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Facebook ‘Stalker Button’: Boon for Frenemies?

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Facebook is testing a new “subscribe” feature with a small percentage of users. The subscribe tool, which some are calling a “stalker button,” would allow you to receive updates anytime a subscribed-to user makes a move on Facebook. You can even have those notifications sent to your cell phone, which means getting up-to-the-second updates...
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Cell Phone Culture Breeds Security, Irritation, Study Finds

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Adults are texting more than ever before, but not nearly as much as teenagers, and more people are getting annoyed with the frequency of it, a report from the Pew Research Center finds. (more here….) Related items Best Wireless Phone Plans for Students Last Call: Is New Technology Hanging Up the Simple Telephone Call? Busy Signal: Is the Phone...
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Face-to-Face with foneBro

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You no longer have to have an iPhone 4 to chat face-to-face with friends on your cell phone. foneBro, based in Newport Beach, is bringing video conferencing to Flash-capable cell phones. The application uses a low bandwidth, making it… (more here….) Related items Cops Use Cell Phone to Track Fugitive Old cell phones helping troops stay connected Dell...
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Facebook page leads search for loved ones in Haiti

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The desperate quest to find loved ones started just minutes after the quake, as cell phones rang unanswered from beneath the rubble of Haiti’s best hotel. (more here….) Related items Facebook ‘Stalker Button’: Boon for Frenemies? Judges pull plug on cell phone use Cops Use Cell Phone to Track Fugitive Coffee, Crackberry and me Online ’sextortion’ of teens on the rise
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Voip-Pal.Com Inc. Announces Beta Testing PointsPhone Mobile(TM) App for BlackBerry

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SUN VALLEY, Calif. — Voip-Pal.Com Inc. is a provider of international calls using VoiP technology on the internet and cell phones. The PointsPhone Mobile App for iPhone is available for the public which can be downloaded for free on the iPhone and registered at www.PointsPhone.Com to create an account. (get the story…) Related items Boulder County to...
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Bulgarian Telecom Vivacom Launches Digital TV Services

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Bulgaria’s Telecom Vivacom is adding digital TV to its already bundled services – stationary phone line, cell phone services, and internet. File photo (here is the story…) Related items New Player Joins Bulgaria Telecom Debt Restructuring – Report San Francisco passes mobile phone radiation law (AFP) LG Telecom Posts Five-Fold Profit Increase on Merger (Update1) LG Telecom...
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Burning Man’s open source cell phone system could help save the world

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Today I bring you a story that has it all: a solar-powered, low-cost, open source cellular network that’s revolutionizing coverage in underprivileged and off-grid spots. It uses VoIP yet works with existing cell phones. It has pedigreed founders. Best of all, it is part of the sex, drugs and art collectively known as Burning...
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HTC Hero Android Phone Bestseller on Amazon

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The HTC Hero Android Phone is available at Amazon for $0.01. If you are in the market for a new cell phone, the HTC Hero Android Phone from Sprint is a great phone. Now on Amazon you get a $5.00… (more here….) Related items Face-to-Face with foneBro Cops Use Cell Phone to Track Fugitive Old cell phones helping troops...
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