A girl who overheard some of the conversation between Florida teenager Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, can help to prove that he was murdered in cold blood, a lawyer for the Martin family claimed on Tuesday.
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Bell Canada is making cell phone towers that look like trees to try to blend in with the surrounding environment in cottage country.
Continue readingCell phones help to find missing kids
The great majority of parents will have had a debate with their children at one point or another about the merits, or otherwise, of letting them have a new or old cell phone.
Continue readingIndian firms not warming up to e-waste
Small and medium sized businesses in India may not be able to comply with a rapidly approaching deadline from the government regarding the collection of electronic waste as they are either unaware of it or do not take it seriously.
Continue readingAfrica’s war with electronic waste grows
Africa, which has long been dealing with the thousands of tons of electronic waste that is shipped to the country for disposal from Europe, often under very hazardous conditions, is now dealing more and more with the problem of electronic waste that has been generated rather closer to home.
Continue readingCell phones show no digital divide
In recent years, one company after another has brought up ways in which Americans may soon be able to use their cell phones as a form of mobile wallet.
Continue readingYet another use for cell phones: proof of insurance
American consumers hardly need more reasons to get a new cell phone; the devices are already handy in nearly every walk of life.
Continue readingMore cell phones than toilets in India
More people have access to cell phones than they do toilets in India, according to new data taken from the country’s census in 2011.
Continue readingStupid problem of electronic waste
Electronic waste, including the likes of old cell phones, “is a stupid problem”, according to the environment minister of Sweden, Lena Ek.
Continue readingCell phone coupons
The old-fashioned way of collecting coupons may soon be a thing of the past if a brand new technology that has been developed in North Texas becomes a success.
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