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Libyan Rebels Reboot Cellphone Service After Gadhafi's Shutdown

By Lauren FrayerApr 13th 2011 – 8:34AM
Chris Hondros, Getty Images

Chris Hondros, Getty Images

Libyan rebels who'd resorted to waving flags to communicate after Moammar Gadhafi cut off the Internet have now rebooted a local cellphone network for their own use. The new network, rigged up with help from U.S.-trained Arab engineers, is giving many Libyans their first chance in a month to contact loved ones and see if...

Is Your Cell Phone's Radiation Level Safe? Don't Call the FCC

By Andrew SchneiderMar 14th 2011 – 10:17AM
Alamy

Alamy

More than 200 million people in the U.S. talk on cell phones a total of at least 12 hours a month -- some double or triple that amount. Almost everyone admits that cell phones emit radiation when they link to the closest tower. What almost no one can agree on is whether that radiation is harmful to those holding their...

Google Promotes Nexus S on Twitter as the Future of Advertising Takes Shape

By Steven HofferDec 8th 2010 – 4:09PM

(Dec. 8) -- Google and Twitter sitting in a tree ... Two days after officially introducing the Nexus S, Google marketing went viral after the company promoted its new Android phone via a Twitter trend. Reception to the Nexus S thus far has been mixed, ranging from CNET's "Six Things Not to Love About the Nexus S" to a...

Report: India Has More Cell Phones Than Toilets

By David KnowlesApr 19th 2010 – 2:20PM

(April 19) -- In the global rush toward modernization, some luxuries are outpacing the necessities. According to a new study released by the United Nations University, more people in India now own cell phones than have access to proper sanitation, including the use of a toilet. In 2008, just 366 million of India's 1.2...

CellPhones News From AOL

TECHCRUNCH EUROPE

How The Future of Mobile Lies in the Developing World

May 27th 2012 - 05:53PM

This guest post is written by Erica Kochi , the co-lead of Tech Innovation at UNICEF.

THE UNOFFICIAL APPLE WEBLOG (TUAW)

iPhone, iPad optics add night vision for covert missions

May 25th 2012 - 08:01AM

The Apple iPhone, iPad, and military-grade optics can now be seamlessly and simultaneously integrated to deliver mobile data-recording, navigation, and instant situation-analysis in a comprehensive solution to debut at this week's SOFIC, according to its developers.

ENGADGET MOBILE

PayPal lines up 15 retailers for mobile payments, will let you buy Jamba Juice smoothies with a smartphone

May 25th 2012 - 07:01AM

Although PayPal's mobile payment system started out small with a Home Depot deal, that snowball is quickly rolling itself into a boulder.

MOBILECRUNCH

Google Adds Subscription Billing To Its Android App Store

May 24th 2012 - 01:25PM

In what should be a very welcome addition for Android developers, Google is adding subscription billing to its app store.

MOBILE CRUNCH

Google Adds Subscription Billing To Its Android App Store

May 24th 2012 - 01:03PM

In what should be a very welcome addition for Android developers, Google is adding subscription billing to its app store.

CellPhones News From the Web

  • 05/27/12 Nokia Lumia 900 Batman Edition to be released in... Source: Unwired View At the end of last year, Nokia introduced a Dark Knight Edition of the Lumia 800 (pictured below), and it looks like it's doing a similar thing with the Lumia 900 now.
  • 05/27/12 How The Future of Mobile Lies in the Developing World Source: TechCrunch Europe This guest post is written by Erica Kochi , the co-lead of Tech Innovation at UNICEF.
  • 05/27/12 Mobile (iOS or Android) De Source: The Inquirer My client is a mobile development start-up specialising in high performance mobile applications for the finance sector.
  • 05/27/12 Work certifications for members of Armed Forces Source: Northwest Herald - Crystal Lake IL Five hundred IT professionals and administrators were surveyed recently at a conference held in Las Vegas about bringing your own device (BYOD) to work.
  • 05/27/12 Cell C move sparks price war Source: News24 - South Africa There's a price war raging between South Africa's cellphone networks after Cell C lowered the rates of its prepaid calls by more than 34%.

Background on CellPhones

A mobile phone (also known as a cellular phone, cell phone and a hand phone) is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link whilst moving around a wide geographic area.

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