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Dinner time: Surrender your cell phones to dad
May 13, 2013
The story of how one family makes time for each other at dinner in our high tech, interconnected world.
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Media, cell phone companies exploring ways to lower data costs
May 10, 2013
Media companies are considering subsidizing data-plan costs so smartphone users will keep watching video, wireless carriers will keep data revenue, and streaming shows can sell more ads.
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Siri, meet your new competitor, Google Now
Apr 30, 2013
Siri has some stiff competition in Google's Google Now, which just hit iPhone.
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What to do with an old cell phone: Sell it!
Feb 19, 2013
Consumers are sitting on $33 billion worth of old, unused mobile phones.
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President Obama's secret directive on cyber ops
Nov 15, 2012
The president has reportedly signed a directive that could change the way the government could fight cyber terrorism. Also, cell phones that can get a charge from a good shake, and climate change's impact on satellites.
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Cell phone location data raises protection/privacy issues
Oct 1, 2012
California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill over the weekend that would have made it harder for police use cell phones to track suspects' locations. Similar debates about protection versus privacy are happening around the country.
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Walmart, Target join the mobile payments race
Aug 15, 2012
Big retailers join the race to develop payment systems for mobile phones. But will consumers pay with smartphones instead of credit cards?
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Nokia hangs on, but announces $1.5 billion loss
Jul 19, 2012
Until this year, Nokia was the world's biggest maker of cell phones. Today the company announced a $1.5 billion quarterly loss and slashed the price of its new headline handset, the Lumia 900.
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Blackberry meets its shareholders
Jul 10, 2012
At Research in Motion's annual meeting, it was a mix of bad news and turnaround talk.
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FCC considering plan to launch floating cell towers
Jun 8, 2012
In the event of natural disaster, drone planes and weather balloons could restore communications.
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