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While Intel has repeatedly struggled to get their chips inside mobile phones, there’s one thing they are good at and that’s creating remarkably tiny transistors. Intel’s factories, or fabs as they’re called in the industry, churn out chips using some of the most advanced techniques known, but the thing is they’ve never built processors for…
Just when we talked about a growing number of mobile phone users in North Korea, the government reacted… badly. Their plan is to confiscate mobile phones smuggled from China in an attempt to suppress news from the outside world, specifically news involving revolts against despots in the Arab world. According to North Korea Intellectuals Solidarity,…
The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) is allowing folks whose loans are serviced by its student loan servicing operations, American Education Services and FedLoan Servicing, to make payments directly from their web-enabled mobile phones. According to the PHEAA Board Chairman William Adolph, this is a logic step for the organization, considering that “today’s student…
We recently came across NextDrop, a service created by a team of Stanford and Berkeley graduate students designed to inform residents of select villages in India about the water availability. Having won a grant from the Gates Foundation, NextDrop began operations in Hubli, India last year, working with 180 participating families across five water valve…
Qualcomm, maker of the chips that power over half the Android smartphones currently on the market, and every current and future Windows Phone, has just published their fiscal Q2 2011 financial results and to put it bluntly: they’re kicking ass and taking names. Revenues hit $3.88 billion, up 46% from the same quarter a year…
In an effort to fight bogus alarms that cause unnecessary panic, Malacañang (Malacanang palace pictured on the left) has launched the “Official Text Message” system to provide accurate information in times of typhoons, floods, earthquakes and other emergencies. Aside from trying to avoid panic, the new public safety advisory system will provide guidance to citizens…
The Korea Communications Commission (KCC?) is considering making SMS free of charge to lower consumers’ mobile phone bills as part of the government’s plans to curb rising prices. Chairman of the country’s telecommunication regulator, Choi See Joong, said they are having “in-depth reviews” as we speak. Following the news, shares of the two largest mobile…
Specialty retailer Brookstone is experimenting with QR codes in 30 of its New York-area stores to provide shoppers with reviews, videos and product information. Shoppers in participating stores in New York City and New Jersey — including Brookstone’s Rockefeller Center, Seaport Marketplace and JFK airport locations — will see QR codes located next to products,…
We’ve already heard mobile phone radiation can cause cancer of the brain. Like that’s not enough, a new research suggests it [radiation] can also affect our bones. Dr Fernando Sravi of Argentina’s National University of Cuyo found that men who routinely wear their cell phone on their belt on the right side have reduced bone…
As part of its quest to become Google of China, Baidu has already launched a Twitter-like service and announced plans to integrate apps and search. Now they’re taking another step forward to develop their own operating system for mobile devices. According to the company’s chief executive Robin Li, over the coming 3-5 years Baidu will…