Last updated April 12, 2019President Barack Obama’s campaign for reelection is to begin accepting donations sent by new and old
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Cell phone toddler fight video results in arrests
Last updated April 12, 2019Three daycare workers have been arrested for apparently watching and encouraging toddlers to engage in fights.
Continue readingAnticipated iPhone 5 launch slows cell phone market
Smartphone demand is rising almost continuously, but one single anticipated event is causing an overall decrease in sales for all kinds of cell phones, a category that includes simpler feature phones as well as more advanced smartphones.
Continue readingCheaper food without cell phones
A restaurant in Los Angeles is offering discounts to customers who can manage to go for their entire meal without reaching for their new or old cell phone.
Continue readingFederal court issues cell phone GPS ruling
According to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, the protections against “unreasonable search and seizure” embedded in the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution do not include GPS information collected from an individual’s cell phone.
Continue readingCell phone saves manhole woman
An old cell phone possibly saved the life of a 76-year-old woman who could have died after she fell through an uncovered manhole in Palatine, Illinois on Monday morning.
Continue readingGAO questioning federal cell phone safety standards
The Government Accountability Office has released a 46-page report about the safety of cell phones. While the report issues no alarms, it does raise some questions.
Continue readingFinding a lost cell phone
David Pogue, the technology columnist for the New York Times, lost his iPhone while traveling on an Amtrak train a day or two ago but was able to recover it when police discovered it in the backyard of a suburban house in Maryland.
Continue readingNew Nokia range launching this autumn
Nokia is showcasing a new range of Windows Phone 8 handsets this September at the company’s Nokia World show.
Continue readingCongress expected to order cell phone study
As early as this week, Congress is expected to announce that an investigation by the Government Accountability Office, which lasted a whole year, has found that the cell phone safety regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, which radiation limit rules are as much as 15 years old, are woefully out of date.
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