With the iPhone 5 just around the corner, the people at Apple have been telling us a bit more about what to expect.
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How the iPhone Changed Smartphones
You ever have one of those days where you go onto a site to read one specific article and you end up staying and reading several? I did that today on SFGate, the San Francisco Chronicle’s news site.
Continue readingMarks Continues Old Cell Phone Cancer Fight
Lafayette resident Ellen Marks was more pleased than most by the official announcement made last week by the World Health Organization linking the use of new and old cell phones to the development of brain cancer.
Continue readingSony S2 Reaches FCC Stage
For those of us waiting for the wow Android tablet that will knock our socks off to reach the market, this may herald good news: according to Engaget, the Sony S2 is reported to have finally reached the FCC labs.
Continue readingNew Laws for Prisoners Who Used Cell Phones
California is attempting to draft new legislation to crack down on the widespread proliferation of old cell phones being smuggled into correctional facilities such as the California Institution for Women and the California Institution for Men.
Continue readingNear Field Communication – What is NFC?
With the recent launch of Google and Sprint’s US near field communication trials, many questions about NFC have been raised. What exactly is NFC? What can it do? Where did it come from?
Continue readingWoman Who Used Cell Phone Killed By Train
A woman, so ensconced in a telephone conversation on a cell phone that she appears to have been oblivious to everything else around her, has been killed by an oncoming train in Marmet in Charleston, West Virginia in the United States.
Continue readingAndroid Dominates PC World’s Top 10 Cell Phones List
In a recent survey, Nielsen discovered that cell phone users now prefer phones sporting the Android OS over the iPhone and iOS.
Continue readingCrisis for Old Cell Phone Maker
The world’s biggest manufacturer of new and old cell phones, Nokia, is facing a crisis after severely cutting back its outlook for sales in the second quarter of this year and refusing to provide overall 2011 targets.
Continue readingWHO Notes Old Cell Phone Cancer Risk
The link between the use of new and old cell phones and brain cancer has strengthened with the release of a new report from the influential World Health Organization (WHO) that notes that there is “possibly” a link between the two.
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