Mobile phones carriers of deadly ’superbug’: Study (The Times of India)
The next time you visit a relative in an ICU, better leave your mobile phone behind. Also insist that the hospital staff do the same. This is not only good bedside manners but also a life-saver.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
European airlines increasingly offering in-flight use of mobile phones (PublicTechnology.net)
One year after the European Commission put in place common rules for safe use of mobile phones on aircrafts and for simple and non-bureaucratic authorisations of this essentially cross border service, 27 European aircraft have been equipped to allow the secure use of standard GSM handsets onboard aircraft while flying in European airspace.
Source: www.publictechnology.net
Celestix’ HOTPin Cuts the Cost of Two-Factor Authentication by Turning Mobile Phones Into Hardware Tokens (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
FREMONT, Calif.—-Celestix Networks, manufacturer of the world’s best-selling security appliances for Microsoft ISA Server 2006 and IAG 2007 security software, has announced the release of their new HOTPin Two-Factor Authentication system that employs mobile phones and Windows devices as high-security hardware tokens.
Source: biz.yahoo.com
China’s Mobile Payment Firms See Opportunity, Obstacles (PC World via Yahoo! News)
Mobile phone payment providers may see the coming launch of next-generation phones in China as a market-expanding opportunity, but obstacles still mean mobile payments are not guaranteed to take off.
Source: news.yahoo.com
India to cut off 30 million mobile phones (Daily Telegraph)
India is to disconnect more than 30 million Chinesemade mobile phones amid concerns that the devices could be used by terrorists.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Sun Dial uses mobile phones to alert Muslims to prayer (w/Video) (PhysOrg)
Religious technology may seem like an oxymoron, but as more people obtain mobile phones, iPhones and other devices to help them manage their lives, it’s only natural that many of them will be using their gadgets to help them enrich their spiritual life as well. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a mobile application known as Sun Dial, which alerts Muslim users when …
Source: www.physorg.com
Sun Dial Uses Mobile Phones to Alert Muslims to Prayer (Cellular-News.com)
Religious technology may seem like an oxymoron, but as more people obtain mobile phones, iPhones and other devices to help them manage their lives, it’s only natural that many of them will be using their gadgets to help them enrich their spiritual life as well.
Source: www.cellular-news.com
