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3 hrs ago | ComputerWorld

Twitter aims to become safer with two-step sign-in

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

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Related Topix: Twitter, Cell Phones, Electronics, Social Software

8 hrs ago | Nashoba Publishing Online

Apple's iPhone loses ground to Samsung in consumer survey

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

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Related Topix: iPhone, Cell Phones, Electronics

12 hrs ago | The Miami Herald

Jennifer Lopez to open cellphone stores

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

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Related Topix: Verizon Communications, Verizon, IT Services, Telecom

16 hrs ago | Business Times

Axiata weighing bid for PT Axis Indonesia

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.

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Related Topix: PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Telecom, Cell Phones, Electronics

20 hrs ago | WECT-TV Wilmington

Two new cell phone towers coming to Pender County

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

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Related Topix: Pender County, NC, Cell Phones, Electronics

21 hrs ago | ComputerWorld

Telcos to stop charging for 1800 calls from mobiles

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

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Electronics

Yesterday | Textually.org

Mobile Phones for Women's Empowerment

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

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Electronics

Yesterday | KOLN-TV Lincoln

Lincoln Man Captures Twister on Camera

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.

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Related Topix: Lincoln, NE

Tue May 21, 2013

Common Dreams

5 Overlooked Lessons From the AP Subpoena Controversy and Other Leak Investigations

The journalism world has been rightly outraged by the Justice Department dragging the Associated Press into one of its sprawling leak investigations.

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Related Topix: Privacy, US News, Liberal Political News

The New Zealand Herald

Eurovision rocked by voting scandal

The head of Azerbaijan's state broadcaster has questioned the vote tally in the Eurovision Song Contest where it embarrassingly gave "nul points" to the entry from neighbouring Russia.

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Related Topix: Azerbaijan, Asia, World News

Austinist

'Unbelievable' Video: Oklahoma Storm's Birth

Kasey Clark sorts through the debris of her grandmother-in-law Thelma Cox's mobile home after it was destroyed by a tornado.

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Related Topix: Moore, OK

Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Seven plead guilty in smuggling cellphones, drugs in Beeville prison

A 23-page indictment accuses 32 people of taking bribes and participating in illegal schemes and racketeering activity to protect and expand criminal operations from January 2009 until their arrests.

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Related Topix: Prison, Beeville, TX

Loudoun Times

Sterling-based Neustar evolves with the times

Editor's note: This story appeared in the spring edition of the Loudoun Business Journal .

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Related Topix: Startups, NeuStar Inc., NeuStar, Ipad, Science / Technology, Marketing

Daily Mail

94% of UK adults would rather live without sex than their mobile phone

The vast majority of Britons would prefer to go without sex than live without their mobile phones, a survey suggests.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Electronics

Textually.org

Palestinian prisoners used forbidden mobile phones to plot terror attacks

A recent trial before the Samaria Military Court revealed a startling connection between Palestinians and the employee of at least one Israeli cell phone company - a connection that resulted in Palestinian prisoners obtaining working cell phones, even though they are forbidden to have them.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Electronics

ABA Journal

Technology blocks smuggled cellphones, but not approved calls, at state prison

Maryland corrections officials recently adopted technology that blocks contraband cellphone use at one prison facility and plan to use the technology at other facilities soon.

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Related Topix: State Prisons

KREM-TV Spokane

How you can donate to OK tornado relief funds

Relief agencies immediately went into action Monday to help those affected by the deadly tornado which swept through Moore, Oklahoma.

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Related Topix: Moore, OK, Cell Phones, Electronics, Spokane, WA

Mail & Guardian

Vodacom to expand across Africa

Vodacom, South Africa's largest wireless operator, plans to begin operating in three additional countries by the end of 2014.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Electronics

Fox News

Softbank Plans 400 Billion Retail Bond Issuance

Softbank Corp. is planning yet another record-breaking sale of retail bonds to Japanese investors, seeking to raise around Y400 billion, The Nikkei reported in its Tuesday morning edition.

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Related Topix: SoftBank, Financial Services, Investment Services, Financial Markets, Sprint Nextel, Telecom, IT Services, Cell Phones, Electronics, Business News

Mon May 20, 2013

MediaPost

Industry Satisfaction Lagging, But Improving

For the first time in years, the telecom industry is seeing improved customer satisfaction scores.

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Related Topix: Internet Service Providers, Cell Phones, Electronics, Computers, Marketing