Using cellphones while driving remains a problem in San Bernardino County – Contra Costa Times

Stephanie Urbina put her cellphone on speaker while driving and talking to her friend one night several weeks ago in Fontana. When she spotted a Fontana police officer, she tried to hide the phone, but it was too late. The police lights flashed, and she had to pull over. “I was just so bummed out,” ...Read More

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Cellphones, tycoons and the market economy – Jerusalem Post

My monthly mobile phone bill for the past decade has stood at an average of less than NIS 90. No, it isn’t because I found a cheap provider before Communications Minister Moshe Kahlon’s most recent revolution, but simply because I use my mobile phone (purchased in 2003 for a song) with moderation, and only when ...Read More

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Fatwa on Women | Cell Phone Use Punished by Acid in Face – Right Side News

Pakistani Women Writers Denounce Islamic Clerics’ Fatwas Against Women’s Use Of Cell Phones And Access To Secular Education  Former Pakistani lawmaker and cleric Maulana Abdul Haleem recently issued a fatwa (Islamic degree) against secular education and justifying honor killings of women.[1]The fatwa was issued in a sermon during a weekly Friday prayer in Kohistan district ...Read More

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Are You Addicted to Your Cell Phone? – Huffington Post (blog)

“Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac?” — George Carlin George Carlin makes a good point when he implies that anyone driving other than how we do has got it wrong. Clearly he is poking fun at us, but have ...Read More

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AMBER, weather alerts coming to cellphones – Columbus Dispatch

By  Randy Ludlow The Columbus Dispatch Saturday May 19, 2012 6:30 AM Messages relaying severe-weather warnings, AMBER alerts and even national emergencies soon might pop up on your cellphone — whether you want them or not. The messages automatically will be sent to most smartphones in geographic zones set up for alerts through a free ...Read More

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Roadshow: Over 61000 cell phone-texting tickets issued in April crackdown – San Jose Mercury News

Q I was encouraged to see the “zombie” ads during April’s crackdown on the use of non-hands-free phone devices while driving. Did the stepped-up campaign to enforce the hands-free law yield a greater catch? Personally, I was menaced, annoyed and inconvenienced by violators in April just as much as any other month. David Burckhard San ...Read More

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Khul ja SIM SIM: Cell phone black market works around blocked sets – The Express Tribune

The parts are the real reason cell phone snatch­ings contin­ue in Karach­i. The parts are the real reason cell phone snatchings continue in Karachi. DESSIGN: SAMRA AMIR KARACHI:  The black market for cell phones in Karachi has some of the best electronic engineering brains. These men have figured out a way to still make a ...Read More

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Assurance Wireless Marks Two-Year Anniversary of Providing Cell Phones and … – MarketWatch (press release)

WARREN, N.J., May 18, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Assurance Wireless, which provides eligible residents with a free cell phone and 250 minutes of free monthly voice service, marks its two-year anniversary of providing services to Texas residents. Assurance Wireless is a Lifeline Assistance program supported by the federal Universal Service Fund. More than 881,000 Texas ...Read More

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Cell-phone data suckers: when DO WANT should turn to SHOULDN’T HAVE – ITworld.com

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Cell-phone data suckers: when DO WANT should turn to SHOULDN'T HAVEITworld.comBy Kevin Fogarty Add a new comment May 18, 2012, 5:10 PM — What is it with Brits and the compulsion to hack other people's cell phones? Of course, I reflexively admire people like Daniel Stuckey, who are able to ...Read More

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The Role of Cell Phones in the Classroom – The Atlantic

Mobile devices are ubiquitous in American high schools, and their use is harder to regulate than old-fashioned note passing. But here’s why teachers should be paying closer attention.  Two U.S. high school students compete in the LG Mobile Worldcup Texting Championship. According to a Pew study, American teenage girls send an average of 100 messages ...Read More

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