Posts Tagged ‘america’

BBC – Magazine Monitor: Web Monitor

Web Monitor . web_monitor 16:43 UK time, Tuesday, 18 August 2009. A celebration of the riches of the web. What’s the first thing you do when you wake up? Check Web Monitor ? If not, why not? It’s all the rage. Kenyan mobile phone users …

AgInfo News from IAALD: Indian farmers to use mobile phones to …

Mobile Operator Tata Teleservices is testing technology (called Nano Ganesh) in two villages that allows farmers to use their mobile phones to remotely monitor and switch on irrigation pump sets in far flung locations. …

Sprint announces an Eco-Friendly Samsung Reclaim

16, Sprint and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile ), the #1 mobile phone provider in the U.S.1, today announced Samsung Reclaimâ„¢ as the first phone in the U.S. constructed from eco-friendly bio-plastic materials. …

Sprint | Palm WebOS

Once the regular season begins, fantasy players can manage their NFL.com fantasy teams from their phone and monitor the performance of every player in real time. Player information will be easily accessible, including real-time game and …

Mexican authorities to allow mobile phone calls on commerical …

So far, US law still prohibits the use of mobile phones in flight, and if US Congressman Peter DeFazio has his way, that isn’t about to change any time soon. His ridiculously named ‘Hang-Up act” (Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace) …

PHILIPPINES: Blast outside church in Philippine south, 5 dead …

Ponce said the crude bomb, made from a mortar shell and remotely detonated by a mobile phone, was placed across the road from the church. NOT A RELIGIOUS CONFLICT. Mohaqher Iqbal, a senior leader of the MILF, the largest Muslim rebel …

Is Facebook killing our friendships? | Demand More

Increasingly, the computer monitor replaces the phone call; and the phone call itself remains the stand in for a cup of coffee at the corner cafe. There is much ado given to the freedom that comes from the information age, …

Mobile phone sensors and crowdsourced citizen science …

Came across an article about mobile phone sensors and the future of data gathering. A great read and especialy apropos The Extraordinaries in its closing paragraphs:”Some computer scientists look forward to the day when mobile phones …

Vital Reading » Blog Archive » Mobile phone giants to make …

“It’s a small thing, but a big issue for the consumer,” said Ernest Doku, an analyst for mobile phone comparison site, Omio.com. “It was simply a foolish situation

Duniyalive.com » Cyclists transform into mobile pollution sensors

London, June 30 (ANI): Pedestrians and cyclists in urban areas of the UK are being transformed into mobile pollution sensors, as part of a Government-backed scheme to monitor air quality.