mobile phone

Tweak Your Android Homescreen with Customized Launchers

Linux Today  Wed, 01/11/2012 - 23:02

Webopedia: "Free and inexpensive launchers help you get the user experience you want on an Android mobile phone."


 

Pocket Spies: Smartphone actionable intelligence

Digg / Tech Industry News  Tue, 11/29/2011 - 12:12

Sometimes GPS tracking via a mobile phone is beyond an invasion of privacy; it can be a matter of life or death, such as when actionable intelligence from smartphones can potentially cost lives of U.S. combat troops overseas.

Michael Yon has been reporting with the troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. Here's an interview with Yon about the treacherous side of carrying a cell phone, when a smartphone acts like a pocket spy with geo-tracking actionable intelligence.


 

Webopedia Term of the Day: What are Butt Calls?

Linux Today  Tue, 11/08/2011 - 08:01

Webopedia: "A slang term used to mean an unintentional call placed from a mobile phone because the send button was accidentally pressed while carrying the phone in your pocket."


 

Rioters' phones could help police

Digg / Tech Industry News  Tue, 08/09/2011 - 10:13

Police may be able to use rioters' mobile phone information to help convict them, say legal experts.


 

New 4G Network Could Cause Widespread GPS Dead Zones

Digg / Tech Industry News  Wed, 02/23/2011 - 20:57

If a plan to build new 4G mobile phone base stations in the US goes ahead, engineers say GPS satellite navigation systems will be seriously jammed and huge areas of the country will become GPS dead zones.


 

Text messaging 'improves children's spelling skills'

Digg / Tech Industry News  Sat, 01/22/2011 - 15:30

Mobile phone text messaging can boost children’s spelling skills, according to new research.


 

Mobile Augmented Reality: Learn Anything About Anywhere?

Extremetech  Mon, 09/13/2010 - 09:04

If Intel has its way, your next tour guide could be your mobile phone.


 

How Are Adults Using Mobile Phones?

Digg / Tech Industry News  Sat, 09/11/2010 - 21:58

A study by Pew Internet was recently released, which focused on mobile phone behavior among American adults. In this study, it was determined that 72% of


 

Mobile Phone Shipments up 18.5% compared to First Half '09

Digg / Tech Industry News  Sat, 07/31/2010 - 20:30

The healthy expansion is a sign that there is no recession, at least where smart phones are concerned, analysts said.


 

Sync Your Desktop Browser to Your Android Phone

Linux Today  Sat, 07/10/2010 - 09:03

MakeTechEasier: "Let's say you are doing research on your desktop browser and you need to leave your computer to run some errand.

Wouldn't it be great if you can sync what you are reading to your mobile phone so that you can continue your research on the move?"