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Smart Spending: Online help for holiday shopping Review: ‘Unlike’ apps for smart phones are hip destination guidesMIAMI — A good guidebook is more than just a compilation of information. It’s a travel companion with personality, a sense of humor and usually both strengths and weaknesses. With the proliferation of smart phone guides, a new cast of travel companions is vying to join you on your travels. American engineers who developed e-mail, mobile telephone win prestigious Spanish prizeMADRID — Two American engineers who were instrumental in developing e-mail and mobile phones on Wednesday won one of Spain’s prestigious Prince of Asturias awards for revolutionizing the way people communicate. Greece to register prepaid cell phones to fight crime, illegal immigrationATHENS, Greece — Greece’s prepaid mobile phone users will now have to register their identities in a bid to tackle illegal immigration and other crime, the communications minister said Tuesday. Don’t reach out and touch anyone: Japan to see if phones can help limit pandemicsTOKYO — A few months from now, a highly contagious disease will spread through a Japanese elementary school. The epidemic will start with several unwitting children, who will infect others as they attend classes and wander the halls. Sprint CEO says Palm Pre smart phone release is ‘coming out party’ for wireless carrierNEW YORK — No doubt bolstered by positive reviews, Sprint Nextel Corp. CEO Dan Hesse said Saturday’s release of Palm Inc.’s Pre smart phone represents a “coming out party” for Sprint as it seeks to reverse subscriber losses. First factory for Qualcomm’s power-sipping cell phone displays opens in TaiwanNEW YORK — The first factory dedicated to making a new type of power-thrifty cell phone display has started operations, Qualcomm Inc. said this week. Free iPhones at Japan university may prove costly for some as GPS keeps tabs on truantsTOKYO — A prestigious Japanese university is giving away hundreds of iPhones, in part to use its Global Positioning System to nab students that skip class. Amazon.com buys Lexcycle, maker of iPhone e-book application Stanza, for undisclosed sumLOS ANGELES — Kindle e-book retailer Amazon.com Inc. has purchased Lexcycle, a year-old company that makes the iPhone e-book application Stanza, in a move that ratchets up Amazon’s presence in the electronic book market. Bill requiring handsfree devices for drivers who use cell phones advancesDENVER — A bill requiring drivers to use handsfree devices while talking on cell phones is advancing at the state Capitol, but it could run into trouble later. Japan’s KDDI to release solar-powered mobile phone in JuneTOKYO — Cell phone users could soon be turning to the skies to charge their handsets. |
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