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cell phones stories: 283 news summaries

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Too Much Talking Can Lead to 'Cell Phone Elbow'

Stretched nerve threatens long chatters

Jun 2, 09 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Experts are warning of a yet another threat from your phone: cell phone elbow. When you hold the phone to your ear, you stretch the nerve that controls the ring and pinky fingers; bending your arm too tightly for too long "chokes the blood supply to the nerves,"... More »

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health • cell phones • public health • health advisories • nerves

How Many Cigarettes for
a Cell Phone?

Prisons awash in smuggled phones as authorities crack down

May 26, 09 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - We know the kind of thing that gets traded on the prison black market: weapons, alcohol, drugs, cigarettes. Now add cell phones to the list, Time reports: Authorities say there is an epidemic of smuggled cell phones, which have been used to orchestrate crimes, plot escapes, and harass witnesses, in... More »

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California • cell phones • prison • crime • inmates • Kevin Brady

Explore Galaxy With New Google App

Star Droid helps cellphone astronomers with GPS, maps, tags

May 11, 09 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Budding astronomers will soon have a new cell-phone tool that spots the stars they’re looking for, the Telegraph reports. Google’s Star Droid helps stargazers navigate the night sky using GPS technology that cross-references the user’s position with existing space maps, and adds identifying tags to the heavenly... More »

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astronomy • Google • cell phones • constellations • night sky • light pollution • mobile phones • Star Droid • Jay-ZTV • Droid

 Texts, Tweets 
 Have Roots 
 on Typewriter 

German chose character length by writing random messages

May 11, 09 9:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The man who chose text-messaging’s magic number—160 characters—did so in a decidedly low-tech way, the Los Angeles Times reports. In 1985, German Friedhelm Hillebrand typed message after random message into his typewriter, and found that 160 was “perfectly sufficient,” he said. And now sufficiency is... More »

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cell phones • text message • texting • Twitter • Friedhelm Hillebrand • Jay-ZTV

(AP) - The head of the Boston-area transit authority said today he'll ban all train and bus operators from even carrying cell phones on board after a trolley driver told police he was texting his girlfriend before a collision yesterday. About 50 people were hurt in the underground crash in downtown... More »

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cell phones • Boston • crash • texting • trolley

20% of Americans Drop Landline for Cell: Study

20% of households only use cell phones

May 6, 09 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Americans trim their spending, more are getting rid of landlines. In the second half of last year, 20% of households had only cell phones, outnumbering for the first time the 17% who had just landlines. The 3% jump from the first half of 2008 is the largest increase since... More »

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technology • cell phones • recession • Americans • land lines • survey

(Newser) - Phonemaker Nokia is flummoxed as to why hackers are offering more than $32,000 in underground forums for old handsets, NetworkWorld reports—though bank fraud is a distinct possibility. “We have not identified any phone software problem that would allow” misuse, the company said. But a 2003 model manufactured... More »

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cell phones • Germany • Nokia • black market • hackers • cybercrime • bank fraud • SIM cards • online banking • mobile phones


 Vermont  May Legalize 
 Sexting—Between Teens 


Bill moving through legislature to legalize sexually explicit teen communications

Apr 14, 09 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vermont’s state government is in an awkward position. Current law has the state prosecuting teens who send sexually explicit pictures of themselves to each other—sexting—as sex offenders. The state Senate has passed a bill to exempt an exchange of images between people between 13 and 18 years... More »

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cell phones • Vermont • text message • child pornography • state legislature • teen sex • sexting

Police Hunt Silicon Valley Phone Vandals

50K lose service in attack that highlights systems' vulnerability

Apr 10, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Authorities in Silicon Valley are hunting for saboteurs who cut fiber-optic telecom cables, leaving more than 50,000 customers—including police and hospitals—in parts of three counties without phone and internet service, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Ten cables were severed, crippling 911 operations, cellphone service, and businesses depending... More »

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Internet • Silicon Valley • San Francisco • cell phones • sabotage • telephone • emergency responders • cellphones

 Miley Spies on 
 Boyfriends 

Singer cops to snooping through cell phones

Apr 10, 09 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Miley Cyrus is an admitted boyfriend stalker, she tells Tyra Banks. “I go through their text messages,” says the tween phenom, who admitted she would stalk her boyfriend for a day if given the chance, People reports. She also looks for clues in the way boys treat their... More »

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entertainment • cell phones • Tyra Banks • celebrity • text message • Miley Cyrus

(Newser) - A cell phone photo of a groper on a New York City subway snapped by his victim helped nab him two days later, according to police. He harassed a woman again yesterday and she recognized his picture from news reports and called 911, reports the New York Daily News. Turns... More »

