Articles from The New York Times

1. Mobile Fees Under Pressure With Network Rollout - NYTimes.com

   Explore Article The New York Times (Mar 16 2010)

   The introduction of faster Long-Term Evolution networks could lower costs for operators and potentially unleash a new price war in the industry in Europe. (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Technology   AT&T   T-Mobile

2. Cries for Help via Text Messages Are Used to Direct Aid to Haiti

   Explore Article The New York Times (Feb 22 2010)

   “I’m hungry and I have no one,” says one text message from a Haitian man living in a tent city with thousands of others whose homes were destroyed in the quake. “People are unable to breathe due to the smell of the dead,” says another. (Read Full Article)
   

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3. Mobile Industry Gears Up For Advertising - NYTimes.com

   Explore Article The New York Times (Feb 5 2010) Mobile Marketing

   LONDON (Reuters) - Mobile phone operators in Britain have teamed up with digital market research firm comScore to measure mobile Internet usage in the first exercise of its kind, which they hope will jump start the mobile advertising market. (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   T-Mobile   Vodafone   Nick Lane

4. Developing Its Own Phone, Google Is Taking On Apple - NYTimes.com

   Explore Article The New York Times (Dec 14 2009)

   Google plans to begin selling its unlocked smartphone early next year, a move that could challenge Apple’s leadership in the market. (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Apple   Google

5. Text Messages - Digital Lipstick on the Collar - NYTimes.com

   Explore Article The New York Times (Dec 9 2009)

   Divorce lawyers are increasingly seeing wronged spouses using text messages to show that a partner has strayed. (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Technology   AT&T

6. Coupons You Don’t Clip, Sent to Your Cellphone

   Explore Article The New York Times (Aug 31 2009) SMS

   Mobile coupons — usually text messages with discount codes sent to a cellphone — are becoming the blue-light specials for the digital age. (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   iPhone   Frost & Sullivan

7. Multitasking Drivers in Utah Face Tough Law on Texting

   Explore Article The New York Times (Aug 31 2009) SMS , Distracted Driving

   Under a new state law, texting motorists who cause traffic fatalities could be imprisoned for as long as 15 years and fined $10,000. (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Technology   Ray LaHood

8. They’re Old Enough to Text. Now What?

   Explore Article The New York Times (Aug 26 2009) SMS

   From make-believe cellphones for toddlers to unlimited texting devices for preteenagers: a guide. (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   T-Mobile   Twitter   Gmail

9. French Courts to Admit Text Messages in Divorce Cases

   Explore Article The New York Times (Aug 25 2009)

   Unfaithful spouses in France, beware: Passionate text messages sent to mistresses and lovers can now be used as evidence against you in a divorce. Experts say the recent ruling by the top French court — to accept phone exchanges as legitimate proof of adultery — will make it easier for the French to get divorced. Previously, husbands and wives often had to wait for years to escape a marriage if they could not prove that their spouse was misbehaving or mistreating them. (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Orange

10. Apple Denies It Rejected Google Application for iPhone

    Explore Article The New York Times (Aug 24 2009) Mobile Applications , Smartphones , Congress & FCC

    Apple told the F.C.C. it is still studying the iPhone application, in part because of privacy concerns. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   iPhone   AT&T   Google Voice

11. Cellphones Largely Immune to Viruses, for Now

    Explore Article The New York Times (Aug 14 2009) Mobile Security

    While hackers have begun some prominent attacks, the structure of the industry -- and some dumb luck -- keeps most phones safe. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   iPhone   AT&T   T-Mobile

12. Federal Agency Plans Distracted Driving Forum

    Explore Article The New York Times (Aug 6 2009)

    Safety advocates call the Transportation Department’s action a shift in the federal government’s recognition of the dangers of behind-the-wheel multitasking. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Virginia Tech Transportation Institute   Ray LaHood   Governors Highway Safety Association

13. Senators Seek Ban on Texting While Driving

    Explore Article The New York Times (Jul 30 2009) SMS , Congress & FCC , Distracted Driving

    States would have two years to outlaw the sending of text and e-mail messages by motorists or start losing their federal highway funds. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

14. Texting Raises Crash Risk 23 Times, Study Finds

    Explore Article The New York Times (Jul 28 2009) SMS , Distracted Driving

    For truck drivers videotaped for 18 months during a study, texting was found to be the riskiest distraction. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

15. Cellphone Gripes Worthy of Congress' Time

    Explore Article The New York Times (Jul 23 2009) SMS , Handset Exclusivity

    Unfair and anticompetitive practices include text-messaging fees, double billing and international roaming charges. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Apple

16. Driven to Distraction: Drivers and Legislators Dismiss Cellphone Risks

    Explore Article The New York Times (Jul 20 2009) SMS , Americas , Congress & FCC , Distracted Driving

    Research shows the dangers of distracted driving. Drivers increasingly talk and text, but state legislators have done almost nothing about it. (Read Full Article)
    

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17. Finding Your Way Through a Maze of Smartphones

    Explore Article The New York Times (Jun 12 2009)

    Smartphone shopping has suddenly grown more complicated. BlackBerry’s new app store, App World, is good, and growing. Virgin Mobile and Boost recently debuted smartphones good enough to serve budget-minded technophiles. And Palm’s new Pre is very nearly the iPhone’s equal, at least until the iPhone’s newest version is rolled out on June 19. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Apple   iPhone   T-Mobile

18. The Smartphone’s Rapid Rise From Gadget to Tool to Necessity

    Explore Article The New York Times (Jun 11 2009) Americas

    The increasing popularity of BlackBerrys, iPhones and their kin owes as much to sociology as technology. Sales of BlackBerrys, iPhones and other smartphone models are rising smartly and are projected to increase 25 percent this year, according to Gartner, a research business. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Technology   David Christopher   BlackBerrys

19. Apps Boom as Companies Seek a Place on Phones

    Explore Article The New York Times (Jun 9 2009)

    A new way to profit from writing software for smart phones is emerging: Sell the apps, then sell your company. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   The New York Times   Apple   App Store

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