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Near-field communication will help shorten wait times at the airport, as companies continue to experiment with the capabilities of the technology in mobile devices. Orange Business Services and the air transport research lab SITA are integrating NFC into SIM cards for mobile devices, which will allow users to check-in, open gates and more easily access [...]
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AT&T Boosts T-Mobile with Spectrum Transfer
January 24th, 2012 
admin AT&T will transfer $1 billion in spectrum to T-Mobile, bolstering its would-be partner after the failed merger attempt. The Dallas, Texas-based carrier filed the request with the Federal Communications Commission, the same agency that played role in the demise of the AT&T/T-Mobile merger. AT&T will also give T-Mobile $3 billion in cash as part of [...]
Juror Jailed for Googling Defendant, Courts Struggle with Tech
January 23rd, 2012 admin A U.K. juror faces six months in jail for researching a defendant online, highlighting the Internet’s increasingly heavy impact on court cases. Three high court judges sentenced 34-year-old Theodora Dallas, a psychology lecturer at the University of Bedfordshire, to jail for “contempt of the jury and the jury system.” Dallas, according to the judges, “deliberately [...]
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No Comments »Motorola DROID RAZR by MOTOROLA with 32GB White – New phone for sale
January 22nd, 2012 admin The DROID RAZR by Motorola for Verizon Wireless not only shreds through the Web at blazing 4G LTE speeds, it does it in style with a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Advanced display and measuring 7.1 mm thin. DROID RAZR is also packed with brains and security with access to apps like MotoCast and features like remote [...]
IPad, IPhone Gain Momentum with Businesses
January 19th, 2012 admin Apple’s devices are appearing more frequently in business, pointing to early success for the company’s push into the corporate sector. In a study released Monday, IDG revealed more than 90 percent of iPad owners worldwide use the tablet primarily for work, and one in four iPad users surveyed got the device from their employer, highlighting [...]
ITTO: Navigating Blizzards with Plow-Tracking Tools
January 19th, 2012 admin Winter snow can wreak havoc with road travel, a reality many municipal governments are addressing with technological solutions. Is This Thing On?, or ITTO, is our Wednesday column showing how everyday people use technology in unexpected ways. People now have new tools to help out as the flakes fly this winter, ranging from websites to [...]
Apple Gains on Android with IPhone 4S
January 18th, 2012 admin Strong iPhone 4S sales narrowed the gap between Apple and Google in the heated smartphone market. More than half of people buying a new smartphone last fall chose Android devices, research firm Nielsen revealed Wednesday. However, in a month-by-month breakdown, researchers showed Android’s overall market share among recent buyers dropped by nearly 12 percent in [...]
Concertgoer Apologizes for IPhone Interruption, Overcome with Guilt
January 14th, 2012 admin The front-row patron whose ringing iPhone interrupted a New York Philharmonic performance offers a profuse apology for a breach of etiquette resonating with audiences around the globe. Conductor Alan Gilbert’s nearly unheard-of pausing of the Philharmonic’s performance amidst an audience-member’s persistent iPhone during the final measures of Mahler’s Symphony No. 9 sparked calls of “Bravo” [...]
Posted in Cell Phone News Tags: Apologizes, Concertgoer, Interruption, iPhone, Overcome, with No Comments »CES 2012: Do Laundry With Your Smartphone
January 13th, 2012 admin Samsung revealed a washer-dryer controlled by mobile devices, the latest “smart home” concept debuting at the CES. Samsung’s WF457 washer dryer has an embedded touchscreen on its face and offers an app so mobile devices can control the machine using a Wi-Fi Internet connection. Users can remotely choose a wash cycle and duration, pause the [...]
CES 2012: Control Gameplay with Brain Waves
January 12th, 2012 admin Haier, a Chinese electronics company, unveiled a video game controller that uses brain waves to control the action, with technology that may run televisions and more. The BrainWave, being shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, is an apparatus that hangs over the head with one extension that presses up against [...]
