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Mobile Phone

# mobile-phone - Yesterday’s News

From TheJournal.ie Not The News

Only losers take the bus, right Leo?: The week’s news skewed

Breaking via The Mire wire: The Gathering at the Dáil; Cabinet clones; Alan Shatter knows what you did last summer.

# mobile-phone - Wednesday 15 May, 2013

From TheJournal.ie G8 Summit

Mobile phone networks could be shut off during G8 due to terror threats

If amendments to legislation are approved, Minister Shatter said that mobile phone companies will be able to shut down networks in areas during the G8.

From TheJournal.ie 9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Wednesday

Good morning! Here are nine things to know before you start your day.

# mobile-phone - Monday 6 May, 2013

From The Daily Edge Dilemma This post contains a poll

The burning question*: Do you listen to voicemails on your mobile?

It’s a bank holiday Monday, so let TheJournal.ie distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)

# mobile-phone - Thursday 2 May, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Bogus Delivery

PSNI warn of mobile phone delivery scam

The scam involves mobile phones being delivered to an incorrect address by a legitimate company, before a bogus delivery person attempts to collect them.

# mobile-phone - Friday 12 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Your Say This post contains a poll

# mobile-phone - Sunday 7 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Week In Web This post contains videos

Weird Wide Web: Arrested development, Pac-Man post-its and the world’s smallest charger

All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.

# mobile-phone - Wednesday 13 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Penalty Points

Roscommon county manager will take ‘all necessary steps’ to protect name after Ming’s Dáil comments

Frank Dawson says he assumes he is the official Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan had referred to, and rejects the TD’s claims.

From TheJournal.ie Penalty Points This post contains videos

Wallace: Ming should have accepted quashed penalty points

The Wexford TD says, however, that Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan’s actions don’t change the ‘bigger issue’ of systematic termination.

# mobile-phone - Tuesday 12 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Penalty Points

Ming: I want my penalty points back

The Dáil deputy described what led up to him not receiving penalty points or a fine though he was caught by gardaí driving while on a mobile phone on two occasions.

From TheJournal.ie Penalty Points

Flanagan to address Dáil amid claims he denied penalty points were wiped

The independent TD was asked if he had penalty points wiped from his licence last December but denied he had. He intends to address the Dáil this evening.

# mobile-phone - Sunday 10 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Penalty Points

Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan to ‘tell all’ about wiping of penalty points from his licence

Flanagan said gardaí contacted him offering to remove the points from his record.

# mobile-phone - Saturday 2 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Charity

Mobile operators fail to implement directive on VAT charges for charity texts

Two years ago Revenue announced text donations would no longer be liable for VAT but charities are still not receiving this money.

# mobile-phone - Saturday 16 February, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Phone Scam

Mobile users targeted by phone scam involving Lithuanian numbers

Last month customers on the 087 prefix were targeted by a Slovenian premium number scam.

# mobile-phone - Tuesday 11 December, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Road Safety

New Road Traffic Bill includes specific ban on texting while driving

The bill also introduces a Novice Driver category for people in their first two years after qualification.

# mobile-phone - Tuesday 4 December, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Data Protection

O2 admits to loss of tape which could have customers’ personal data

The mobile phone company, which has 1.6 million customers in Ireland, says there is a “low risk to customer data privacy” and says the tape is likely to be still in an O2 building.

# mobile-phone - Friday 30 November, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Shut Down

Syria cuts off internet and phone networks

Authorities say the interruption is “maintenance” – but activists are accusing the Syrian regime of preparing a massacre.

# mobile-phone - Monday 26 November, 2012

From The Daily Edge Dilemma This post contains a poll

The burning question*: Is it alright to take your phone to the toilet?

It’s Monday, so let TheJournal.ie distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)

# mobile-phone - Saturday 13 October, 2012

From The Daily Edge Life Advice This post contains images

# mobile-phone - Friday 12 October, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Do you believe ‘phone fights’ are a major concern?

As video of two girls fighting in Cork goes viral, it is noted that school fights are not new – but it’s the recording of them that is now a major worry. Do you agree?

