Crisis informatics lab tracks extreme weather on social media
With the growth of online and mobile technologies, social media has emerged as a powerful tool for sharing information during extreme weather events.
With the growth of online and mobile technologies, social media has emerged as a powerful tool for sharing information during extreme weather events.
Internet
Oct 24, 2018
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The rapid development of wearable technology has received another boost from a new development using graphene for printed electronic devices.
Nanomaterials
Aug 11, 2017
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While close to 99 percent of seniors aged 65 and older in the United States and Europe use mobile phones, there appears to be a "gray divide" in how seniors use information and communication technology, according to a Ben-Gurion ...
Telecom
May 25, 2016
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When it comes to managing boundaries between work responsibilities and home life, technology is our "frenemy."
Social Sciences
Jun 16, 2014
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Around 2.7 billion people—40 percent of the world's population—will be connected to the Internet by the end of 2013, the United Nations said Monday.
Telecom
Oct 7, 2013
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Keeping all lines of communications open during a crisis is critical – and the Dublin Fire Brigade has shown how this can be done using satellite and hybrid technologies.
Telecom
Jul 2, 2013
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European Union competition watchdogs said Friday they were "looking into" potential anti-trust issues at iPad and iPhone giant Apple, following queries raised by telecommunications operators.
Business
Mar 22, 2013
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China Mobile Ltd., the world's biggest phone carrier by number of subscribers, said Thursday that profit rose just 2.7 percent last year as it grappled with fierce competition and higher costs.
Business
Mar 14, 2013
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Mobile technology has provided the Chinese with an opportunity to voice individual and collective popular protests. And with over 1 billion mobile subscribers in China, the voices are heard. A new PhD thesis from the University ...
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2013
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Fujitsu Laboratories announced the development of technology that makes it possible to transfer files between a PC and a mobile device by simply using a mobile phone or tablet to capture a video of a file displayed on a PC ...
Software
Jan 23, 2013
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