News tagged with phone number

How Internet is changing Ugandan business

Sitting in the glow of his flat-screen computer monitor in a fashionable office, Donald Kasule says that until recently it was almost impossible to imagine making a success of an Internet start-up in Uganda.

Technology / Business

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US shoe seller says hacker compromised accounts

US online shoe seller Zappos.com was notifying some 24 million customers Monday that a hacker had gained entry to its computer network, but said credit card data was not affected.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

PayPal tests in-store payment system at Home Depot

(AP) -- EBay's PayPal service is testing out a payments system in brick-and-mortar Home Depot stores.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

India Internet users top 100 million: study

India's Internet users have topped 100 million, a study said Tuesday, and its online population could overtake the United States' within two years.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

BlackBerry to use key technology by Assa Abloy

Assa Abloy AB, the world's leading lock group, said Tuesday it is collaborating with Research in Motion to include key-card technology in upcoming BlackBerry models.

Technology / Business

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Texting has rewired your brain

(Medical Xpress) -- Do you know what the numbers 5683 and 3327 mean? According to a recent study, if you are a person who frequently sends text messages, your brain knows what these numbers mean and is unconsciously influencing ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (6) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Review: Skype phone and adapter for home calling

(AP) -- With two new products, Skype has made it easier to make Internet calls from home phones, for savings on international calls and potentially also domestic ones.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Voicemail spying shows phone network weak spots

The voicemail tampering scandal engulfing Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid demonstrates not only the vulnerability of phone networks, but also the fallibility of the people who help maintain them.

Technology / Other

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Paranoid Android? Get connected to a new study...

More than 1,000 people around the world have signed up to take part in the biggest ever public study of Android phone usage.

Technology / Software

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google lets users move numbers to Voice

(AP) -- Google's Voice calling application is adding a long-promised feature: the ability to move a phone number from a cell phone or landline to Google's service.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smart phones easily invaded, researchers find

Security researchers Nick DePetrillo and Don Bailey have discovered a seven-digit numerical code that can unlock all kinds of secrets about you. It's your phone number.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jul 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Researchers show how to use mobiles to spy on people

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have demonstrated how it is possible to use GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) data along with a few tools to track down a person’s mobile phone number and their location, ...

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 22, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 9 | with audio podcast report

Google Voice 'light' works with existing cell phone numbers

Google Voice, the service that can route calls to multiple phone numbers and access voice mail, is now available on users' existing cell phone numbers.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google Voice service blocks fewer than 100 numbers

(AP) -- Google Inc. says its free messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to fewer than 100 phone numbers likely to be adult chat lines and free conference call services.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Review: 10 ways to save on calling costs

(AP) -- The cost of making phone calls has been dropping rapidly in the last few years. If you want take full advantage of that, you'll need to try some new things, because the phone companies aren't going ...

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1