Waze map app to get Amber Alerts on child abductions
The Waze navigation app is getting Amber Alerts on child abductions.
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Mar 3, 2015
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Pakistan tightens cellphone control after Taliban massacre
(AP)—Almost every Pakistani citizen has a cellphone, but from now on, Big Brother is checking to make sure their name, number and fingerprints are on record. The measures are meant to tighten control of cellphones and avert ...
Telecom
Feb 26, 2015
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Appeals court considering warrantless cellphone tracking
(AP)—Now that the cellphone in your pocket can be used to track your movements, federal appeals judges in Atlanta are considering whether investigators must get a search warrant from a judge to obtain cellphone tower tracking ...
Internet
Feb 24, 2015
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Survey finds people text and drive knowing dangers
Nearly everyone agrees that texting and driving is dangerous. Many people do it anyway.
Other
Nov 5, 2014
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Researchers use cellphone data to construct population density maps
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers made up of members with diverse, multi-national backgrounds has found a way to construct population density maps using cellphone data. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National ...
NYC poised to end school cellphone ban
New York City is preparing to end its ban on cellphones in schools.
Other
Oct 12, 2014
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New York cancels phone booth transmitter program
New York City is scuttling a project that would have installed in payphone booths thousands of transmitters that could track people's movements.
Other
Oct 7, 2014
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FBI chief: Apple, Google phone encryption perilous (Update)
The FBI director on Thursday criticized the decision by Apple and Google to encrypt smartphones data so it can be inaccessible to law enforcement, even with a court order.
Security
Sep 25, 2014
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No evidence that California cellphone ban decreased accidents, study says
In a recent study, a researcher at the University of Colorado Boulder found no evidence that a California ban on using hand-held cellphones while driving decreased the number of traffic accidents in the state in the first ...
Other
Jul 17, 2014
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Get tougher on texting while driving, Americans say
(HealthDay)—Many Americans want stricter enforcement of texting-while-driving laws and stiffer penalties for violators, according to a new survey.
Other
Jun 26, 2014
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