The use of mobile phones is currently banned in North Korea, due in part to the death of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-il, December 7 last year. There is concern from his successor and the country’s officials that the nation is in unsteady state, which is predictably getting worse. Said ban on the use of cellular
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Florida Tech Achieves High Honors in U.S. News & World Report's First-Ever Online Education Rankings
Black Tech Entrepreneurs Share Lessons From Their Journeys
by Makula Dunbar Recently — and too often — headlines continue to broadcast ethnic disparities in technology. We’ve been notified that African-Americans are only one percent of internet tech start-ups, our numbers are steadily declining in IT and according to Building Engineering and Science Talent only 20 percent of the nation’s engineers, scientists, mathematicians and [...]
Despite high-tech job losses, Chicago still strong
The Chicago area lost 5 percent of its high-tech jobs in 2009 from the year earlier as the recession hit home, but it still ranks seventh in the nation in high-tech employment, says a report to be released today. The biggest job declines were in Internet and telecommunications services, down 2,300 jobs; computer systems design and related services, down 1,500 jobs, and electronic components …
Smart phones make mobile radio ads hum
In an early sign that mobile radio is coming of age, Clear Channel Communications in January sold out its inventory of certain mobile ads. The news came as the nation’s largest terrestrial radio broadcaster, with more than 800 stations, was crawling out of… Clear Channel Communications – Radio – Broadcasting – Mobile radio – Business