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New York City • cell phones • crime • subway • groping • sexual assault • New York City Subway • victim

TECH REVIEW

New Google Voice Offering a 'Dutiful but Klutzy Secretary'

Features like voicemail transcription are great, but far from flawless

Apr 6, 09 8:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google’s Voice feature, offered in free beta for now, bundles all your phone numbers into one “Google number,” and records, transcribes, emails, and archives voicemails, allowing you to respond via texts sent from your computer. It “has some brilliant features,” Courtney Banks writes in the... More »

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Google • cell phones • reviews • telecommunications • Google Apps • voicemail • Google Voice

 Dad 'Blackmailing' 
 Britney, Court Told 

She sneaked star a secret cell phone

Apr 2, 09 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chafing under her dad's control, Britney Spears wants to hire her own lawyer, People reports. The sister of Spears' former manager, Sam Lutfi, told an LA court yesterday that she recently sneaked the singer a cellphone so she could call Lutfi and ask for help without her father knowing. "... More »

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Britney Spears • cell phones • Adnan Ghalib • Sam Lutfi • Jamie Spears • restraining order • Christina Lutfi

 BlackBerry Users 
 Get an App Store 

RIM hopes it'll draw more customers

Apr 1, 09 5:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - RIM's latest effort to quench their Blackberry users' iPhone envy is an application store, the Wall Street Journal reports. The company expects about 1,000 applications to be posted at the new App World this week—still a trickle compared to Apple's 15,000. Those now available include apps for... More »

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technology • cell phones • Research In Motion • BlackBerry • smartphones • iPhone applications

Skype Expands
to iPhone, iPod
Tomorrow

Internet phone
service plans May
Blackberry launch

Mar 30, 09 2:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Skype is launching service for the iPhone tomorrow, expanding its popular internet phone operation from computers to the lucrative mobile market. Users of iPhones as well as iPod Touches—which have wifi but no cell connection—will be able to make free calls to fellow Skype users and pay for... More »

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cell phones • VoIP • iPhone • Skype • iPod Touch • smartphones

 Madonna's Phone
 Hangups Irk
 Boytoy Jesus 

She can still take calls, though

Mar 20, 09 10:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Madonna has decided to let Jesus Luz use his cellphone around her—but only in emergencies. The unlikely pair had a fight when Madonna walked in on her 22-year-old beau on a family phone call, and “she told him it was rude for him to take a phone call... More »

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cell phones • celebrity • fight • Madonna • cellphones • Jesus Luz

TECH REVIEW

Google Voice Buggy
but Brilliant

Impressive new VoIP service could soon sideline Skype

Mar 13, 09 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Google's new VoIP service could be more of a "life-changing experience" than a mere Skype substitute, Larry Magid writes in CNET. Google Voice—currently only available to former GrandCentral users but expected to soon cause sleepless nights for the whole telecom industry—offers users a single number to which... More »

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Google • cell phones • VoIP • Skype • telecommunications • Google Voice

Battery Breakthrough Could Recharge Phones in Seconds

Scientists believe super-fast ion transfer will let technology charge ahead

Mar 13, 09 3:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - MIT scientists have developed new battery technology that could potentially recharge a cell phone in seconds and an electric car in minutes, the Boston Globe reports. The researchers, who say the breakthrough could revolutionize technology and even lifestyles, have created a coating that speeds the transfer of ions into and... More »

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cell phones • MIT • battery • electric cars • lithium ion batteries • cell phone charger

Spokane School Jams
Cells During Class

District consulting with FCC on legality of jamming

Mar 9, 09 5:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Students in Spokane, Wash. couldn't could call or text during class for 3 whole days, KHQ-TV reports. A school there recently tested a cell phone jammer to get kids focused on academics, but admitted the move may not be legal. They're checking with the FCC. "We just thought it... More »

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high school • cell phones • text messaging addiction • text message • cell phone jammers • texting • high school students

 'Twitter Rescue' Fails 
 Snowboarding 
 Music Man 

Twitter leads to two men missing in Alps whiteout, one dead

Mar 4, 09 3:57 AM CST
(Newser) - The first-ever "Twitter rescue" saved the life of a snowboarder in the Swiss Alps, but failed a 29-year-old British music entrepreneur whose body was found at the foot of a 66-foot cliff, reports the Daily Telegraph. Cheery "tweets" from a female companion noting "am having the best... More »

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cell phones • iPhone • Switzerland • GPS • snowboarding • Alps • Twitter • tweet • Rob Williams

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