PewResearchCenter on adults, cell phones and texting: Texting by adults has increased over the past nine months from 65% of adults sending and receiving texts in September 2009 to 72% texting in May 2010. Adults who text typically send and receiv...

Spotted on Switched, Textees. Though you would think otherwise, apparently they make texting easier.

According to the Ottawa Citizen, a Nova Scotia church is offering its congregation a chance to have members' cellphones, laptops and mobile technology blessed -- but Rev. Lisa Vaughn isn't promising the power of God will rid the gadgets of viruses an...

As hundreds of thousands of pilgrims throng the Grand Mosque in pursuit of blessings in the last 10 days of Ramadan, the growing phenomenon of irritating mobile phones is disturbing the worshippers. Arab News reports. Ringtones from thousands of mo...

A coalition of law enforcement agencies has arrested four Nuestra Familia gang leaders and 30 gang members. Several of those caught were allegedly given orders to commit murder and other violent crimes by imprisoned gang leaders who were serving time...

In cities across Africa, being an entrepreneur requires no office, business card or investors. All it takes is a cell phone. Chris Stein reports for allAfrica.com. Adele Botha, a researcher at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)...

Mobile games, music and video are fueling a growing market for mobile content - revenues from which will reach an estimated $1.54 billion in the USA this year, according to a new report from eMarketer. [via Cellular News]

The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology says residents buying numbers for mobile phones must now show their ID cards, and foreigners must produce their passports, with buyers limited to a maximum of 18 numbers. Reuters reports....

Is the hotel-room telephone obsolete? Apparently not. USA Today reports. According to Jon Inge, an independent hotel technology consultant who discussed hotel telephones' future in a blog post earlier this year, says they won't disappear just yet....

So many health related cell phone applications today. Here's yet another one. Invisible Bracelet (iB) is a virtual medical ID that allows its members to share important health information during emergencies with first responders. The Invisible Brace...

Sometimes going green comes with a price. Green buildings on the University of Colorado campus in Boulder may be good for the environment, but they're bad for cell phone reception. Students say many buildings are dead zones. DenverChannel reports....

Wired on Afghanistan’s cellphone ecosystem, one of the country’s economic bright spots. There are about 12.5 million cellular subscriptions in the country of 27 million people. Jan Chipchase, executive creative director at Frog Design (formerly...

CIO describes a solar-powered, low-cost, open source cellular network for coverage in underprivileged and off-grid spots, using VoIP yet working with existing cell phones. It was used at Burning Man, an nnual art event and temporary community based...

We already knew from one study that iPhone owners have more sex partners than Blackberry and Android owners, now we learn that Android users are manly-scented, pork-eating, news-reading, bird lovers, while iPhone users are feminine-smelling, chicken-...

Medgadget reports on baby clothing that can monitor heart rate, "emotional state", and level of activity, and relay that information wirelessly to a computer or cell phone. Each Exmobaby onesie will come with a baby-safe, rechargeable Zigbee wirel...