Take your eyes off your mobile phone, says inventor, 50 years on

Reuters 03/30/2023

Del Mar, United States — The problem with mobile phones is that people look at them too much. At least, that’s according to the man who invented them 50 years ago. Martin Cooper, an American engineer dubbed the…

‘Vote-buying’ spree drives mobile phone sales

Chris Panganiban 05/15/2022

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur, Philippines —Mobile phones are selling like hotcakes after the May 9 general elections, thanks to local politics. For two straight days after the polls, many of the popular mobile phone brands were…

itel eyes stronger presence of its smartphone products in Cebu, VisMin areas

Irene R. Sino Cruz 01/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The competition in the budget phone market in Cebu is expected to be tighter when itel Mobile Philippines implements its aggressive marketing strategy here. itel, an emerging smartphone brand in the Philippines, banks on its…

WHO: PH youths 2nd most ‘inactive,’ next to S. Koreans

Jovic Yee - Philippine Daily Inquirer 11/24/2019

The frequent use of mobile phones, the lack of public spaces as well as poor urban and transport planning have contributed to the Philippines being ranked second in the world with the most physically inactive adolescents, according…

P200K shabu, weapons found inside provincial jail

Chris Ligan, Morexette B. Erram 08/01/2017

PACKS of shabu worth P236,000, improvised weapons and drug paraphernalia were uncovered in yet another greyhound operation inside the Cebu Provincial Rehabilitation and Detention Center (CPDRC) at 1:40 pm Tuesday. Supt. Mario Baquiran, chief of the Provincial…

Female visitor arrested for trying to sneak in mobile phone in Mandaue City Jail

Doris C. Bongcac 01/28/2017

    CEBU CITY—A female visitor was arrested on Saturday morning after she was caught attempting to sneak in a mobile phone inside the Mandaue City Jail. Thelma Jopia, 50, wrapped the cellular phone on her left…

Digital fasting

Radel Paredes 01/14/2017

As I write this on a Saturday, my mobile phone strangely shows no signal. This came after we got a text from the network last night that it will be shutting down for the weekend, starting today.…

Mandaue ordinance to ban distracted driving

Julit C. Jainar 08/23/2016

THE Mandaue City Council will deliberate in this afternoon’s session an ordinance that penalizes motorists using mobile phones while driving. The “Anti-Distracted Driving Ordinance” authored by Vice Mayor Carlo Fortuna and Councilor Elstone Dabon penalizes violators with…

Five tech myths debunked

Marc Eric Cosep 07/23/2015

THE DEMAND for mobile devices like smartphones and tablets is on the rise, and along with it  all sorts of information on how to use them and claims of this and that  technical specification which makes one…

Allphones offers phone-tablet deals for budget buyers

Bjorn Abraham Tabanera 04/29/2014

In malls where shops are lined with shelves chock-full of gadgets and cell phones how does a consumer pick out the best device on his or her budget? Australian mobile phone retailer Allphones offers to help buyers…

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