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Anti-texting laws in Pennsylvania and other states prohibit any driver from sending, reading or writing a text messages from his cellphone while his or her vehicle is in motion. The police, however, are having a hard time curbing violations, obtaining convictions, or even nabbing violators. Notwithstanding the law taking effect after the stroke of midnight on March 8 in Penns ... Read more >>>
Late last year, researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and Northwestern University, both in Illinois, touted new technology that could double or triple the battery life of smartphones. Now, a Los Angeles, California-based start-up is bringing the new technology to the market. Lithium-ion batteries, which are common in portable electronic devices, use graphite as anode mate ... Read more >>>
China is a country where to obtain statistics sometimes gets confusing because of the massive size of the population or the rapid growth of business. By 2025, China will construct as much skyscrapers those may be enough to fill ten New York-sized cities. For the moment, statistics are so interesting those are hard to believe at. The latest statistics according to commonness of ... Read more >>>
The rate of mobile subscription is over 650 million now in Africa. This makes the European Union and United States stand second to Africa. A massive boom has been seen in the telecommunication industry. According to a report by World Bank“since 2000, the telecommunication has seen a growth of 40-fold, from a possible 16.5 million. World Bank in a report in eTransform Africa a ... Read more >>>
Voice biometrics is now the choice for authentication when compared to mobile phones. According to researchers, they have come with means of overcoming the usual limits. Everything including banking records, health records, photos, and contacts lists that are available through your mobile phones, one of the greatest concerns is the ability to access such data securely. This exp ... Read more >>>
For mobile phones, Alton towers have been listed by one of the mobile insurers as the deadliest tourist attraction in Britain. However, more sedate families claim that on days out, they have witnessed a huge number of mobile users damaging their phones. According to a report from London Dungeon, most of the phone users could be seen dropping their handsets because frights at th ... Read more >>>
According to PayPal data shows, more Australians are shopping through mobile devices during this Christmas season. The data shows that 22% of Australians will make purchases worth $5.6 billion by use of mobile phones. In 2010, during the same period, the purchases were worth $155 million. So far, about 22% id Australians have already used their mobile devices in making purchase ... Read more >>>
Today, smartphones have become an important part of our life. We become worried and frustrated whenever we lose our cell phones or have them stolen. Until recently, the real owners of the cell phone could contact the cell phone carrier to have the service suspended to their stolen phones. But the thief or the purchaser of the phone could easily get the cell reactivated in a new ... Read more >>>
A few days ago, a roadside bomb took the life of three individuals near a procession held by Shi’ites in Pakistan. The security forces were appointed there to protect the procession from any terrorist attacks. The government of Pakistan suspended phone coverage in several cities as a result of that attack. This is because terrorist make use of mobile phones to contact each ot ... Read more >>>
Aside from asking Siri to find items on your gift list, neat apps come in handy for your holiday shopping. Just install an app on your iPhone to be able to complete a hassle-free holiday shopping. A mobile app that helps Christmas shoppers save time, money and headaches is Better Christmas List, which allows the phone owner to create a shopping list and stick to the budget. A ... Read more >>>