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WELLINGTON, Dec 1, 2023 (AFP) – Cellphones will be banned in schools across New Zealand, conservative Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said Friday, as his fledgling government looks to turn around the country’s plummeting literacy rates. New Zealand’s schools once boasted some of the world’s best literacy scores, but levels of reading and writing have declined to the point that some researchers fear there is a classroom “crisis”. Luxon declared he would ban phones at schools […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Huawei remained the number two global smartphone vendor in the past quarter despite tough US sanctions imposed on the Chinese technology giant, market trackers said Wednesday. The Chinese firm managed to boost its sales even as the overall market declined, remaining on the heels of sector leader Samsung and ahead of US-based Apple. According to Strategy Analytics, overall global smartphone sales fell 2.6 percent to 341 million units in […]
(Eagle News) — A bicameral conference committee has approved a bill that would allow cellphone users to keep their numbers for life even if they switch to a different service provider. “Kung ang third telco ay nagbaba ng presyo, nagbigay ng mas magandang service, hindi na tayo mahihirapang lumipat sa kahit anong telco,” Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, chair of the Senate Committee on Economic Affairs, said. He said the measure, once it becomes law, will apply […]
(Eagle News) — Labor Undersecretary Jacinto Paras on Thursday, May 31, said he was considering filing charges against Akbayan party-list Rep. Tom Villarin. Paras made the statement after Villarin urged his fellow lawmakers to ban Paras from the premises of the Lower House. Villarin made the call after accusing Paras of stealing his cellphone within the House premises in March, allegedly to get information from the gadget that could be used against Senator Risa Hontiveros. […]
SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Apple’s move to slow down older iPhones as batteries weaken is under scrutiny by US prosecutors and stock market regulators, according to a report Tuesday by Bloomberg. The US Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether Apple broke the law by failing to disclose a software update that made older iPhone models function slower, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. It […]
PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan (Eagle News) – Ipapatupad na ngayon sa buong Puerto Princesa City ang isang ordinansa na nagbabawal sa paggamit ng cellphone sa lahat ng mga pedestrian na tumatawid ng kalsada. Ang City Ordinance No. 833 o “Anti-Distracted Crossing Ordinance” na iniakda ni City Councilor Henry Gadiano ay naglalayong madisiplina ang lahat ng mga pedestrian sa lungsod ukol sa tamang lugar at oras ng paggamit ng mga electronic communications equipment, tulad ng cellphone, wireless telephone, […]
by Sébastien Blanc Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Do American authorities have the right to track a citizen via cell phone step by step, month after month? The United States Supreme Court announced Monday that it would consider the issue for the first time, pitting fundamental freedoms against the needs of police probes. The nation’s top court will take up a sensitive case on privacy rights that will determine the extent of law […]
Tampok sa ating balitang pambihira ang singsing na cellphone na sinisimulang ipakilala ng isang cellphone company sa Finland. Sa panahon ngayon, isa sa mga trend ay ang mga naglalakihang mga smart phone pero kaakibat nito ang abala at ang problema kung saan ito ilalagay at maging ang pagdadala nito. Para maresolba ito, naisipan ng isang tanyag na cellphone company na gumawa ng wearable phone. Ang fit ring phone ay isang cellphone ring na dinesenyo para […]
A new device operating on low radio frequency waves turn cellphones into new age walkie talkies allowing cellphones to send messages even if there is no service from cell towers.
