The Labor Party in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has promised to ban mobile phones in high schools if elected in next year’s state election. Parents have been calling for the change but the NSW government has not been listening, opposition leader Chris Minns said on Sunday. “As a parent of three…
NSW Labor Proposes Banning Phones in High Schools
The Labor Party in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has promised to ban mobile phones in high schools if elected in next year’s state election. Parents have been calling for the change but the NSW government has not been listening, opposition leader Chris Minns said on Sunday. “As a parent of three…
Cell Phone Bans in Public Schools Are Trending Nationwide
Seven years ago, the former New York City Schools Chancellor said the city’s decision to lift a ban on cell phones in schools was “common sense.” Last week, the Philadelphia Board of Education approved a contract of up to $5 million with a company that makes locking phone pouches that allow educators to make classrooms…
Phone Alerts Responders After Car Hits Tree, Killing All 6
LINCOLN, Neb.—A passenger’s cellphone automatically alerted responders after a car hit a tree early Sunday in a Nebraska crash that killed all six of its young occupants, authorities said. Five men in the Honda Accord died at the scene of the crash around 2:15 a.m. in Lincoln, about 3 miles east of the state Capitol,…
AT&T Plunges as CEO Suggests Americans Can’t Afford to Pay Phone Bills
AT&T Inc. said some subscribers are taking more time to pay for their bills, causing the U.S. wireless carrier to cut its annual free cash flow forecast by about $2 billion. That sent its shares down by as much as 11 percent on Thursday. By 2 p.m. ET, AT&T’s stock was down by about 7.9 percent….
Qualcomm CEO Sees Growth in High-End Phones Even If Economy Slows
DAVOS, Switzerland—Qualcomm Inc CEO Cristiano Amon sees growth for the chip supplier as consumers increasingly want “better phones,” he said in an interview on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum, even as talk about an economic slowdown dominates the event in the Swiss ski town of Davos. “Qualcomm has redefined its mobile strategy to be…
Feds Declined Offer From Privacy Commissioner for Advice on Collection of Phone Data
OTTAWA—The federal privacy commissioner says his offer to advise the government on the implications of collecting data from millions of mobile phones during the COVID-19 pandemic was rebuffed. Daniel Therrien told a House of Commons committee this week that he offered to review how the data was being anonymized, but the government consulted its own…
KKR Makes $12 Billion Approach to Take Telecom Italia Private
MILAN—Telecom Italia (TIM) has received a 10.8 billion euro ($12 billion) approach from U.S. fund KKR aimed at taking Italy’s biggest phone group private, the company said on Sunday. KKR’s move comes as TIM’s CEO Luigi Gubitosi battles for survival after coming under fire from top investor Vivendi following two profit warnings in three months….
Google Announces Pixel 6 Phone With New Chip, Subscription Service
October 21, 2021
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Alphabet Inc.’s Google on Tuesday announced the newest iteration of its smartphone—Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro—which will be powered by the company’s first chip called Tensor. The tech giant also launched Pixel Pass, a subscription service starting at $45 per month for U.S. customers that will include the Pixel 6 and access to the…
Google Tells EU Court Payments to Phone Makers Gave Android a Chance Against Apple
September 29, 2021
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LUXEMBOURG—Payments to phone makers to pre-install only Google Search on their devices were not aimed at preventing competition but were necessary for Android to seize market share from Apple, Alphabet’s Google told Europe’s second-top court on Wednesday. Google was addressing the General Court on the third day of a week-long hearing as it tries to…
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