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Google unveils SMS service for Africa

Google unveils SMS service for Africa

Technology / Internet

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google on Monday unveiled a new service designed to provide information via SMS text message to mobile phone users in Africa, where cell phones are prevalent but Internet penetration is low.


Sweden has come out on top of the International Telecommunications Union's index on computer development.

Europe, South Korea, dominate global IT development (Update)

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created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

North European countries and South Korea have the fastest and most widespread telecoms and computer growth in the world, the UN's telecomunications agency said on Monday.





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Teachers begin using cell phones for class lessons

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(AP) -- Ariana Leonard's high school students shuffled in their seats, eagerly awaiting a cue from their Spanish teacher that the assignment would begin. "Take out your cell phones," she said in Spanish.


Signal fading on radio traffic reports

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(AP) -- For more than 20 years, Mike Nolan was known to radio listeners as the "eye in the sky." He flew over Southern California freeways in his single-engine plane, reporting on the nation's worst traffic.


Government delays new ban on Internet gambling

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(AP) -- The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are giving U.S. financial institutions an additional six months to comply with regulations designed to ban Internet gambling.


Food banks go high-tech to feed the hungry (AP)

Food banks go high-tech to feed the hungry

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(AP) -- Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the food industry ...


Lenovo buying back mobile phone business

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(AP) -- Personal computer maker Lenovo Group said Friday it is joining the race to develop products that link phones and PCs by buying back a mobile phone business that it sold last year.


Semantic research sets world standards

Semantic research sets world standards

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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have created new tools for semantic technology development which are helping to set the next generation of official standards. The tools also unblock some key bottlenecks ...


Apple's iPhone set to make splash in South Korea (AP)

Apple's iPhone set to make splash in South Korea

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(AP) -- The iPhone's arrival in South Korea is generating considerable buzz among consumers and industry watchers amid expectations it will shake up a market dominated by world-beating domestic manufacturers.


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Half of Euro online travel purchases legally unsafe: EU

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created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More than half of all people who buy flights, hotel rooms and hire cars online risk being left without compensation if companies fail under outdated law, the EU said Thursday.


Roku adds more 'channels' of video and other digital content

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created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Owners of Roku's digital video player will soon have a bunch more channels to choose from.


Coma recovery case attracts doubters

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created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- Rom Houben's mother remembers her son's amazement when he finally started communicating again after spending 23 years locked in a paralyzed body that was misdiagnosed as vegetative.



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