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Africa calling

Article Abstract:

The excessive use of mobiles in Africa has made the continent a profitable market for the high-tech gadgets, which were introduced a few years back. Traditional African culture with its emphasis on palaver and oral story telling boosts phone use as a means of social and family contact.

Author: Hall, James
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne: A Different Read on Life
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 1544-2225
Year: 2004
Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Radiotelephone communications, Cellular Mobile Radio Services, Cellular and Other Wireless Telecommunications, Africa, Economic aspects, Forecasts and trends, Cellular telephone services industry, Cellular telephone services, Market trend/market analysis, Wireless telecommunications service

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Tales of Toronto

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An innovative project uses cell phones to tell the hidden stories of the Toronto city. A project called /murmur/ was started as a way of expressing the local history of Toronto by collecting the real stories from real people and creating an archive for them for anyone to hear.

Author: Bowness, Anna
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne: A Different Read on Life
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 1544-2225
Year: 2004
Ontario, History, History education, Toronto, Ontario

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Hang up and listen

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The hazardous effects of the microwave radiation from proliferating cell towers and cell phones in the United States are discussed. The industry-friendly regulatory system in the United States is failing to address the problems caused by the mobile phones and cell towers.

Author: Geske, Anne
Publisher: LENS Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication Name: Utne: A Different Read on Life
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 1544-2225
Year: 2005
United States, Risk factors, Microwaves

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Subjects list: Usage, Cellular telephones, Wireless telephones, Wireless telephone, Wireless voice/data device
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