Category: Mobile Phones

AT&T has been aiding and abetting cell phone thieves for many years by reactivating cell phones that have been stolen, in particular iPhones, and then fraudulently claiming to customers that they are unable to block calls from and to the stolen devices, meaning that customers have to buy new ones, claims a new class action in the Supreme Court.

One thing that can be quite annoying about having a cell phone is the possibility of losing it. In the good old days of landlines only, the chance of losing your phone was virtually zero since it was hardwired to the wall of your home.

While the United States considers the implementation of a blanket ban on the use of all new and old cell phones, with or without the use of hands free devices, while operating a motor vehicle, one country that does not seem likely to enact any such bans at all anytime soon is Sweden.

Once the bane of email providers, spammers have now managed to successfully infiltrate the last refuge of spam-free communication: the cell phone. In the United States, customers received around 4.5 billion spam texts in 2011, more than twice as much as the 2.2 billion that were received just two years earlier in 2009, Ferris Research, a market research company that tracks spam, claims.

The e-Waste Rules 2011, pertaining to the management and handling of electronic waste will come into force from 1 May in India.

The absence of any adequate management of e-waste in Guatemala is posing a serious threat to both the environment and to human health, with demand for electronic equipment having reached the point where there are now more new and old cell phones in the country than there are people.

Last updated April 12, 2019‘Green Week’ is an event being co-sponsored by the National Basketball Association and cell phone operator

According to the American Civil Liberties Union, dozens of different law enforcement entities have been using cell phone technology to track Americans without their permission, and most often, without first securing a warrant.

Users of new and old cell phones are texting, emailing and surfing the internet more and talking less, with the increased use of smart-phones driving the habits, according to a new report.

The humble cell phone is South Africa’s retail banking sector’s future, according to the head honcho of the First National Bank’s cell phone banking unit.