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Filed under: Cell Phones , Google Only sissies use voice commands on their mobile phones, and physically typing a search term is really no better than scratching a crude picture of a bison on a cave wall. Google has recognized that Android users are waaay too savvy for those antiquarian methods of search, so yesterday, the geniuses at Google Labs released the Gesture Search ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Google , Social Networking We spend a lot of time discussing the various capabilities of smartphones and the apps available for them, but the truth of the matter is that not everyone has a smartphone. In fact, the vast majority of people don't. Fortunately, though, " dumb phone " owners don't have to miss out on all the fun, ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Web , Social Networking The religions of the world have had no choice but to enthusiastically embrace technology. The Dalai Lama is now on Twitter , the same social network that hosted the Passion story for a NYC church, Jews can Tweet prayers to the Western Wall , and there is even a Web service that will do your ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Web , Social Networking The religions of the world have had no choice but to enthusiastically embrace technology. The Dalai Lama is now on Twitter , the same social network that hosted the Passion story for a NYC church, Jews can Tweet prayers to the Western Wall , and there is even a Web service that will do your ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones Just as touch screens are becoming commonplace on cell phones , a new prototype was recently unveiled at the Mobile World Congress 2010 , in Barcelona. It'll make you do a double take -- in more ways than one. According to the Telegraph , NTT DoCoMo has created a gadget that lets users navigate their cell phones by moving their ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , iPhone , Social Networking Everybody knows that technology, particularly social networking , has done nothing more than make hooking-up easier than ever (not that we'd know from personal experience). Still, it usually involved some work. But a new iPhone application does all the heavy-lifting for you by pinpointing your nearest booty call on a map. According to CNET News ... Full story

We'd heard a few whispers of Sony Ericsson's Xperia X10 mini , but frankly, the X10 mini pro here comes as a bit of a surprise. The sets are nearly identical with the exception of launch colors -- the mini will ship in black, pearl white, lime, pink, red and silver, while the mini pro features just black and red -- a minuscule size ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Web Ever wonder what it'd be like to look like someone else; to exist as another person and mingle among their friends invisibly? A number of AT&T mobile users have had that experience lately -- at least virtually, with the network inexplicably redirecting users into other peoples' Facebook accounts . Curiously AT&T's network was swapping cookies around, so that ... Full story

SpeedingComputer.com, the social network for computer enthusiasts, is giving away some cool prizes including a free 1 Terabyte hard drive. At Speeding Computer, “people come together to share, discuss and even show off the latest hardware, software and technology.” It is the hot new destination for all things computer related, and they have been creating quite a bit of buzz online. Check out the  social ... Full story

Steve Jobs, looking very thin, received a standing ovation before leading the keynote at Apples latest event, while releasing iTunes 9 and iPhone OS 3.1. Apple also announced that they’re updating the iPod Classic, Touch, and Shuffle. The iPod Nano received the biggest update, which now features a 640 x 480 video camera. With the Apple event just finished. So, how correct were we ? ... Full story

Even though Motorola's only officially announced a small handful of devices that run Android so far, this much is clear -- the company was dead serious about going all-in on the platform because we're seeing new leaked hardware practically every time we look. This time around, it's a clearer view of the Zeppelin , which turns out to be coming to market on China ... Full story

See, this is what we were saying. It's not that we're not excited about Maemo , or that we hate S60 , or even that we dislike it when a company like Nokia builds a free messaging app that integrates social networks like Facebook (and now Twitter) into the handset experience. It's just that Nokia has just built an app that only works on ... Full story

Android is great mobile operating system, yet it has had a little trouble taking off. One could argue that this has been due to a lack of popular mobile devices using it. But perhaps that is about to change, as Motorola unveiled their first phone to use the platform, known as the Motorola CLIQ. The phone itself may be not as good looking as ... Full story

