Monday, July 11, 2011

Google Alert - mobile phones

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Afghan Women Tolerate Beating for Cell Phones in Emerging Market
BusinessWeek
The contraband was a cell phone. "My husband's family is very traditional," says Maryam, a 24-year-old sheathed in a blue burqa who declines to give her last name. "They are very much against mobile phones and freedom for women. ...
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DST wants 'wallet phones'
AsiaOne
Their mobile phones act as cash or credit cards, allowing them to get on public transport or pay for retail items by placing their phones near a sensor. NFC and mWallets require users to link bank accounts to their mobile devices. ...
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The Blood In Our Cell Phones
Care2.com (blog)
by Gina-Marie Cheeseman Recently, I watched the documentary Blood in the Mobile about the origins of some of the minerals which make the metals in our cell phones. In the film, director Frank Poulsen travels to the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
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More malware targeting Android
CNET
The malware is designed to incur phone charges by sending SMS messages to a hard-coded premium-rated number, they said in a blog post. The malware also blocks or removes short messages that mobile service providers send to customers to warn them of ...
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Smartphone security under threat
Telegraph.co.uk
By Matt Warman, Consumer Technology Editor As many as one in 20 Apple and Android mobile phones could be infected by dangerous software within the year, a security firm has warned. Mickey Boodaei, the chief executive of Trusteer claimed "Fraudsters are ...
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RI highly dependent on mobile Internet
Jakarta Post
Indonesia has emerged as the country with the highest dependence on mobile Internet access in Southeast Asia, with almost half of all citizens surfing the web via their mobile phones, a Nielsen report says. According to the report, although mobile ...
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CommBank: 'determined' to make mobile banking better
iTWire
However, if we fast forward to today, there's not only more mobile phones in Australia than there are people, but tablets (and smartphones) have emerged as incredibly popular mobile computing platforms. Thus there is a stark need for banks to ensure ...
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Cubans Love Their Phones, But Technology Lags
Mobiledia
By Sandy Fitzgerald | Mon Jul 11, 2011 5:16 pm Over a million cell phones have been sold in Cuba since the government lifted bans in 2008, and while the expense is more than most citizens can afford, new inroads may make them cheaper and more useful. ...
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