Monroe County executive Maggie Brooks yesterday announced the launch of a nationally sponsored awareness campaign which is aimed at educating parents, students and teachers on the healthy, appropriate use of new and old cell phones among the youth population of Monroe County.

People talking or texting on their new and old cell phones while operating a motor vehicle is an increasing source of concern, but few drivers or passengers will probably have thought about how a cell phone could be responsible for injuring them during the course of a crash.

Smart Communications Inc. is considering releasing a cell phone and detection device that aims to benefit the visually impaired.

Technology from US company Liquipel that is claimed to make new and old cell phones waterproof has been licensed by the Vita Group.

The Canadian government’s decision to drop an online cell phone plan calculator has been described as ‘purely political’, with Industry Canada refuting the government’s claim that the idea was dropped because it failed to work.

E-waste Handling and Management Rules 2011 are to be effective from 1 May in India, R P S Kahlon, the principal secretary of the West Bengal environment department announced last week at the Confederation of Indian Industry Waste Symposium 2012 in Kolkata.

People who may have noticed that their new or old cell phone bill has increased over the last year had better get used to it, according to those in the know.

A woman who was talking on her old cell phone was struck and killed by a city bus at one of the most dangerous intersections in Queens in New York yesterday, advocates and police officers say.

In order to tackle the growing menace of electronic waste and dispose of it in a scientific manner, the Baroda IT association (BIT) in India organized an exhibition that ran over three days from 17 thru 19 February in Vadodora.

If you primarily think with your left-brain, then there is a very good chance that you make use of your right hand in order to hold your cell phone close to your right ear, a new study conducted by the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit is claiming.