Internet, Cell Phones Don't Increase Isolation, Study Says (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)
If you're worried that your employees or children are disengaging from the world by using the Internet and cell phones, relax. A new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project found that these technologies have not increased social isolation in the U.S.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:07:33 GMT
Cell phones for soldiers (News 10 Now Syracuse)
The annual effort to provide soldiers overseas with cell phones has begun.
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:33:14 GMT
Free Cell Phones Offered To Some Md. Residents (CBS 13 Baltimore)
TracFone Wireless Inc. is offering free cell phones and 64 minutes a month of air time to some 400,000 low-income Maryland residents.
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:39:04 GMT
Roosevelt teen charged in iPod, cell phone robberies (Newsday)
A Roosevelt teen is behind bars charged with stealing iPods and cell phones, at times threatening victims with a gun or knife, according to Nassau police.
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:06:25 GMT
Proposal to allow Jefferson students to have cell phones at school put on hold (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
A measure that would have permitted Jefferson Parish public school students to carry their switched-off cell phones on school campuses was withdrawn Wednesday, after several board members and administrators expressed concerns about the distractions and complications that could potentially arise...
Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:18:58 GMT
Disconnecting phones helps PSU hold down rates for rooms (The Patriot-News)
Penn State is hanging up on landline telephones in student rooms next year. With the widespread use of cell phones, the landlines have gone the way of the hallway pay phone that students' grandparents might remember.
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:16:25 GMT
SPARK sheds light on cell phone safety technology (Southlake Times)
In today’s world there is more to worry about than kids talking to strangers. Parents need to worry about kids talking and texting to other kids using cell phones and the internet.
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:48:26 GMT
Getting public safety info on your cell (Pike County Courier)
MATAMORAS The Eastern Pike Regional Police Department is launching a new community information service to deliver important and timely local information via Internet Web mail and cell phones.
For the third year, The Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence is holding a community-wide campaign to collect used cell phones. It will continue through the end of November.
Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:06:06 GMT
Woodland Park bank offers new way to pay merchants through cell phones (Colorado Springs Gazette)
“Cash, credit card or cell phone?” That’s what nearly three dozen merchants in Woodland Park are asking their customers as part of a trailblazing 3-week-old program designed to reward residents of the Teller County city who shop with local...
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