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The Portland Oregon Transit Agency has said that they had to let go 40 year old Lahcen Qouchbane after a video that a passenger recorded on September 16th showed him texting while driving along Interstate 5. The Transit Agency says this isn’t the first time that people have complained about this particular driver, so his…
Between January and August over 11,000 people helped contribute data points for a survey Broadband Expert was taking and the results are in: Vodafone has the fastest network with an average download speed of 1.78 Mbps, compared to 3 with 1.76 Mbps, Orange with 1.46 Mbps, O2 with 1.42 Mbps, and T-Mobile with 1.07 Mbps.…
According to research done by Forrester, who polled nearly 43,000 people during the second quarter of 2010, between Generation X (31 to 44 year olds) and Generation Y (18 to 30 year olds) smartphone ownership stands at 23%. That’s roughly 1 out of every 4 people owning a device that gives them access to their…
A leaked internal document suggests T-Mobile may be bringing a UMA-like feature to its Android handsets. For those not familiar with UMA, it is a feature found on T-Mobile’s handsets that allows a user to place a VoIP call via WiFi when cellular service is not available. UMA lets you use your T-Mobile number to place the call,…
Contrary to the prevailing rumor that suggests Microsoft will launch Windows Phone 7 at a NYC event on October 11th, Paul Thurrott is reporting that Microsoft will launch its latest mobile OS on November 8th in the US. Though he confirms that there is a NYC event slated for October 11th, it is an annual event…
After a successful pilot program, United Nations are expanding the SMS food aid program for Iraqi refugees in Syria to include more people. Tens of thousands of refugees living outside Damascus (the capital) will now be able to receive aid by exchanging coupons sent to their mobile phones. Under the voucher project, beneficiaries receive a…
Although most of us are still kinda sceptical about the prospects of Samsung’s Bada platform that doesn’t stop the Korean company from pursuing carrier partners which could sell one of few Bada-powered devices that were announced to date. That said, Samsung has found an operator in China willing to (take risk?) sell the recently announced…
The folks behind Nokia’s Ovi unveiled Oxfam Donate app for select Nokia touchscreen smartphone owners in the UK. Among devices supported, we find the following Nokia models: 5228, 5230, 5233, 5235 Comes With Music edition, 5250, 5530 XpressMusic, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, C6, X6, N97 mini, N97 and N8; with support for more devices (I presume)…
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has introduced mobile trading in India in an effort to potentially increase the number of retail investors in the country. Right from the bat, more than 30 members of the exchange registered their participation in the program with more expected to jump on board in the next few days. Using the…
Singapore’s SingTel has set up a corporate venture company called Innov8 to invest in new technologies and eventually create future growth engines for the group. The new entity will have an initial fund size of S$200 million, which is about US$150 million, and collaborate with innovators, developers, government agencies and R&D organisations around the region…