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Mobile Phones Cut Malaria Response Time From Weeks to Minutes
Using mobile phones to report malaria outbreaks in Africa has been stunningly effective -- reducing the government response time to an outbreak from four weeks to three minutes, according to a new study.

Tue, 22 May 2012 07:26:30 -0700

Obama orders agencies to shift services to mobile apps
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, hoping to spur U.S. innovation in the explosive field of mobile communications, on Wednesday ordered all major federal agencies to make many more of their services available on mobile phones within the next year. "Americans deserve a government that works for them anytime, anywhere, and on any device," Obama said in a statement. ...

Wed, 23 May 2012 13:20:08 -0700

Black market cell phones
Mobile phones are a big business. Unfortunately, stealing them is becoming one, too.

Tue, 22 May 2012 19:53:17 -0700

Mobile Phones Offer Indian Women a Better Life
In India, researchers are beginning to study the effects that the explosive growth in the mobile phone market has had on women's lives, in some cases, breaking the pattern of marital isolation.

Tue, 22 May 2012 06:44:51 -0700

India Ink: Using a Mobile Phone to Curb Domestic Violence
Women's lives are improved in unexpected ways by mobile phones.

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:38:59 -0700