London, June 5 (ANI): A team of researchers from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, has worked out some apparently universal laws of human motion by tracking the signals from 100,000 mobile-phone users, who sent and received calls and text messages during the study.
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Beef up your phone
HT - Tue, Jun 3
Cell phones these days do a lot more than just making and receiving calls. If you think about it, you'll realise that your phone buying decision has more to do with the handset's efficacy with performing myriad other functions than that essential one. The camera's pixel count, the MP3 player's features, the speaker's clarity, the Internet connectivity options...
Smartphone with Google operating system set to rival iPhone
ANI - Sat, May 31
London, May 31 (ANI): British chipmaker ARM has unveiled a prototype mobile phone that will use the operating system Android, launched by Google last November.
Reliance confirms talks with South Africa's MTN
IANS - Mon, May 26
Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group formally said Monday it is in consolidation talks with the South African telecom services giant MTN, just two days after the Bharti group ended its negotiations.
'Reliance favourite to land MTN, Vodafone not to bid'
IANS - Sun, May 25
London, May 25 (IANS) Reliance Communications has emerged as the favourite in global merger talks with the African mobile phone operator MTN, the Sunday Times reported.
Now, a cell phone is all you need to catch a flight
ANI - Fri, May 23
London, May 23 (ANI): British Midland Airways (BMI) has launched a new facility which allows passengers to get through security and on to their plane just by showing them a barcode sent by the airline to their mobile phone or handheld PDA.
New telecom network guidelines next month: minister
IANS - Fri, May 23
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The government is expected to issue guidelines for third generation (3G) and wireless broadband (WiMax) networks by June, Minister for Communications and Information Technology A. Raja said here Friday.
Bluetooth makes your every move trackable
ANI - Thu, May 8
London, May 8 (ANI): You might be having the 'all technologically advanced' air around you, courtesy the Bluetooth facilitated mobile phone, but before getting drawn in that here's some shock for you - the wireless link makes your every move trackable.
South African mobile firm confirms Bharti Airtel bid
IANS - Tue, May 6
Johannesburg, May 6 (IANS) After nearly two weeks of speculation and denials, the South African mobile network company MTN has said it is in 'exploratory' discussions with the New Delhi-based Bharti group for a possible takeover or a strategic alliance.
Pakistan erects mobile towers near LoC, worries India
IANS - Sun, May 4
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) In what Indian security officials find alarming, Pakistani mobile phone service providers are believed to have erected nine mobile towers in their territory along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir.
China's mobile phone users rise to 574 mn
IANS - Fri, Apr 25
Beijing, April 25 (Xinhua) The number of mobile phone subscribers in China has risen to 574 million by March as more fixed-line users switched to mobile services on lower rates, according to the ministry of industry and information.
E-communication helps homeworkers overcome feelings of professional isolation
ANI - Sat, Apr 19
Washington, April 19 (ANI): A study by two Indian-origin researchers suggests that homeworkers associated with telecommunications organizations rely on e-communication to avoid feelings of professional isolation.
Future cell phones will serve as a mobile tourist guide
ANI - Sat, Apr 12
Washington, April 12 (ANI): Future cell phones may act as a mobile tourist guide, and provide tourists with information on whatever they see while journeying.
Mobile terahertz devices may soon be a reality
ANI - Wed, Apr 9
Washington, April 9 (ANI): Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM in Freiburg say that terahertz waves may soon offer as a universal tool for search and security operations, medical diagnosis, and several other purposes.
Calling family commonest use of mobile phone
IANS - Thu, Apr 3
Sydney, April 3 (IANS) As a gadget, it has been around only a decade or so, but mobile phones have become seamlessly integrated with family life, confirms a new survey.
Yahoo launches voice-search via mobile
IANS - Thu, Apr 3
San Francisco/Las Vegas, April 3 (DPA) Yahoo Wednesday unveiled a powerful new version of its OneSearch technology for mobile phones that allows users to initiate searches faster using voice or text.
Brit cell phone users in the grip of 'nomo-phobia'
ANI - Mon, Mar 31
London, March 31 (ANI): A survey has revealed that 20 per cent of cellular phone users in Britain consider being out of mobile phone contact to be as stressful as moving house or breaking up with a partner.
Mobile tariffs may fall further after ADC goes
PTI - Thu, Mar 27
New Delhi, Mar 27 (PTI) Local and domestic long distance mobile call tariffs may drop further, thanks to telecom regulator TRAI today announcing that private telecom operators would be exempted
Phones with 'feeling' may cut typing errors
ANI - Tue, Mar 25
London, Mar 25 (ANI): The technology that makes cellphones vibrate when people make a mistake while typing may help cut typing errors in touch-screen phones like the iPhone that lack the tactile feedback provided by a keyboard.
Neckband that allows 'voiceless' mobile chat without having to speak
ANI - Thu, Mar 13
London, March 13 (ANI): A US company has demonstrated a "voiceless" phone call for the first time, using a neckband that translates thought into speech by picking up nerve signals.
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