Cellphone lane
There are slow lanes, fast lanes, and bike lanes. And now, at least for a little while, there’s a lane for cellphone users.
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National database planned to track stolen mobile phones
The cellphone theft problem is threatening to get out of control.
There is an unwelcome, but predictable, side effect to the soaring popularity of smartphones: an epidemic of smartphone thefts.
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Americans lost $30 billion worth of mobile phones in 2011
More phones were lost in Philadelphia than any other U.S. city.
About $30 billion worth of mobile phones were lost by Americans in 2011, says a new industry report.
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Top 5 most dangerous tech products
There are 18,000 injuries a year, one child death every two weeks from flat-panel tv’s.
Our lives are enhanced in numerous ways by the electronic products we have in our homes. Even though these products may enhance our lives on a daily basis they can also be the most dangerous products we have. They are putting some of us, especially young children and the elderly, at risk of serious injury or even death. The risks run from flat-panel TVs that topple onto toddlers, to button-sized batteries that become poisonous pills.
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Mobile Phones Could be Charged by the Sound of Your Voice
Engineers have developed a new technique for turning sound into electricity, allowing a mobile to be powered up while its user holds a conversation
A dead battery or a lost charger are among the frustrations of modern life for cellphone users. There is now new research that promises a way to recharge phones using nothing but the power of the human voice.
Adoption of Mobile Wallets Being Slowed by Behind-the-Scenes Battle Among Corporate Giants
Consumers would wave their phones instead of swiping credit cards at the checkout counter.
The cellphone has been more than a cellphone for years, but soon it could take on an entirely new role — standing in for all of the credit and debit cards crammed into wallets. Instead of swiping a plastic card at the checkout counter, consumers would merely wave their phones.
Walking and Talking on Cellphone Dangerous for Over 60’s
Walking and talking dangerous for seniors.
Older people find multi-tasking more difficult than younger ones, researchers have found, so those who “walk and talk” across a road could be putting themselves at greater risk.
Cellphones Could Soon Run For Months Between Charges
Mobiles and laptops to run for up to 100 times longer between charges.
Mobile phones could soon run for months rather than days between charges, after scientists discovered how to make them work more efficiently.
