Tag: Cellphones

Cell Phone Privacy Is A Concern Among Americans, Survey Says

Cell Phone Privacy Is A Concern Among Americans, Survey Says

NEW YORK (AP) — Many U.S. cellphone users say they have decided not to use an app on their phone because of concerns about privacy. More than half of Americans who use apps say they have decided not to install one once they found out how much personal information they’d have to share, according to [...]

September 5, 2012 More
Financial Times: Nokia mulling revenue split with carriers for Windows Phone 8

Financial Times: Nokia mulling revenue split with carriers for Windows Phone 8

The Financial Times has reported that Nokia is in “exploratory” talks with several European carriers to share revenue for its upcoming Windows Phone 8 handsets in exchange for dedicated support. This would be a shift from its normal modus operandi, which is to sell as many phones as it can across all carriers at once, in [...]

July 23, 2012 More
Scosche cellControl locks your device while driving, tattles on your text habit

Scosche cellControl locks your device while driving, tattles on your text habit

Trying to keep the points off your record, but just can’t resist the urge to tweet, text and talk behind the wheel? Maybe it’s time you gave up on that whole “self-restraint” schtick and leaned on technology to keep your cellular inhibitions in check. Scosche’s cellControl might do the trick, it pairs bit of bluetooth-enabled automotive hardware [...]

January 23, 2012 | 0 Comments More
Teens Text 7 Times An Hour, Survey Shows

Teens Text 7 Times An Hour, Survey Shows

If teens seem to be glued to their cellphones, it’s because they’re texting about as many times an hour as you might suspect they say “like” — an average of 3,417 texts a month, according to a new survey from the analytics firm Nielsen. To put that information in even more staggering terms, they send [...]

December 18, 2011 | 0 Comments More
NTSB Proposes Ban Of Cell Phone Use While Driving

NTSB Proposes Ban Of Cell Phone Use While Driving

(Reuters) – U.S. safety investigators called on Tuesday for a nationwide ban on texting and cell phone use while driving, a prohibition that would include certain applications of hands-free technology becoming more common in new cars. The National Transportation Safety Board recommendation goes beyond measures proposed or imposed to date by U.S. regulators and states, [...]

December 14, 2011 | 0 Comments More
Cellphones blocked in SF to hinder transit protest

Cellphones blocked in SF to hinder transit protest

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Transit officials said Friday that they blocked cellphone reception in San Francisco train stations for three hours to disrupt planned demonstrations over a police shooting. Officials with the Bay Area Rapid Transit system, better known as BART, said they turned off electricity to cellular towers in four stations from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. The move [...]

August 13, 2011 | 0 Comments More
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