Archive for October, 2008

Press Release: Rogers Wireless Joins RBC and Visa in Mobile Phone Payment Pilot

RBC, Visa and Rogers Wireless have come together for the next phase of the mobile phone payment pilot, which will ultimately allow Canadians the flexibility to make purchases securely at the point of sale with …

Kalamazoo Public Safety warns consumers of cell-phone scam - Kalamazoo Gazette

Cell-phone owners are advised to watch for a bank-scam text message making its way around the Kalamazoo area. According to a press release from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety, citizens across the United States have been receiving a scam …

CodeRED alert system up and running - The Torrington Telegram

CodeRED alert system up and running
The Torrington Telegram, WY - 7 hours ago
However, some of this information is not accurate, and there are no cellular phones in the database. Goshen County residens who have a phone - whether

Program Assists Low-Income With Mobile Phones

A government program that subsidizes phone service for low-income people is now available in Virginia.

Cell phones are a huge parental issue - Spectrum

Cell phones have become more and more prevalent and they’re being marketed to younger and younger ages. We might wish to return to the days when telephones were a home appliance. Phones were securely plugged into the wall where parents could …

Use cell phones to lose weight - NDTV

Here is some hope for all you people who share an apathy for exercises. Your secret wish of shedding the flabs may still be fulfilled. All you need is a cell phone. Sounds unbelievable but researchers have found that men and women who undertake a …

District to launch emergency phone system - Sun and Press

Maine-Endwell is about to launch a new emergency phone system that will notify parents and guardians in the case of an emergency or unexpected early release at their child’s school. The district will conduct a test of the system by placing a phone …

Motorola’s Turnaround Plans Meet with Skepticism - MSN MoneyCentral

The latest flurry of turnaround plans for Motorola is being met with about as much enthusiasm as previous attempts to revive the company’s foundering mobile-phone business: not much. During an Oct. 30 conference call discussing the third-quarter …

Four Fowlerville students suspended over cell phone picture - Lansing State Journal

FOWLERVILLE — Four Fowlerville Junior High School students were given one-day in-school suspensions for “school misconduct” in connection to the distribution of a cell phone picture officials defined only as an “inappropriate” photograph …

Cell phones turn into calling cards for GIs overseas - Detroit News

More than 150,000 American servicemen and servicewoman are serving their country overseas, far from their loved ones, and a phone call home can often be a quick cure for the blues. Partnering with Cell Phones for Soldiers, a nonprofit that has sent …