Poll: Mobile Phones a Common Obsession Throughout the World
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — All over the world, people have got to have it — “it” being their mobile phones. A Time mobility poll that surveyed 5,000 people spanning eight countries finds that a whopping 84 percent can’t go one day with …
Google Design Chief Would Love to Collaborate with RIM
Joanna Stern / ABC New(SAN FRANCISCO) — Take a look at the myriad Android phones on the market today and you’ll notice that most of them no longer have actual keypads — only virtual keyboards on their screens. But Google’s director of And…
For Many, Being on the Phone Means Being on the Internet
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Using your mobile phone to only make calls is so landline.The latest Pew Internet & American Life Project on cellphone use reveals that 88 percent of U.S. adults now own some kind of mobile device and 55 percen…
T-Mobile Bets Big on HTC One S, New $199 Phone
HTC/T-Mobile(NEW YORK) — T-Mobile doesn’t have it easy these days. Not only is it the only major U.S. carrier to not carry the iPhone, it’s about to become the only carrier without a high-speed LTE network. But with some rebranding and som…
The Infamous “News of the World” Will Close After Serious Allegations Surfaced
Updated | 11:53 a.m. NY Times: Following more serious allegations about misconduct at The News of the World, a British tabloid owned by a division of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, the newspaper will be closed down after publishing one final edition this Sunday. Sky News, a British broadcaster owned by the same company, reports on [...]