It used to be that people carried only the essentials: money, keys and maybe a compact for the ladies. Today consumers are weighed down with gadgets from cell phones to PDAs to smartphones. And, guess what? They don’t mind the additional weight. A new survey from Burst Media finds that consumers like their gadgets and plan to keep them around.
On Sunday, New York Times columnist Nick Kristof shined a light on the vicious mineral trade in Congo and its strong ties to global manufacturers of laptops, cell phones and digital cameras. According to Kristof, ruthless Congolese warlords control many of the minerals used in everyday consumer electronics. The sale of these rare minerals, writes Kristof, is funding much of the violence …
Washington — The Supreme Court had a commonsense message Thursday for workers with cell phones and other gadgets provided by their employers: Use your own cell phone if you’ve got something to text that you don’t want your boss to read.
The Supreme Court had a common-sense message Thursday for workers with cell phones and other gadgets provided by their employers: Use your own cell phone if you’ve got something to text that you don’t want your boss to read.
CEVA Inc., a designer of chips for cell phones and other gadgets, said Thursday that its board has authorized the expansion of a buyback program by another 2 million shares, which represent about 10 percent of its outstanding shares as of March 31.