Each year, there are over four billion cell phones manufactured worldwide. Out of those, less than 3% make it to a recycling center.
Continue readingBus Driver Who Used Cell Phone Quits
A school bus driver who was caught looking at a used cell phone while operating the vehicle has been forced to resign from her job in Rockingham County in the United States.
Continue readingiOS 5 Favors Twitter; Takes on BBM
With the iPhone 5 just around the corner, the people at Apple have been telling us a bit more about what to expect.
Continue readingHow the iPhone Changed Smartphones
You ever have one of those days where you go onto a site to read one specific article and you end up staying and reading several? I did that today on SFGate, the San Francisco Chronicle’s news site.
Continue readingMarks Continues Old Cell Phone Cancer Fight
Lafayette resident Ellen Marks was more pleased than most by the official announcement made last week by the World Health Organization linking the use of new and old cell phones to the development of brain cancer.
Continue readingSony S2 Reaches FCC Stage
For those of us waiting for the wow Android tablet that will knock our socks off to reach the market, this may herald good news: according to Engaget, the Sony S2 is reported to have finally reached the FCC labs.
Continue readingNew Laws for Prisoners Who Used Cell Phones
California is attempting to draft new legislation to crack down on the widespread proliferation of old cell phones being smuggled into correctional facilities such as the California Institution for Women and the California Institution for Men.
Continue readingCell Phone Recycling Story CBS Anchor’s Favorite
A story on the truth about where electronic items, including but not limited to old cell phones, go once they have reached the end of their useful life, has been named as the favorite story of CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley in the United States.
Continue readingNear Field Communication – What is NFC?
With the recent launch of Google and Sprint’s US near field communication trials, many questions about NFC have been raised. What exactly is NFC? What can it do? Where did it come from?
Continue readingOld Cell Phones Germ Risk
Old cell phones and other such devices could pose a health risk in hospitals because of the amount of germs that can accumulate on their surfaces. The germs that old cell phones and the like are carrying into hospitals are not just any old bacteria either, but highly “worrisome” drug resistant bacteria, according to researchers from the Inonu University’s Department of Medical Microbiology in Malatya in Turkey.
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