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iPhone 4: Way Cool, but Is Anyone Recycling Their Old Ones?
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyThis has been quite a week for novelty and inspiration. Alongside the USA's dramatic victory over Algeria in the World Cup and the longest tennis match in history, Apple also rolled out the latest incarnation of its incredibly popular iPhone. In Japan, where the launch for the iPhone 4 began on Thursday morning, Apple's exclusive wireless carrier had sold out by early afternoon. In the United States, more than 600,000 pre-orders for the new phone crashed the system on Wednesday. One eager soul in Dallas camped out at an Apple store a full week before the launch. Some in the telecommunications ...
Cell Phone and Internet Usage Grew Despite Economy
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Feb. 23) -- Even as the global economy tanked, cell phone and Internet usage continued to skyrocket last year, according to a report by the International Telecommunication Union. In developing countries, cell phone usage reached an estimated 57 percent of the population by the end of 2009, the first year that number has passed the 50 percent mark. It still pales in comparison to developed countries, where the average cell phone usage is more than 100 percent. Still, the increase is significant, with the number more than doubling since 2005. The report scores 159 countries based on the ...
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