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Will cash become totally obsolete? Square, the plastic card reader cell phone attachment, makes it easy for street vendors to accept credit cards. No merchant account is needed for the vendor to accept payment. Read the rest of this entry »

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US consumers lead Canadians in becoming wireless only subscribers. About 25% of American households have ditched the land line telephones in favor of going with only wireless service. Canadians follow that with 12% going wireless. Read the rest of this entry »

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Drug dealers are using their cell phones as scales. New downloadable apps turn your Smartphone into a small scale. iPhone has the iScale, while other Smartphones are also making ounce and gram scale apps available. Read the rest of this entry »

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Cell phones have created a new freedom in Middle Eastern society. In a conservative culture that segregates genders, and frowns on unsupervised dating, texting and calling has opened up a whole new paradigm shift. In addition, political activists and politicians are using text messaging to promote their causes as well as solicit votes. Read the rest of this entry »

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Weber Shandwick’s US employees donated over 800 cell phones to support Verizon’s HopeLine, a program of support for domestic violence survivors. Verizon’s exclusive program, HopeLine, distributes grants and refurbished phones to survivors of domestic violence. Read the rest of this entry »

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Kentucky State Police (KSP) has cited cell phone usage and excessive speed as causes of the crash that killed 11 people in March near Munfordville, Kentucky. However, the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board), which is conducting the investigation, says it is yet to be determined if the truck driver, Kenneth Laymon of Jasper, AL was on his cell phone at the time of the accident. Read the rest of this entry »

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Remember the days when cell phones were so large you needed to carry them in a bag or briefcase? No one I know misses those old dinosaurs. But apparently Stuart Hughes, (the company behind gold iPhones, TVs, and game consoles) thinks there are at least 10 mega-rich people who do. Read the rest of this entry »

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While the iPad and other pricey technology dictates to the US, the rest of the world is using and developing cell phones as the latest and CHEAPEST technology! In India, Reliance Communications sells a cell phone for $25 with -1 cent-a-minute phone calls across India and 1-cent text messages and no monthly charge. Read the rest of this entry »

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A 50 year old man from Washington State strapped a cell phone to his chest. His wife came home and found him passed out drunk with the phone taped to his chest and called 911. Thinking it was a cell phone bomb, the police responded with a bomb squad and evacuated the mobile home park. Read the rest of this entry »

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New comScore data reports that Facebook and Twitter use on mobile devices is growing exponentially while MySpace use is declining. Facebook now sees 25.1 million mobile users as of January 2010, more than double the users in January 2009. Twitter grew to 4.7 million, which is 4-times what it was last year. MySpace has lost 7% of its users in that same time period. Read the rest of this entry »