Mexico has finally woken up to the fact that it both needs to and can do a lot more to collect and recycle electronic waste including old cell phones and freezers, given that the majority of such items have tended to end up on dumps even after years of collection efforts.
A government test that is used to determine the amount of radiation that people absorb via their new or old cell phones is flawed, according to a number of researchers and doctors.
An alarming new study suggests that as many as every one in six of all old cell phones are contaminated with traces of fecal matter.
Children are becoming cell phone users at younger and younger ages, according to a study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
Kenya has set up what it its second such electronic waste recycling facility as the country tries to step up to the plate and do what needs to be done to combat the growing problem.
The Motorola Electrify is a cell phone designed to work on the U.S. Cellular network. It is one of eight smartphones planned for release before the end of 2012 and uses an Android-based interface.
Verizon is making a number of big changes to their cell phone privacy policy this week as from this week, with the company now set to begin collecting information such as Web browsing history, general device feature usage, application usage, and even cell phone location.
The wireless industry organization CTIA has announced that there are now more than 325 million wireless subscriptions in the United States, an increase of almost 10% over the same quarter 12 months earlier.
A cell phone store in Wayne, Pa, had a decidedly unexpected visitor on Monday afternoon – in the form of a curious deer.
With electronic waste, including old cell phones and batteries, from small offices and even ordinary households beginning to pose a serious threat to the soil and overall health of Delhi, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), has come up with a plan to involve kabadiwallahs and ragpickers in order to help dispose of such items in the proper manner.
