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Why I Hate (And Can’t Live Without) My Phone
This is a cross-post from James Altucher‘s blog Altucher Confidential. His previous appearances on the Freakonomics blog can be found here. 203-512-2161 That’s my phone number. It has been for the past...
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Nation of Texters: A Third of People Prefer a Text to Talking
(Comstock) A new poll from the Pew Research Center asked Americans about how they use their phone, and in particular, their phone’s non-voice features. They got predictable but still staggering results...
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Did Blackberry Outages Cut Abu Dhabi Traffic Accidents by 40 Percent?
Photo: bettyx1138 A three-day Blackberry service outage last week in parts of the United Arab Emirates once again demonstrates the value of “distracted driving” laws. According to an article in The...
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International Aid and Mobile Cash Transfers
Photo: Swiatoslaw Wojtkowiak We’ve blogged before about the many applications of mobile phone technology in developing countries, especially when it comes to mobile banking. In much of the developing...
View ArticleA Scientific Argument for Cell-Phone Ban for Drivers
You’ve probably heard by now that the NTSB has recommended that states forbid drivers to use cell phones, whether hands-free or not. Here is a good AP article by Joan Lowy about what is known and not...
View ArticleA Land Where the BlackBerry Still Thrives
Research in Motion, the Waterloo, Ontario, company that makes BlackBerrys, has been hemorrhaging market share in North America. But a blog reader named Jon Markman, a lawyer living in Washington,...
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Massimo Young Reports from Kenya: The Surprising Secret to Banking Success
My good friend Massimo Young recently moved to Kenya, where he is seeing what happens when you mix a little American ingenuity into a thriving but chaotic developing economy. In what I hope is the...
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Why Cell Phone Networks Crash During an Emergency
Photo Credit: Marco Gomes via Compfight cc Maggie Koerth-Baker of BoingBoing interviews Brough Turner, a phone system expert, about why it’s hard to make cell phone calls during an emergency. Turner...
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Can Connectivity Kill?
(Photo: Erik Hersman) The standard narrative around technology in the developing world usually focuses on the positive: cell phones make it easier to check crop prices, transfer money, and understand...
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