Friday, May 20, 2011

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Mobile Wallet Offered to UK Shoppers
Wall Street Journal (blog)
... payments should sit in handsets; and there is still a long way to go to convince the bulk of retailers of the business case of replacing their point-of-sale terminals with NFC-enabled terminals capable of reading NFC cards/mobile phones. ...
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Hispanics lead US embrace of mobile technology
CNN
By Amy Gahran, Special to CNN Research shows Hispanics are more likely to own cell phones and use them more often than the US population overall. Editor's note: Amy Gahran writes about mobile tech for CNN.com. She is a San Francisco Bay Area writer and ...
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Mobile Wallet roll out starts with small change
Reuters
OL) co-founder Jon von Tetzchner told the summit NFC in its current form was "cute" but that he's still waiting to be able to do "real commerce" from the mobile phone, at least as much as is now currently possible from a personal computer. ...
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Scientists warn of potential WHO mobile phone cancer risk cover-up
Energy and Environmental Management (EAEM) Magazine
A group of concerned scientists is cautioning that a World Health Organisation (WHO) body may be about to make a potentially dangerous cover-up in relation to the dangers of mobile phones. This highly significant occasion will result in a Monograph ...
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Energy and Environmental Management (EAEM) Magazine
Jude Law phone-hack claim
Financial Times
By Ben Fenton, Chief Media Correspondent The hacking of Jude Law's mobile phone will be among five test cases against the News of the World after a High Court judge ruled on Friday that it could help him decide how high up News International's chain of ...
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MasterCard survey claims users ready for NFC payments
TG Daily
The survey also revealed that 65 percent of consumers ages 18-34 feel more naked without their mobile phones than their wallets, compared to 34 percent of those 35 and older. According to MasterCard, mobile payments are likely to be initially embraced ...
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Police poster warns of using phones while driving
The Surrey Herald
Fifty per cent of respondents to the Surrey 'Driving You Mad' survey (August 2009) felt the use of hand-held mobile phones was a top anti-social driving issue, making it second only to drink-driving at 67 per cent. Inspector Chris Colley of Surrey ...
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Navteq To Launch Local Search for 3G Nokia Handsets
VC Circle
However, this service will only be offered to 3G mobile users. The number of 3G connections in India has hit the 9 million mark. New 3G packs were also launched on Nokia mobile phones as part of a new partnership between Nokia and telecom operator ...
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Cash for phones: T-Mobile will buy back your old cell phone
ConsumerSearch Productopia (blog)
By Molly McLaughlin on May 20, 2011 in If you're a T-Mobile customer or thinking of switching to T-Mobile, the carrier has a new trade-in program that could save you money on your next cell phone, whether it's an Android phone, a new BlackBerry or a ...
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Innovative mobile phone app aims to reduce biker casualties
RAC
iBiker, which has been funded by the Department for Transport and features former double World Superbike Champion James Toseland, is available on the iPhone and Android mobile phones. It is a unique app that will create a rewarding experience to bikers ...
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Google Pays $4.9 Million For Modu
Tech2
Modu, the Isreali based mobile phone manufacturer which was known to create modular cellphones with different jackets (with extra features), has been bought over by Google. According to calcalist, Google paid $4.9 milion for the entire Modu portfolio. ...
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Contactless mobile payments arrive on high street
Retail Gazette
Pippa Dunn, Orange Vice President, said: "We no longer use our mobile phones simply for talking and texting - apps, cameras and music players allow us to use them for a lot more. "So, making contactless payments with your mobile is a natural and really ...
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African apps boost business growth
BBC News
By Louise Greenwood BBC Africa Business Report, Nairobi Africa is the world's fastest growing telecoms market and mobile phones have transformed the lives of Africans everywhere. Now a host of new mobile phone applications, developed by software ...
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Where does journalism fit in a world of 5 billion cell phones and 600 million ...
Stanford University News
With more than 5 billion cell phones in use around the world, 600 million Facebook users and a billion Google searches per day, journalism is no longer the sole gatekeeper of information and storytelling. The convergence of mobile phones, ...
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