ExclusiveMobile phones transform lives in Africa Opinion Mark - January 29, 2013 Jennifer Lazuta of voanews.com writes: Rene Mendy, a street vendor in Dakar, has never had enough money to open a bank account. But now, thanks to an emerging mobile phone banking service, he has access to many financial services.
ExclusiveNokia introduces subscription-based music streaming service News Mark - January 28, 2013 Nokia is adding a subscription-based music streaming service to its product portfolio. The new service builds on the success of Nokia Mix Radio, a free streaming service that uses caching to avoid interruptions when the listener is temporarily offline.
ExclusiveUnlocking a new smartphone is now illegal in the USA News Mark - January 28, 2013 Unlocking a new network-locked smartphone so that it can be used on another network is now illegal in the USA. In fact, it’s a criminal offence with first-time offenders risking a maximum five-year prison sentence and a $500,000 fine.
ExclusiveBelkin plans to acquire Linksys from Cisco News Mark - January 28, 2013 Networking and mobile phone accessory business Belkin has agreed to acquire the Linksys brand along with Cisco’s Home Networking Business Unit. Cisco has owned Linksys for the past ten years.
ExclusiveO2 promotion offers Brian Blessed voicemail messages as a prize News Mark - January 28, 2013 Actor Brian Blessed is offering to record voicemail messages for the first hundred O2 UK customers who buy an HTC Windows Phone 8 handset this week. The promotional campaign, which involves each purchaser tweeting @O2 using the hashtag #brianmail, will reward winners with a voicemail greeting recorded by the richly-voiced British actor