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November 20, 2012

Four armed men took phones, jewelry cash and wallets in a series of Hollywood robberies but were tracked down by responding…

November 20, 2012

The mobile-based national alert system passed muster during super-storm Sandy. The Commercial Mobile Alert System (CMAS) went…

March 2, 2013

It operates Android 4.1, features a 1.6 GHz quad-core super-fast processor, and 2GB of RAM. When it comes to display, it features…

February 24, 2013

While reviewing a new Android smartphone, we came across a new feature in Maps, the map app by Google. Google appears to have…

February 23, 2013

Some people also use their iPhone as an alarm clock. Moreover, mobile phones make it easy to check emails before going to sleep.…

February 15, 2013

A St. Louis police detective demonstrated how a user could fend off a mugger using a cell phone. He says, "If a mugger grabs you…

February 12, 2013

The law that mandates global positioning satellite monitoring for criminals but was suspended by a judge six months ago for…

February 12, 2013

O2 Recycle, a UK company that buys used handsets and resells them for charity, recently unveiled project Walkie Talkies. The…

February 8, 2013

For a long time, mobile phone masts were operated away from people's homes, but now they are being installed right next to them.…

February 4, 2013

One afternoon in November 2012, three boys approached a 16-year-old girl who was talking to someone on her iPhone 4S in Prospect…