Filed under: Handsets , ATT , Apple So we knew a select number of authorized resellers would start stocking iPhones soon, and thanks to a tipster, it looks like we might be getting a glimpse at a none-too-surprising recipient of the new order. As these pics from an anonymous tipster show, "big hug for your mobile life" retailer The Shack will be getting AT&T's ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Web , Social Networking Schools have been surprisingly quick to embrace new online tools to enhance education and encourage participation both in and out of the classroom. Professor Dave Parry , from the University of Texas at Dallas, has taken his class to Twitter , The University of Missouri has required all Journalism majors to own an iPhone or ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones The debate about driving while texting (DWT) is about to hit a fever pitch. If you think people were up in arms about this dangerous habit before, just wait till you hear the latest alarming story. According to the New York Post , a New York City bus driver is being investigated after a passenger snapped a picture of him ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones As our world becomes increasingly wireless , scientists must grapple with the effects of millions of people using devices like cell phones and laptops . After all, there's only so much space on the electromagnetic spectrum. You might not consider it while Googling or browsing Facebook , but that signal you're transmitting could be making it tougher for some scientists ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Web If you don't acknowledge that the speed at which information travels has drastically increased over the last two centuries, you're either painfully oblivious or dead. But have you ever wondered to what degree, exactly, we've become spoiled by instantaneous access to information from around the globe? Well, your answer might lie in a chart that Beebo has pulled ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Celebrities , iPhone , Mobile Software You can't turn on the radio without hearing the impact Auto-Tune , a software program that corrects a singer's pitch. Whether that's good or bad is up for debate , but that hasn't stopped both schools of thought from cashing in on the craze. Jay-Z pumped out his anti-ballad 'Death to Auto-Tune,' and, ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Web , Social Networking According to the Facebook blog , the social networking service now has 65 million active mobile users, which is about a quarter of the current 250 million active users of the social network around the world.. The first mobile version of Facebook launched in 2006, and as more and more people have started connecting to ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Social Networking If you were trapped or lost in a storm drain, but still had cell phone reception, how would you reach out for help? Perhaps call 911 , or its equivalent? We're sure you wouldn't rely on updating your Facebook status. But that's exactly what a pair of girls in Adelaide, Australia did when they wandered into just ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones Feeling a need to literally show your love, as opposed to just texting sweet nothings to a special someone? What if you could turn your kind words into a warm blanket of affection in which a cherished person could wrap themselves? Sounds like romantic talk, but this is actually the notion behind Distance Lab's newest experiment in communications . Earlier ... Full story

Filed under: Software Who said Microsoft's mobile strategy has to be limited to Windows Mobile? Redmond has just announced OneApp , a comprehensive framework for delivering apps on a variety of featurephones -- largely in emerging markets -- where processor horsepower and memory are both at a premium. The solution is deployed in harmony with partners (carriers, primarily) that work to offload app processing ... Full story

Filed under: Software Who said Microsoft's mobile strategy has to be limited to Windows Mobile? Redmond has just announced OneApp , a comprehensive framework for delivering apps on a variety of featurephones -- largely in emerging markets -- where processor horsepower and memory are both at a premium. The solution is deployed in harmony with partners (carriers, primarily) that work to offload app processing ... Full story

Filed under: T-Mobile , Misc As of this week, callers can now text their requests for fire, police, or ambulance, to the emergency call center in Black Hawk County, Iowa -- both a nationwide first and a definite improvement for deaf and hard-of-hearing residents who have thus far had to rely on TDD devices. Unlike voice calls, however, the 911 operator can't get your ... Full story

Filed under: Software , Android You don't have to look far past Palm's Synergy tech for webOS and smaller-scale operations like INQ to understand that social internetworking -- an intelligent aggregation of every corner of your life -- is the wave of the mobile future, and Google's going on record saying that it understands. At a T-Mobile- and Google-sponsored event in San Francisco earlier ... Full story

Filed under: Software , Android You don't have to look far past Palm's Synergy tech for webOS and smaller-scale operations like INQ to understand that social internetworking -- an intelligent aggregation of every corner of your life -- is the wave of the mobile future, and Google's going on record saying that it understands. At a T-Mobile- and Google-sponsored event in San Francisco earlier ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Web , Social Networking Golf is a game steeped in tradition and etiquette. The quietest whisper or flash of a camera is usually met with piercing stares and clenched jaws, from players and fans both. So we are shocked to see LPGA Tour Commissioner Carolyn Bivens telling Bloomberg she would like to encourage golfers to use their cell phones ... Full story

Filed under: Cell Phones , Computers , Summer Fun , Web , Social Networking Kids spend a lot of time attached to some form of technology -- be it an iPod , a cell phone , or just vegging out on MySpace . But summer is here, which means some kids will be shipped off to camp and forced to unplug. Full story

A stroke of gadgetry genius has produced a tool that gives us the power to direct and produce an amazing audio-visual experience, using the age-old technology of handwriting. Livescribe has been making digital recording pens, or “smartpens”, for a few years now but have recently introduced an innovative feature that puts a whole new spin on taking notes Full story