News tagged with phone book
Twitter stores user iPhone address books for 18 months after scan
Twitter Inc. said that to help users find friends also using the service, it retrieves entire address book from users' smartphones, including names, email addresses and phone numbers, and keeps the data on its servers for ...
Feb 17, 2012 |
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Review: Skype phone and adapter for home calling
(AP) -- With two new products, Skype has made it easier to make Internet calls from home phones, for savings on international calls and potentially also domestic ones.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 22, 2011 |
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Review: Library e-books easier, but still hassle
(AP) -- Libraries have been lending e-books for longer than there's been a Kindle, but until recently only a few devices worked with them. That's changed in the past few months with the arrival of software for reading library ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Amazon gives hint on number of Kindle users
(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. is giving a hint about how many people are using the Kindle and related apps.
Nov 19, 2010 |
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Companies yank cord on residential phone books
(AP) -- What's black and white and read all over? Not the white pages, which is why regulators have begun granting telecommunications companies the go-ahead to stop mass-printing residential phone books, ...
Nov 11, 2010 |
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Japan's DoCoMo ties up with publisher to launch e-books
Japan's top mobile phone operator NTT DoCoMo said Wednesday it would tie up with a major publisher to launch an electronic book service, as it aims to compete with Apple and its hugely popular iPad.
Aug 04, 2010 |
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Apple's iPad goes on sale
(AP) -- Now that the iPad is in the hands of early adopters, the hard work for Apple Inc. begins.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 03, 2010 |
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Study: Consumers don't want wallet phones; airline, movie tickets on cell phones more acceptable
Of the things users expect their cell phones to be -- address book, calendar, camera, music player -- a wallet isn't one of them, according to research by a Kansas State University marketing professor.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 19, 2010 |
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Apple's own approach to iPad e-books could confuse
(AP) -- Even as Apple's iPad will likely energize electronic reading, the new device is undermining a painstakingly constructed effort by the publishing industry to make it possible to move e-books between ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 31, 2010 |
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Plastic Logic aims QUE e-reader at business crowd
Plastic Logic on Thursday unveiled a long-anticipated QUE electronic reader aimed at giving business travelers a "paperless briefcase."
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 07, 2010 |
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HP researchers try to tell you who your friends are
Most people have scores of contacts, scattered around their mobile phone, e-mail address book and multiple social networking sites. Scientists at Hewlett-Packard can tell you which of those contacts are your closest friends.
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Travel book goes mobile with scannable QR code
(AP) -- Many travelers still rely on comprehensive printed guidebooks for tourism information. But travelers are also increasingly using mobile technology to plan a trip or find their way around.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Google to launch platform for selling books online
(AP) -- Google Inc. is launching a new online service that will let readers buy electronic versions of books and read them on such gadgets as cell phones, laptops and possibly e-book devices.
Oct 15, 2009 |
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Digital business cards move networking off paper
With more than 40,000 direct professional contacts on LinkedIn, Steven Burda wants to ensure he always has up-to-date information to maintain his network. He couldn't resist signing up for a digital business card, where users' ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Sep 10, 2009 |
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The Asus New Folding E-Book Reader
(PhysOrg.com) -- Asus has demonstrated a prototype of an e-book reader it is developing. Unlike its competitors, the device resembles a normal book, having two touch screens that will fold up.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 09, 2009 |
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