With its products, Société BiC, that French company featuring the well-known ball-headed mascot, is celebrating a carefree world “at your disposal”: disposable ballpoints, disposable shavers, disposable lighters. The economic designs of these have long acquired cult status. So much in fact, that the BiC line-up’s classics BiC Cristal (a ballpoint) and J1 (a lighter) have been [...]

When the two years after the last contract renewal draw to a close, there is always the question which cell phone model will be the next to get? Who does not feel like reading lots of cell phone journals with specific information on models and prices, just consults the experts in a store. In a [...]

The project Voices of Africa was launched in May 2007 by the Africa Interactive Media Foundation, and is supposed to stimulate journalism in Africa since the number of African journalists is still relatively small. At the moment, six countries are involved: Kenya, South Africa, Ghana, Mozambique, Cameroon, and Tanzania. Talented young men and women are [...]

New application fields for cell phones are found all the time, and the spectrum of cell phone functions is growing constantly. Thus, the MEDIGREIF Island Clinic Heringsdorf (Usedom, Germany) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research in Rostock, Germany found a way to help teenagers lose weight with the aid of cell phones, a [...]

Who has not been angry yet about the fact that it is still not possible to settle all matters comfortably at home via e-mail? At several occasions such as orders or cancelations, stuff has to be printed out and then to be send via mail to the authority or company in question. Most people have [...]

Trifles such as a broken TV set or Olympia-unfriendly working hours, cannot upset a real Olympia fan like you. After all, you are the proud owner of a cell phone! Different offers make it possible to always be up-to-date. On the web’n walk portal of T-Mobile, an Olympia special can be found. Of course, there [...]

Imagine you could use internet wherever you are, whenever you want… But wait, that’s possible! With your cell phone you can use different internet services (nearly) everywhere. You are waiting for an important email, but are not having access to a computer? Just retrieve them via cell phone. You are arguing about something with a [...]

Many people store their old cell phones at home in the drawer. It’s the same with me: I did not even waste a thought where to put it. Just into the drawer, and that was it! I wasn’t aware of the fact that environmentally suitable ways of disposing of old cell phones do exist. In [...]

More and more parents buy their eight-year-old children cell phones. It has become a hot topic of debate if that is a reasonable investment or a hazard for the health of children.
The point that cell phone radiation has not been examined carefully enough to guarantee that children are not harmed by it, is brought up [...]

Noone knows what to believe when it comes to the issue of cell phone radiation. One study proves cell phones to be completely harmless, and the other that they are very harmful. The cell phone user is completely confused, hopes for the best, and just keeps on using the cell phone.
A group of researchers of [...]