Mobile Phones
# mobile-phones - Wednesday 15 May, 2013
Video: Shatter says TDs playing ‘silly political games’ over penalty points
The Minister for Justice also spoke about why he is backing a law which could see mobile phone networks shut down during the G8 summit.
Poll: Could you live without your TV?
A survey today has revealed that just 5 per cent of people don’t have one, so could you live without yours?
Just 5 per cent of people don’t own TVs – survey
That is according to a new survey from Comreg, which also found that 75 per cent of those asked said they own a laptop.
# mobile-phones - Thursday 2 May, 2013
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-phones - Friday 5 April, 2013
8,000 mobile phones stolen in first half of 2012
Gardaà have released figures on mobile phone theft as they prepare a new drive encouraging people to be wary of theft.
# mobile-phones - Thursday 4 April, 2013
9 questions we were all asking in 2003
All these things are now a DECADE old.
# mobile-phones - Wednesday 3 April, 2013
9 survival skills you needed before mobile phones
It was a tough time.
In pictures: 40 years of mobile phones
Including the indestructible Nokia.
# mobile-phones - Monday 28 January, 2013
Regulator says mobile users shouldn’t pay price for Slovenian scam
ComReg says it has worked with mobile networks so that users are now unable to return calls to a Slovenian premium line.
# mobile-phones - Sunday 27 January, 2013
Mobile phone users targeted by Slovenian premium number scam
Users have been getting brief calls from a Slovenian premium number that could be mistaken for an Irish mobile.
# mobile-phones - Tuesday 22 January, 2013
7 people who have the inside track on the iPhone 6
They probably don’t.
# mobile-phones - Monday 7 January, 2013
NI committee wants to ban roaming charges within Ireland
Sinn Féin has won approval to approach the Oireachtas communications committee and examine whether roaming can be banned.
# mobile-phones - Saturday 29 December, 2012
South Korea plans legal ban on posting swear words using mobiles
The government is reportedly looking at mandatory software to block swear words, purportedly to stop cyberbullying.
# mobile-phones - Friday 30 November, 2012
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-phones - Sunday 18 November, 2012
What happens to stuff that gets left behind in Dublin Airport?
Dublin Airport hangs onto lost items for three months. So what happens if nobody comes forward to claim it?
# mobile-phones - Thursday 15 November, 2012
O2 to begin rollout of 4G mobile network in first half of 2013
Telefonica Ireland says the new data networks it can offer, following today’s ComReg auction, will increase broadband speeds fivefold.
Mobile operators pay €855 million in auction for new spectrum space
The funding, half of which will be paid incrementally over the next 18 years, partially comes from the analogue switchoff.
# mobile-phones - Sunday 28 October, 2012
How to be ‘proactively protective’ with your mobile
Questions remain over the long-term effects of mobiles. What proactive precautions can you take, just in case?
# mobile-phones - Friday 28 September, 2012
Photo: Irish Apple fans queue up to get the iPhone 5
Here’s the queue outside O2 on Grafton Street at 6am this morning. Some people REALLY want that tall screen.
# mobile-phones - Tuesday 25 September, 2012
VIDEO: What mobile phones were like in 1989 – and 8 places to use them
According to this advert for a suitcase-sized mobile.
# mobile-phones - Friday 21 September, 2012
Poll: Should gardaà have the power to check mobile phone records of drivers involved in crashes?
What do you think of new proposals put forward by the Road Safety Authority?
# mobile-phones - Thursday 20 September, 2012
Road safety chief wants automatic checks of crash drivers’ phone records
Noel Brett of the Road Safety Authority says it should be routine practice for drivers in crashes to have their records checked.
# mobile-phones - Wednesday 12 September, 2012
Sweden mulls law to stop kids’ phones from ‘ruining’ parents
Case where parents held liable for €6k bill run up by their children has led to plans for new consumer protection legislation.
# mobile-phones - Friday 24 August, 2012
Lambert bans mobiles from Villa dressing room
“I’m here to win football matches, not to play on a phone or computer.”
# mobile-phones - Sunday 19 August, 2012
VIDEO: New world record set at… mobile phone throwing championships
Finnish teen has really raised the bar for future mobile throwers.
# mobile-phones - Monday 13 August, 2012
Google to cut 4,000 Motorola jobs
Announcement comes just months after internet company buys the mobile maker Motorola.
# mobile-phones - Friday 3 August, 2012
€83k paid to ex-taoisigh this year – despite scrapping of expenses scheme Exclusive
Payments to former Taoisigh for secretarial allowances continued until March – despite Enda Kenny telling the Dáil they would end in January, TheJournal.ie can reveal.
# mobile-phones - Sunday 29 July, 2012
Two arrested for hacking 8.7 million mobile customers in South Korea
The pair stole the data, including the customers’ names, contact details and registration numbers, to sell onto telemarketers.
# mobile-phones - Thursday 14 June, 2012
Nokia to cut 10,000 jobs worldwide
The struggling mobile phone company has also warned of a larger than expected loss for the second quarter of this year.
# mobile-phones - Monday 11 June, 2012
Changes to points system will see increased penalties for speeding, using phones
The planned changes could also cut the penalties for driving without a valid NCT – from five points down to three.
# mobile-phones - Wednesday 6 June, 2012
More than half of Irish workforce will work away from their desk by 2016
Mobile workers will represent 57 per cent of the total working population by 2016 it is estimated.
# mobile-phones - Thursday 10 May, 2012
Mobile roaming charges to drop as MEPs vote for cuts
Using your mobile abroad will cost less from July – with limits on data charges for the first time.
# mobile-phones - Friday 27 April, 2012
Change to TDs’ expenses reduces chance of similar phone expenses exposé
Reform of the Oireachtas expenses rules in March 2010 means reportage on fraudulent mobile phone expenses can’t be repeated.
# mobile-phones - Thursday 26 April, 2012
How clean is your handbag?
If you’re an average person… the answer is: not very.
# mobile-phones - Friday 20 April, 2012
Vodafone to refund almost €2 million after billing error
The mistake was found in the billing of 1520, 1580 and 1590 premium-rate calls.
# mobile-phones - Sunday 8 April, 2012
29 iPhone not-quite-Easter Eggs you might not have known about
There’s some handy tweaks and shortcuts hidden within iOS which you might not have known about. Here’s a guide.
# mobile-phones - Wednesday 4 April, 2012
O2 to cut 120 jobs in Ireland
The company is looking for voluntary redundancies from its workforce of 1,100 people.
Garda Commissioner confirms DPP meeting over Moriarty
Martin Callinan says that it is “right and prudent” for him to meet with DPP before launching any criminal investigation into issues raised by the Moriarty Tribunal.
# mobile-phones - Thursday 29 March, 2012
Mobile roaming charges to fall again under new EU deal
A new price cap should be enforced in time for this year’s holiday season – with data charges among those to fall.
# mobile-phones - Wednesday 14 March, 2012
Pay-as-you-go mobile charges are 20 per cent above OECD average
But contract plans in Ireland are cheaper than in many other countries.
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