A hot new social-networking service by Bubblemotion dubbed Bubbly, which is essentially a voice-based Twitter, is quickly gaining popularity among Indians. And thanks to Bollywood celebs being early adopters, Bubbly is growing virally and with virtua...

A team of researchers from the University of Tokyo has developed a technology that makes it possible to “physically” convey emotions from cell phone to cell phone. CrunchGear reports. When you start sweating and become emotionally agitated durin...

A bill that makes it illegal to send obscene, harassing or threatening communication with a cell phone or other mobile device won approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. The Herald Dispatch reports. Several senators on the commit...

Following the huge success in the US of the launch of TigerText, an iPhone app that enables people erase text messages after they have been sent, the app is now available Internationally: in Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Isr...

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Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, jumping past Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett with a fortune estimated at $53.5 billion. [via Cellular News]

The explosion of mobile use in developing countries is helping transform health care. The BBC reports. Groups such as DataDyne use mobiles to collect and share vital data on health and disease is collected. The organisation produces EpiSurveyor,...

Venture Beat on M-Via, a young mobile phone payment service that lets you send or receive money internationally on any type of phone — even if you and your recipients don’t have bank accounts. m-Via’s tagline is “Sending cash, now as easy a...

The Apps for Healthy Kids competition is a part of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign to end childhood obesity within a generation. Apps for Healthy Kids challenges software developers, game designers, students, and other innovat...

A man was stabbed with a meat thermometer in a movie theater in LA - of all places - after complaining to a woman about talking on her cell phone during a Saturday night screening of Shutter Island. [via boingboing]

Spotted on appmodo, iPhone app icon magnets for your fridge. From Jailbreak toys.

Among cell phone users in developed countries, IBM is betting the market with the biggest growth potential is...people over the age of 65? Fast Company reports. IBM's two-year research program, which also involves the National Institute of Design o...

The BBC reports that Japanese Researchers have produced a mobile phone that could be a boon for prying bosses wanting to keep tabs on the movements of their staff. Japanese phone giant KDDI Corporation has developed technology that tracks even the t...

retweet.com, which put itself up for sale last month, has sold for $250,000 in an online auction on Flippa. The auction saw a fair amount of interest with 45 bids in total. [via Mashable]

The EFF obtained a copy of the highly secretive agreement between Apple and iPhone developers. [via Publish2 Newsgroup]