Cellphone shopping makes wallets redundant in Japan

Japanese office worker Satoshi Tada pays for shopping, wins free food and gets store discounts all by waving his cellphone.

Vodacom reports increase in customers

Vodacom said on Tuesday that its total customers increased by 13,1% to 35,7-million at the end of September 2008 compared with a year ago.

The dangers of SMSing

A California train engineer who was sending and receiving SMSs was blamed last month for causing one of the worst railroad crashes in US history.

Doctors warn of rash from cellphone use

Doctors baffled by an unexplained rash on people's ears or cheeks should be on alert for a skin allergy caused by too much cellphone use.

1 001 uses for a cellphone

Own up, if -- high up among your cellphone's utilities -- you treasure its status as a fashion accessory.

Waking up to the potential of mobile applications

Developers, NGOs and companies are waking up to the potential of leveraging their service, idea, project or survey through cellphones.

Conference explores use of cellphones in development

The rude honk of vuvuzelas rang through the halls of the Wanderers Club in Johannesburg as the MobileActive08 conference got under way on Monday.

Blackberry releases touch-screen phone

Research in Motion, maker of the Blackberry, released its first cellphone with a touch-screen on Wednesday, its answer to the popular Apple iPhone.

Who's got your number?

Millions of cellphones are lost and discarded every year, yet their owners give little thought to the sensitive data they contain. Pete Warren reports

Mobile technology taught to turn on thieves

Stolen cellphones are being taught to turn against thieves by sending home word of where they are and letting owners snoop on calls.

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