 Jun 16 : 43 | Samsung Introduces Its First Solar Powered Mobile Phone Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, today announced its first solar powered mobile phone, the “Crest Solar” (E1107). The new handset enables its users to charge the battery anywhere the sun is shining when electricity is unavailable. [via YTN] Source : textually.org |
12 Jun 10 : 20 | Worldwide Mobile Phone Market Declined 11.9% in the First Quarter of 2009 The first quarter of 2009 fulfilled an expected trend that will last throughout the calendar year. The worldwide mobile phone market shipped 35 million fewer units than it did during the same period one year ago, and all indications point to that trend continuing through Q4 2009. [via Cellular... Source : textually.org |
20 Jun 15 : 33 | ASCAP Wants To Be Paid When Your Phone Rings According to the EFF, ASCAP appears to believe that every time your musical ringtone rings in public, you're violating copyright law by "publicly performing" it without a license. At least that's the import of a brief it filed in ASCAP's court battle with mobile phone giant AT&T. This will doubtless... Source : textually.org |
19 Jun 08 : 54 | Tennis ace Sharapova unveils blinking phone dress Former Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova presented a prototype dress to reporters that is designed to light up when the wearer's mobile telephone rings. Reuters reports via Switched. British fashion student Georgie Davies dreamed up the knee-length short-sleeved white dress as part of a school... Source : textually.org |
29 Jun 19 : 19 | Google's Africa Strategy: Search And Trade Via SMS Not only does Google want to organize all the world's information, it also wants to make all that information available to everyone in the world. TechCrunch reports. In Africa, it is launching a suite of SMS services today, including SMS search, Q&A-style tips, and an SMS-based marketplace. The... Source : textually.org |
08 Jun 09 : 53 | Motorola celebrates 25 years of mobile phones with 12 concepts that look... ... Thirty one of Motorola's designers, from five different offices around the globe, have been dedicating a portion of their time since late last year to a project called "Motorola 2033." The initiative, under the auspices of the Consumer Experience Design team (CXD), uses the 25th anniversary of... Source : textually.org |
06 Jun 09 : 09 | Quantifying the Mobile Apps Revolution Gravity Tank, a Chicago-based creative consulting firm, surveyed over a thousand iPhone and Android G1 users in April and May. Bits Blog reports. Their study, called “Apps Get Real,” show the different ways in which these programs are changing the way people use their phones, spend their time... Source : textually.org |
04 Jun 13 : 25 | Sony Ericsson Shows Off Eco-Friendly Mobile Phones Sony Ericsson today unveiled two new "GreenHeart" products as part of its new(ish) plan to reduce the carbon emissions from its products. Cellular News reports. The first flagship product to be launched, the C901 GreenHeart, will include an electronic, in-phone manual to replace the standard paper... Source : textually.org |
24 Jun 09 : 57 | Intel and Nokia band together The world's largest chip maker has teamed up with the world's largest mobile phone maker to create what they say will be a "new exciting industry". The BBC reports. Intel and Nokia said their "technology collaboration" would deliver new mobile computing products - beyond existing smartphones,... Source : textually.org |
19 Jun 09 : 31 | Mobiles boost Africa climate data Gaping gaps in weather and climate data across Africa may be filled by a partnership between humanitarian groups and mobile phone companies, reports the BBC. The project aims to deploy 5,000 automatic weather stations across the continent mounted on phone masts. They will gather data on aspects of... Source : textually.org |
04 Jun 13 : 32 | Sony Ericcson joins the apps party Sony Ericsson has become the latest mobile phone vendor to plan an online marketplace for third-party applications. PCW reports. The company said on Wednesday that it will roll out an addition to its PlayNow download service, which will allow users to obtain third-party software for the company's... Source : textually.org |
15 Jun 09 : 27 | Providing Cellphones for the Poor A growing number of low-income Americans benefiting from a new wrinkle to a decades-old federal law that provided them with subsidized landline telephone service. The New York Times reports. In a twist, wireless carriers are receiving subsidies to provide people in need with a phone and typically 68... Source : textually.org |
11 Jun 12 : 16 | Air Writing: Next Big Thing in Cell Phones? Forget fumbling with tiny cell phone keys. A prototype of a new application allows cell phone users to write short notes in the air and send them automatically to an e-mail address. LiveScience and FastCompany report. Travelers and other mobile users could air-write notes to themselves rather than... Source : textually.org |
