A price comparison site has revealed that mobile phone service providers in the UK have increased access charges of call made to numbers starting 084, 087, 09 or 118 by as much…
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Mild electric shock could help fend off seasickness: Study
Milk electric shocks delivered to the scalp could be the new treatment that millions of people suffering from motion sickness and seasickness and waiting for globally. With an estimated thirty per cent…
40% of Brits have some kind of mobile blackspot in their home
There has been a lot of activity on the rural notspot front in the UK with Ofcom calling upon mobile operators in the country to tackle the issue head on. However, a…
Braille phone breakthrough being trialled in Australia
Developed by US company Ultratec and picked up by Australia-based non-profit Conexu Foundation, a braille phone is being trialled in Australia through five deaf and blind people in NSW, Victoria and Queensland….
Mobile phone microscope measures blood levels of parasite Loa loa
Scientists from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, and the University of California, Berkeley, and colleagues have developed a mobile phone microscope…
Six-month-old babies using mobile phones, survey finds
A new survey in the US has found that one in three babies – just six-months-old – are tapping away on mobile phones and tablets – well before they even learn to…
Research: Younger female motorists more likely to use cellphone while driving
Younger female drivers under the age of 25 are 1.63 times more likely to use a cell phone while driving than male motorists, a new study has found. It also found that…
Brits losing £5.4bn per year because of bad mobile contracts, new survey claims
Brits are wasting nearly around £5.4bn per year by opting for bad mobile phone contracts, new survey claims. According a survey conducted by consumer advocacy group Which?, Brits are collectively losing out…
Say goodbye to notspots as UK Gov, mobile operators ink £5 billion deal
The UK government and four major mobile operators of the country have inked a £5 billion deal in a bid to improve mobile phone voice and text coverage across the country and…
Apple to cull iPhone 5C production next year?
Recent reports suggest Apple’s affordable iPhone variant ‘iPhone 5C’ could probably be made to die sometime next year. According to a report on MacRumors, citing Taiwan’s Industrial and Commercial Times, Apple will…
There are more mobile devices in the world than people, new report claims
Number of mobile devices in the world has surpassed human numbers, new report claims. According to data from digital analysts at GSMA Intelligence, the number of active mobile devices across the world…
Facebook videos to be blamed for surge in mobile phone bills?
Mobile bill shocks are not uncommon, but since Facebook app users may have been among the latest affected lot because of social networking giant’s decision to bring videos to news feeds and…
Microsoft enlists Opera Mini as default browser for its feature phones
Nursing care for the ailing phones!
Mobile phone unlocking is now legal in US
Unlocking mobile phones while switching to other carriers is now legal in the US!
Drivers using phone while driving may be slapped with double penalty points
The suggestion, if implemented, could see offenders getting six points on their license and could face a fan if caught twice in three years.