In areas where net-connected computers are not common, the mobile phone is becoming a vital tool for newsIn Africa, mobile phone penetration is higher than electricity penetration. Graphic by Jon Gosier of Appfrica LabsThanks to the iPhone and other smart

A new solution developed by IBM ( IBM), Novartis and Vodafone with the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, is helping to save lives using everyday technology to improve the availability of anti-malarial drugs in remote areas of Tanzania.Called "SMS for Life,"

The Salvation Army is launching a national text messaging donation program Saturday in hopes of using this new medium to reach more donors.Donors can text the word HOPE to 45678 from most Canadian mobile phones to make a $5.00 contribution

The New York Times reports on how text messages are being used in court cases to prove that a partner has strayed. But one question most people ask is what happens to text messages once they are deleted.Even though you

In conjunction with a music event held outside the The National Gallery in Copenhagen earlier this summer, the gallery introduced a new kind of service: Art Toilets.Besides being cleaned after each visit, the Art Toilets were equipped with art magazines

VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Information and Communication raised over 5.7 billion dong for flood victims in the central region via mobile text messages. The money was handed over to the Vietnam Fatherland Front on November 26. After over

Jet Airways, India's premier international airline, today announced the launch of a new and exciting initiative for guests to access to the lowest current fares on the airline network from their mobiles on any given day of travel.Jet Airways guests

People with an eating disorder may not want to attend a support group or meet with therapists, but a new report raises the prospect that "remote therapies" via e-mail, text messaging or through Web sites could help them recover.In the

In a move described by education campaigners as the "ultimate in dumbing down", pupils will be asked to write an essay on the etiquette and grammar of texting.Many commentators have already expressed concern that youngsters are losing the ability to

Quite an attention grabbing headline from the WSJ, claiming text messages are good for savings.A new study by a group of economists looking at why people save money found that simply sending out cellphone reminders increased savings balances by 6%.The

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ — In the age of digital communications, there now are three sides to every divorce story: His, hers, and what's being stored by the phone company.Digital communications, like email, instant messaging and increasingly textmessaging

Men have become so openly affectionate with each other using mobile technology they've taken to signing off text messages to male friends with a kiss (x), giving rise to a new generation dubbed "Metrotextuals."New research from mobile phone firm T-Mobile

The Capital Area United Way raised $8,550 Saturday night through a text-message campaign during the LSU-Auburn game at Tiger Stadium.In an effort to use mobile technology for philanthropic purposes, United Way President and CEO Karen Profita said, the nonprofit agency

From today GPs will be receiving deliveries of the Pandemrix vaccine and will begin contacting 'at risk' groups for Swine Flu vaccination appointments. It was recently reported that there are fears that the backlog of post following the current Royal

The CTIA's survey found that, in America today, there are more than 246 million data-capable mobile devices. Text messaging remains a popular way to communicate and, in the U.S. alone, 740 billion text messages were sent in the first half

Don't Text and Drive." So reads the tagline of Verizon's latest advertising campaign aimed at preventing thoughtless drivers from putting their text messaging needs ahead of public safety. The new ad campaign will blitz television, radio, print, online, billboards and

Nearly four months after deadly ethnic riots in China's Muslim region led authorities to shut off the Internet there, local residents are still barred from sending text messages and getting online.The clampdown on telecommunication in China's western Xinjiang province, where

WASHINGTON- Activists asked cell phone users to stop texting for one hour on Wednesday — not to save energy or focus on the road, but to call attention to one of the deadliest and most underreported conflicts in the world.

Clue fans bored with Colonel Mustard with the lead pipe can now move beyond the mansion with CLUE: Secrets & Spies, an international espionage edition of the classic detective game. The mission here is not impossible and the new Clue