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Laptops for Kids and Shared Village-wide Cell Phones can Fight Systemic Deep Poverty

Negroponte and Quadir: How Laptops and Cell Phones Attack Systemic Poverty in Developing CountriesREAD»

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EcoATM Pays Cash for Your Old Cell Phones

Until now there have been limited options for recycling old cell phones--send it back to the manufacturer, send it to one of a number of Web sites that offer cash for your used electronics, or go to the cell-phone store and hand it ...READ»

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Should We Buy the RAZR Instead of the iPhone Based on Levels of Radiation?

Most of us have heard about the myriad studies done over the past few years that claim cell phone use leads to a marked increase in salivary gland and brain tumors. And while none of these studies are conclusive--WHO, the FDA, and the ...READ»

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Kenya's M-PESA System Lets Cell Phones Control Access to Water

Water is like liquid gold in drought-stricken areas of Africa, so it's no surprise to learn water conflict and corruption is common. Safaricom's M-PESA system of cell phone cash transfer, originally released in 2007, could help quell ...READ»

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AmazonWireless Offers Phones and Plans, Minus the Cellular Store

Not content with selling absolutely everything else, Amazon today announced the beta launch of AmazonWireless, a new extension of the online retailer that allows users to browse cell phones and various service plans from AT&T and ...READ»

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Taxes Are a Calling

If you thought the government would tax the very air you breathe if only they could figure out how, you'll be unsurprised to learn that government wants to tax your talk too. Cell phone talk, that is. More specifically, work-related ...READ»

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Motorola Envisions the Cellphone of the Future

Hyper futuristic cellphone concepts are usually the province of student competitions. But Motorola tasked designers from its offices around the world to create a visionary cellphone replacement, and here are the results. As ...READ»

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Are On-Call Street Lights More Trouble Than They're Worth?

A cluster of small towns in Germany is testing out a creative solution to the problem of electricity-sucking streetlights: on-call lamps. The system, which was first implemented a year and a half ago in the town of ...READ»

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How Innovation Led HTC to the Dream

Fast Interview: Here John Wang, HTC chief marketing officer -- AKA Chief Innovation Wizard -- talks about how his company does its magic. Hint: fail cheaply, fail often and be humble.READ»

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I am and have been a long time user and fan of Palm's OS and devices. I have intensively troubleshot, used and owned Palm powered devices such as Sony Clies, Samsung SPH-I300, Samsung SPH-I330, Samsung SPH-I500, Treo 600, Treo 650, ...READ»

Ivan Glickman

Vumber - Your Disposable Phone Number

Vumber does one thing and does it well. Provide a cheap and easy to use, disposable phone number and voicemail product. Vumber allows you to create a phone number from any area code you want, linked to your home, cell or work ...READ»

Ivan Glickman

scanR....My phone was never so cool...

Before I start this weeks post, I wanted to thank all of your for you amazing response and questions regarding the Bill Gates lunch (Post Title: WWBGD- What Would Bill Gates Do?). I am in the process of interviewing three of the ...READ»

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