# mobile-phone - Saturday 29 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Road Safety

Committee recommends double penalty points for drivers using phones

The Dáil committee also recommended the points systems north and south of the border should be aligned.

From TheJournal.ie Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Should penalty points for drivers using mobile phones be doubled?

An Oireachtas committee has recommended a penalty points reform so we ask: Should points for drivers using their phones be increased from two to four?

# mobile-phone - Tuesday 25 September, 2012

From The Daily Edge Revolutionary

VIDEO: What mobile phones were like in 1989 – and 8 places to use them

According to this advert for a suitcase-sized mobile.

# mobile-phone - Friday 21 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie IPhone 5

iPhone 5 available in Ireland from September 28

There were huge queues outside the Apple stores worldwide that began selling the iPhone 5 today.

# mobile-phone - Friday 14 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Fitness

Is your mobile phone the key to getting fit?

A former White House fitness expert is asking that very question, as he believes mobile fitness units could “change the face of health care”.

# mobile-phone - Monday 27 August, 2012

Survey: Modern technology unites and divides Irish households

The survey also showed almost half of respondents cite sleeping next to a mobile phone as giving them a better night’s sleep.

# mobile-phone - Monday 20 August, 2012

These iPhone 5 leaks suggest some big changes ahead

Taller, thinner displays and better battery power.

# mobile-phone - Wednesday 15 August, 2012

From The Daily Edge Review

Total Recall: How does Colin Farrell’s new flick stack up against Arnie’s 1990s version?

The Irishman does a fine job of playing a factory worker turned super spy but a certain wow factor is missing.

# mobile-phone - Tuesday 7 August, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Silver Surfers

More seniors embracing technology – and the mobile phone

The rise in ‘silver surfers’ is creating a huge market potential.

# mobile-phone - Thursday 19 July, 2012

Texting more popular than phone chatting in UK

Ofcom has said that UK residents are more likely to text than ring each other, with 150 billion texts sent in 2011.

# mobile-phone - Tuesday 17 July, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Moriarty Tribunal

In full: Michael Lowry and Denis O’Brien’s statements on court ruling

Both men are looking forward to defending themselves against allegations made about the awarding of Ireland’s second mobile phone licence in 1995.

From TheJournal.ie Supreme Court

Lowry, O’Brien welcome court ruling allowing challenge to mobile licence decision

The former Communications Minister and Digicel chairman say the consortia’s claim is without merit, evidence or substance but Declan Ganley has said he will be pursuing his case with vigour.

# mobile-phone - Thursday 24 May, 2012

From The Daily Edge Work Can Wait This post contains videos

VIDEO: iPhone’s Siri explains the meaning of life to John Malkovich

Latest iPhone 4S suggests Siri has all the answers…

# mobile-phone - Thursday 10 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Mobile Addict

Increase in nomophobia (fear of being apart from your phone)

Do you check your mobile more than 34 times a day? You might have a new tech-driven phobia…

# mobile-phone - Wednesday 9 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Can't Talk Now

Man jailed in Derry… for answering his phone in court

Paddy Sweeney was also handed a fine by the irritated judge.

# mobile-phone - Saturday 28 April, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Investigation

Ned O’Keeffe released without charge

The former Fianna Fáil TD was arrested on suspicion of using a false invoice to claim for mobile phone expenses.

# mobile-phone - Friday 20 April, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Do you use your mobile phone while driving?

A judge in Cork has criticised what he called an “epidemic” of mobile phone use by drivers. Are you one of them?

# mobile-phone - Thursday 19 April, 2012

Uh-oh: Nokia posts €900m loss in just three months

The struggling mobile phone maker suffered one of its worst quarterly results ever in the first quarter of this year as sales plunged dramatically.

# mobile-phone - Wednesday 7 March, 2012

From The Daily Edge Old Romantic

Man robs victim – then asks her out on date

The 26-year-old in Pittsburgh allegedly assaulted the women and her mother after the spurned ‘romantic’ gesture.

# mobile-phone - Saturday 3 March, 2012

From The Daily Edge Shut Up This post contains videos

Watch: Japanese scientists unveil ‘speech jamming’ gun

This new weapon claims to render people unable to speak, harmlessly. See it in action here…

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