Smartphones and the internet have revolutionised society, commerce, and politics, reshaping how we work and play, and how our brains are wired. They have even revolutionised how revolutions are made.
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Mar 5, 2018
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(Phys.org) —Americans are accustomed to calling 9-1-1 to get help in an emergency. People with dire needs used to reach for landlines and instinctively dial the number. But what happens when the population increasingly ...
Telecom
Jun 13, 2013
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(AP) -- The number of households with cell phones but no landlines continues to grow, but the recession doesn't seem to be forcing poor cellular users to abandon their traditional wired phones any faster than higher-income ...
Telecom
Dec 16, 2009
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(AP) -- Thousands of striking Verizon workers will return to work starting Monday night, though their contract dispute isn't over yet.
Business
Aug 21, 2011
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(AP) -- In a high-tech shift accelerated by the recession, the number of U.S. households opting for only cell phones has for the first time surpassed those that just have traditional landlines. It is the freshest evidence ...
Telecom
May 6, 2009
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(AP) -- Phone companies fear that customers will increasingly switch off their landlines in favor of wireless phones or phone service from cable TV providers. So the last thing FairPoint Communications Inc. needed was to ...
Telecom
Mar 12, 2009
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(AP)—When a mysterious, unauthorized fee appears on your cellphone bill, it's called "cramming" and consumer advocates and regulators worry it's emerging as a significant problem as people increasingly ditch their landlines ...
Telecom
May 8, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The explosive growth of mobile phones in the developing world has sidelined tens of millions of people, according to new research.
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2009
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(AP) -- In a financial and technological role reversal, a growing number of Americans are getting rid of their old telephones and using only cellphones, a trend being led not by the high-tech elite but by people in poorer ...
Telecom
Apr 20, 2011
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Deborah Braswell, a university administrator in Alabama, is a member of a dwindling group—people with a landline phone at home.
Telecom
May 4, 2017
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