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Facebook buys startup to link with more mobile phones Sydney Morning Herald Facebook on Monday confirmed that it is acquiring Snaptu with an eye toward extending its reach to the hundreds of millions of mobile phones that don't feature the computer-like Internet capabilities of smartphones. "As part of our goal to offer people ... See all stories on this topic »

Google plugs new-age telephony into US carrier phones Register But Sprint will continue to charge for texts sent from your phone. On Monday, Google and Sprint also unveiled the Nexus S 4G for Sprint, which lets you enable Google Voice directly from the Google Voice mobile app. Other Sprint users must enable the ... See all stories on this topic »

Japan quake to hit supply of Nokia mobile phones BBC News Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, has said it expects Japan's earthquake and tsunami to disrupt the supply of some of its products. Many companies are facing supply problems after component factories in Japan shut down after the disaster. ... See all stories on this topic »

The Technology Behind Making Mobile Payments a Reality New York Times (blog) By NICK BILTON Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press A Nokia phone used in place of a credit card thanks to near-field communication technology. It's only a matter of time before your mobile phone swallows up yet another piece of technology: your credit ... See all stories on this topic »

New Adobe Flash 10.2 update recommended for Android Tablets and Mobile Phones Digital News Report Digital News Report – Adobe has released new Flash software version 10.2 today, which is intended to help tablets and mobile phones that use the Google Android operating system 2.2 or newer. Adobe said that the new update will offer better web browser ... See all stories on this topic »

Two mobile phone stores damaged in fire Sify New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Two mobile phone shops were damaged in a fire in south Delhi, police said Monday. The shop owners claimed their establishments were torched by miscreants who looted them but police refused to confirm this. ... See all stories on this topic »

GNSS Inside Mobile Phones Inside GNSS A growing number of mobile phones, personal navigation devices, netbooks and tablets are equipped with GPS receiver chips and navigation software that enable consumers to navigate from A to B or find their nearest coffee shop. According to Berg Insight ... See all stories on this topic » Inside GNSS

Nanoparticles Enable 3D Printing for Cell Phone Antennas IEEE Spectrum Mobile phones where the batteries run down in a few hours are really annoying but I think dropped calls from bad reception runs a close second in my annoyance scale. The research, which was initially published in the Wiley journal Advanced Materials, ... See all stories on this topic »

Rise in drivers using Twitter behind the wheel Which? Devon and Cornwall Police have warned drivers of the dangers of using Twitter and Facebook behind the wheel, after revealing that it has been catching more and more people using social networking sites on their mobile phones while driving. ... See all stories on this topic » Which?

Mobile Currency Trading: There's an app for that Reuters Blogs (blog) The days of haggling over the phone with your broker or hunching over your online brokerage account may become a thing of the past with the advent of mobile trading. Investors are increasingly turning to their mobile phones and tablets to trade ... See all stories on this topic » Reuters Blogs (blog)

Immersion Corporation Revenues Get Boost From Its Mobile Phone Technology Seeking Alpha The strong increase in mobile phones incorporating Immersion's technology sold in 2010 (over 100 million) compared with 2009 (about 75 million) was the main reason for the strong (40%) increase in revenues (51% on a royalty base only), ... See all stories on this topic »

Video: AT&T buys T-Mobille Slate Magazine Over the past decade, as the industry winnowed itself down through mergers and acquisitions, wireless phones became all-purpose devices, able to run thousands of applications and make speedy connections to the Internet. Many smartphones stowed in ... See all stories on this topic »

Chicago T-Mobile customers worry about AT&T deal WBEZ "They're already hitting us at the gas pumps, so now they're going to hit us on our cell phones," Spence said. It's not a done deal. The acquisition still has to clear a lot of regulatory hurdles. Chicago customers of T-Mobile are reacting to the news ... See all stories on this topic » WBEZ

Brits not keen on mobile banking Information Age That is not to say British consumers are crying out for banking services on their mobile phones. In fact, Datamonitor found that only 16% of UK customers consider mobile banking an "important" technology. "We expect that this will change rapidly once ... See all stories on this topic »

Gloss Giveaway: VTech LS6245 Bluetooth Cordless Phone myGLOSS (blog) In the age of mobile phones, a good home phone sometimes doesn't get enough consideration. But I've been playing with the VTech digital cordless phone system with Bluetooth Wireless technology and a digital answering system and I'm pretty impressed! ... See all stories on this topic » myGLOSS (blog)

Little sign at Libya front of rebel-West contact Reuters Many rebels had relied on mobile phones to communicate, but in recent days the mobile network has become patchy at best or has simply shut down. There is little sign of rebels using satellite phones to overcome the poor mobile network. ... See all stories on this topic »

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