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Stories Tagged With Cell_phones

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FAIR

FOUL

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Court:Employers Can Read Text Messages Sent From Company Property

The court ruled unanimously that employers have the right to read text messages – including personal ones – sent by workers if they have reason to believe that workplace rules are being broken.
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SHOCK

YAWN

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iPhone 4 1st Day Pre-Orders Were 10X Higher Than 3GS!

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They apparently had to shut down orders because their supply is already depleted.
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APPROVE

OBJECT

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New proposal would require ID to buy prepaid cellphones

A bipartisan pair of Senate leaders have introduced a first-of-its-kind bill aimed at stopping terrorist suspects such as the would-be Times Square bomber from hiding their identities by using prepaid cellphones to plot their attacks.
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THRIVE

FAIL

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QLess- cell phone and kiosk managed waitings for restaurants, etc

Users virtually enter the line at the kiosk, or from their computer with the designated line they’d like to join and their cell phone number. Qless’ technology will show the visitor how long the expected wait time is and will then send the user a text message or automated phone call when their wait time is up.
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GOOD

EVIL

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Now this is genuine spyware - is it good or evil?

Information Week presents this deadpan, as though it's a great software accomplishment. Does it creep you out? Software to report every behavior, every GPS waypoint from your Android?
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ZoomSafer - Mobile phone software makes phones safer when driving

Zoomsafer markets what it refers to as a “personal safe driving assistant”, software for mobile phones that aims to prevent distracted driving.ZoomSafer software detects when the user is driving and automatically puts the phone into ’safe drive mode’. That way, inbound alerts are suppressed and the phone’s keypad and screen are locked to eliminate the temptation to text, email or dial while driving.
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Textaurant - text customers when their table is ready

It’s always a drag when you have to wait for a table at your favorite restaurant when you’re hungry. To solve this problem, startup Textaurant has introduced a web-based waiting list management application. The tool lets restaurants automatically alert patrons via a text message when their table is ready.
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BELIEVE

DOUBT

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Only 2.5% of people are capable of driving and talking on cell

Some people CAN drive and talk on a cellphone simultaneously, says a University of Utah study. It’s a very small percentage, 2.5%, but some people are capable of it. That also means that 97.5 percent of people cannot!
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THRIVE

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Notifo- another YCombinator startup launched today

Creating a mobile phone push notification platform which allows any service/business/app/website/anyone to send instant notifications to their users’ mobile phones without the need to develop applications for specific hardware models.
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FUNNY

SAD

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Analysts set Palm stock price target to $0 - seriously

Shares of Palm (PALM) plunged 19% to $4.59 a share early Friday, a new 52-week low. Investors are becoming increasingly pessimistic about the company's future and several analysts downgraded their positions on the stock to "sell." Two analysts even lowered their price targets to $0.
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WANT

DO NOT WANT

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Qualcomm’s Multi-Fold Device Can Replace Your iPad And iPhone

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At a time when Apple is seeking to expand the number of screens a consumer is exposed to, Qualcomm has quite contrarian ambitions. It wants to develop one device that can fit all the users’ aspirations – a multifold device that can be spread out to work like a TV as well as folded into a cellphone.
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USEFUL

USELESS

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Boarding passes sent right to your cell phone

Security scans the barcode right off of your handset’s display, and you’re on your way with one less thing to lose.
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