Cellphones News

If you care at all about America's future as a country of ideas and potential, you'll probably agree that this is a cool story.

We're close. But not quite. And we may never be a nation of exclusive smartphone users.

The path to clearing up enough airwaves to satisfy the insatiable demand for mobile downloads is a confusing, complicated mess.

Last month's hot topic during an Attleboro City Council meeting was when councilors take their bathroom breaks .

A Shreveport legislator said Thursday that an agreement is in place with Gov. Bobby Jindal to ensure hearing impaired residents receive financial assistance for the tools they need to navigate daily life.

The Illinois Senate today voted to ban the use of cellphones behind the wheel unless the driver uses a hands-free device.

In less than a generation, mobile communications have evolved from a luxury item to an essential element of everyday life.

A record-high 25 million mobiles and tablets are expected to be sold this year on the back of faster wireless broadband and a tremendous shift in demand to third-generation smartphones.

MOST of the roughly 2.2m incarcerated Americans will eventually be freed. Those who remain in contact with loved ones on the outside are less likely, studies show, to return to a life of crime after serving their time.

Fairfax County is now part of a new system that automatically sends text messages to area phone users during the most dire of emergencies.

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Two Oklahoma teens were able to use their cell phones from inside a storm shelter to get video of a deadly tornado as it passed through.

Twitter, in a much-needed move to keep its users safer from cyberattacks, is introducing a more secure login process.

While still maintaining a lead in customer satisfaction, Apple is seeing the distance between competitors such as Samsung and Motorola closing.

Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez says she's opening a chain of cellphone stores and a website under the Viva Mobil brand.

HONG KONG: Axiata Group Bhd, Malaysia's largest mobile-phone operator, is evaluating a bid for PT Axis Telekom Indonesia, three people with knowledge of the matter said.

The company says they evaluated the area and are trying to fill voids in coverage.

The telecom industry has supported a proposal by the government to make mobile phone calls to 1800 numbers free by 2015.

The proliferation of mobile phones in low- and middle-income countries over the past decade has been rapid and remarkable.

A Lincoln man captured on his cell phone camera the massive twister that tore through Moore, Oklahoma as he was just driving through, on his way back home to Nebraska following a hunting trip.