cell phones

Tech, Recording, Wireless Companies Endorse Eshoo-Issa Resolution

Stevie Converse — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:11:53 -0400

Full article: The Hill
Sara Jerome
The recording, technology and wireless industries teamed up to say Congress should not mandate cell phone makers to include radio chips on their devices. They endorsed a resolution from Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), ranking member of the Communications subcommittee, and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) that says just that.

Corporate Media Missing Stories as Corporations Quash Coverage

Stevie Converse — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:27:47 -0400

Full article: The UpTake
Sam Mayfield
As you might expect, members of the independent media spoken to by The UpTake at the National Conference For Media Reform generally had low opinions of the corporate-owned media. But attendees at the conference are also worried about another corporate ill: the control corporations want to exert over a tool citizens and independent media have been using to go around corporate owned news channels. That tool is your cell phone.

Mobile Payments -- Who Will Regulate?

Stevie Converse — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:54:50 -0400

Full article: Politico
Elizabeth Wasserman
As more Americans learn how to shop with their cell phones, Washington is trying to figure out who should answer the call to regulate this new form of commerce.

Cell Phone Bill Shock Bill Introduced

Stevie Converse — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 09:32:03 -0400

Full article: Multichannel News
John Eggerton
Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) has introduced a bill that would require cell phone service providers, which now includes cable companies like Cox with quadruple play offerings, to notify their customers with an e-mail or text message when they are close to their monthly limit on voice minutes, text messages or data usage.

Egypt Orders Mobile Phone Carriers to Suspend Service

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:29:24 -0500

Full article: Los Angeles Times
Nathan Olivarez-Giles
The Egyptian government has ordered all wireless phone carriers to curb mobile services in the country. The mobile phone shutdown follows the government ordering the suspension of Internet service.

There's No 'Third Way' on Copy Ownership

Stevie Converse — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:01:27 -0400

Full article: Public Knowledge
John Bergmayer
When it comes to software, copyright laws are in flux. And the Copyright Office ducks and ducks hard when it comes to the issue of whether you actually own the physical copy of the software that’s installed on your mobile phone.

Media Minutes: July 30, 2010

Candace Clement — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:35:38 -0400

The Electronic Frontier Foundation wins three victories in new exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. And Twin Cities Community Voice Mail offers cell phones and service to the homeless population of St. Paul, Minn.

Europeans Launch First Long-Term Cell Phone Health Study -- Where is U.S.?

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 09:36:37 -0400

Full article: Washington Post
Cecilia Kang
Five European nations launched the first long-term study on the potential effects of mobile phone use on health. This will fulfill a years-long push by some public interest groups and scientists for longer and better studies on the potential health risks of using cellphones. But where is the U.S. -- with 270 million cellphone users -- in this effort?

Where a Cell Phone Is Still Cutting Edge

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 11:32:55 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Anand Giridharadas
Forgotten in the American tumult is a global flowering of innovation on the simple cellphone. From Brazil to India to South Korea and even Afghanistan, people are seeking work via text message; borrowing, lending, and receiving salaries on cell phones; employing their phones as flashlights, televisions and radios.

91 Percent of Americans Use Cell Phones

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:51:28 -0400

Full article: Ars Technica
Chris Foresman
Even in the face of the largest economic recession since the Great Depression, results show that the wireless industry continues to grow as a vast majority of the population is using a mobile phone. A recent survey revealed that over 285 million Americans are mobile subscribers, about 91 percent of the total population.