A group of international scientists released a report last week that again raises concerns about cell phone usage and brain tumors, noting that one recent Swedish study saw a 400% increased risk for teenage cell phone users. The 37-page report, from a group calling itself the International EM...
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The iPhone may be the king of the app world, but Android-powered devices are rapidly gaining ground. A new report by mobile advertising company AdMob breaks down mobile app purchasing and usage by device -- and, if the results are to be believed, Android's app market is the underdog to watch...
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Nokia Money to arrive in 2010 27 August 2009 New financial service announced by company After releasing details of its Office deal with Microsoft and the latest updates to its Ovi package, Nokia has now announced a new financial service for mobile phones that should be available in early 2...
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Nokia to announce high-end phone? 27 August 2009 Maemo-powered phone to be announced at Nokia World? Is Nokia about to announce a high-end mobile phone at its forthcoming Nokia World 09 show, that takes place next week in Stuttgart, Germany? Yes, we know that Nokia is loo...
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Apple has approved a streaming music application from Spotify for use on the iPhone, even though the program will compete with Apple's own iTunes service. Rumors have circled in recent weeks that the app had been denied. Spotify is an advertising-supported music service that lets end-users strea...
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Apple's iPhone hasn't totally cornered the app obsession market, as Android users also lust for new finds in the Android Market , a survey by advertising platform AdMob found. The survey asked more than 1,000 Android, iPhone, and iPod Touch users about their download habits, and found that tho...
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Nokia launches N900 27 August 2009 New 'mini computer' is like turbo charged N97 Moments after launching their first netbook , Nokia has their rumoured Nokia flagship out - the N900 is indeed a PC-like internet super-phone running on the Linux-based Maemo 5 operating system. A ...
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If you're traveling to Paris, France anytime soon, consider taking Metro Paris Subway 3.0 along for the trip. This 99-cent iPhone app integrates an augmented reality feature (called Your New Eye) that will show you where the closest Paris subway stations are, relative to your current location, as ...
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Motorola to finally reveal its Android phones? 27 August 2009 Upcoming show likely to showcase new designs Reports from Motorola have triggered speculation that the company is finally about to showcase a range of new mobile phones based upon the Android operating system. News and ...
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As an amateur musician, I'm always looking for ways to get a song from my head into my computer. With Sonoma Wire Works FourTrack , it's easy to compose an entire song, record the basic parts, and then export the audio to your Mac for further editing. Track recording is a way to lay down the basic ...
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Disclaimer : I am an AT&T customer with a data plan. I'll do my best not to let this "conflict of interest" interfere with my opinions expressed below. You have to hand it to AT&T; they've got chutzpah! That, by the way, is not a formal psychiatric term. I could have s...
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Nokia is getting ready to launch Nokia Money, which will offer basic financial services on mobile phones, it said on Wednesday. It will enable consumers to send money, pay for goods, services and bills, and recharge their prepaid SIM cards, according to Nokia. Some Nokia phones will have the neces...
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Vote in the Mobile Choice Consumer Awards 26 August 2009 Last 10 days to get your opinion in, and win a Nokia 5800 Comes With Music We're getting pretty excited about the Mobile Choice Consumer Awards and hope you're getting your votes in. This year we're introducing three new awards to the l...
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3 owner invests in Spotify 26 August 2009 Hutchison Whampoa buys a stake in web-based music service Reports have reached us that Hutchison Whampoa, the company that not only owns the 3 mobile service but also manufactures the INQ range of handsets, has taken a financial stake in Spotify , t...
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RIM buys Iris browser developer 26 August 2009 Torch Mobile acquired to develop WebKit browsers? Research in Motion (RIM), the BlackBerry manufacturer, has bought Torch Mobile, the company known for creating the web browser known as the Iris. Based in Canada - as is RIM - Torch Mo...
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Microsoft launches OneApp service 26 August 2009 One-stop shop app includes cloud service Microsoft, after its recent Nokia-related announcement, has now announced OneApp, a software application that gives your mobile the ability to run various mobile apps such as Facebook , Window...
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RealNetworks wants to put Rhapsody, its music subscription service, on the iPhone. The application has been submitted to Apple and, if approved, will offer users unlimited music streaming over Wi-Fi, 3G and Edge for $15 per month. Offered as an alternative to the iTunes 99-cent-per-song pricing, R...
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Nokia launches affordable Comes With Music touch-screen 5230 25 August 2009 Multimedia handset for music, photos, sat-nav and social networking Ooh, Nokia World countdown starts. Just after yesterday's announcement of the first laptop to come from a phone m...
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It was a busy Friday with Apple, AT&T, and Google all responding to the Federal Communications Commission's inquiry sparked by the (apparent) rejection of the Google Voice app for iPhone . In case you headed out of town late Friday when the news broke, here's a recap of what happened. Appl...
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The root of America's health crisis is bad habits formed in childhood. To protect children from harm, parents are keeping kids indoors, where they get sick, watch TV and form lifelong habits of screen addiction, inactivity and junk-food overeating. It's time to tag and release the children. We have...
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