Rise and fall of the landline: 143 years of telephones becoming more accessible – and smart
The global economy has changed dramatically over the past century and a half.
Telecom
Mar 14, 2019
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News tagged with mobile phone number
Facebook scolded for how it protects user phone numbers for security
Facebook is facing new backlash over how it protects user phone numbers when they provide them for security purposes.
Internet
Mar 5, 2019
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Robocalls are unstoppable – 3 questions answered about why your phone won't quit ringing
When your phone rings, there's about a 50 percent chance it's a spam robocall. That's not probability – it's what the U.S. government agency regulating telecommunications says. U.S. mobile phone users received 48 billion ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 26, 2019
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New silicon chip for helping build quantum computers and securing our information
Researchers at the University of Bristol's Quantum Engineering Technology Labs have demonstrated a new type of silicon chip that can help building and testing quantum computers and could find their way into your mobile phone ...
Quantum Physics
Feb 9, 2018
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Swiss mobile data of 800,000 customers is stolen
A Swiss mobile phone operator says its data systems were breached late last year and the contact details of about 800,000 customers were compromised.
Security
Feb 7, 2018
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The hidden cost of crime: Tanzanians pay as much as 7 percent to protect money from theft
"Mobile money," a checking account attached to a mobile phone number, has revolutionized the financial lives of millions of people in many developing countries without access to a banking infrastructure. Using text messages ...
Economics & Business
Nov 13, 2017
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Attackers can make it impossible to dial emergency services
It's not often that any one of us needs to dial 911, but we know how important it is for it to work when one needs it. It is critical that 911 services always be available – both for the practicality of responding to emergencies, ...
Security
Jan 5, 2017
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Swiss rail service to sell Bitcoin at ticket machines
Switzerland's national rail service (SBB) said Friday it was set to launch a new service selling the digital currency Bitcoin at all ticket machines across the country.
Internet
Oct 28, 2016
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UW computer scientists to make financial products better and more available for the poor
In Kenya, the ease of transferring money via mobile phone has increased incomes in rural areas, enabled small businesses to thrive and reshaped the country's economy.
Computer Sciences
Jan 12, 2016
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New ways your smartwatch (and phone) may be spying on you
A computer science Masters student Tony Beltramelli at the IT University of Copenhagen has demonstrated that software running on a smartwatch could be used to record a user's passwords and PINs. He managed this by using the ...
Security
Jan 6, 2016
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