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Global mobile phone sales now in decline

by Admin on May 17, 2012

Despite some vendors seeing record smartphone sales, worldwide sales of mobile phones declined 2% year-over-year to 419.1 million units in the first quarter of 2012, according to research firm Gartner. The decline represents the first of its kind since the second quarter of 2009. “Global sales of mobile devices declined more than expected due to a slowdown in demand from the Asia/Pacific region …

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Western Union, MTN Announce Launch of Mobile Money Transfer Service in Uganda; Provides 9,000 Branded Mobile Phones

by Admin on March 29, 2012

The Western Union Company (NYSE: WU) and MTN Group (JSE: MTN) today announced the launch of a mobile money transfer service in Uganda, allowing MTN customers to send and receive money across borders using just their mobile phones for the first time.

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First Lao-made mobile phones go on sale

by on December 27, 2011

Mobile phone users can now buy the first-ever âmade in Laos’ units with the introduction of mobile phones made by the Oudomxay-based Ying Ze Lao Electronics Company. Shoppers try out the first “mad …..

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Google updates movie search for mobile phones

by on December 11, 2011

Google updated its web-based search for mobile today to offer better results when you’re looking for movies or theaters. This isn’t the first time that Google’s enhanced its search for films, but this most recent update includes a list of movies near you (search “movies”), theater showtimes (search for the theater name), and film details (search for the movie title). It’s all provided in a neat …

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Indian brides told to reduce mobile phone use

by on May 9, 2011

An Indian state has told newly-wedded women to avoid talking too much on their mobile phones for the first two years of marriage in case it provokes jealousy from their husbands.

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Therese Poletti’s Tech Tales: New Internet bubble gathering steam

by on April 26, 2011

Venture capital firms may have invested in fewer deals in the first quarter but the average deal size jumped as companies are getting more funding.

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Internet and mobile phone services unplugged in high-tech blackout

by Admin on February 1, 2011

THE mobile phone network was the first to go, shutting about 10am.

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Obama falls short on tech issues

by on November 29, 2010

WASHINGTON — He was the embodiment of the modern, high-tech president when he took office: the first to fully harness the Internet to build a political movement, the first commander in chief to carry a BlackBerry, the first to promise to instill Silicon Valley sensibilities in the federal bureaucra

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LG Mobile Phones Together with T-Mobile and Sprint to Optimize the Android Experience with the Launch of LG Optimus T …

by on October 11, 2010

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ — LG Mobile Phones announced today the launch of the first LG Optimus handset devices to be available in the U.S., LG Optimus T(TM) with Google(TM) and LG Optimus S(TM) with Google. In partnership with T-Mobile USA, Inc. and Sprint, LG Optimus T and LG Optimus S will empower first-time smartphone users to join and explore the growing Android world. Giving …

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Tech Tuesday: Will .XXX clean up the Internet?

by on July 6, 2010

For the first time in history, conservative religious groups on the right and the Internet porn industry on the left are in total agreement. Were watching closely to see if oil and water mix, cats and dogs stop fighting, and Hell freezes over.

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