The controversy that enveloped Carrier IQ late last year has led to new legislation that has the potential to make sure similar software is not installed on mobile devices in the future. On Monday, Congressman Edward J. Markey made a discussion draft of the Mobile Device Privacy Act public. The main function of this bill more »

While we wait for more phones to ship with NFC chips to usher in the age of retail purchases with mobile phones, carriers have to make do with the technology that’s currently available to them. The next best thing is to let customers purchase certain items on their phones and place the charges on their mobile phone bill. T-Mobile will soon allow customers to charge digital items to their T-Mobile bill.

The days of streaming copyrighted content on the internet for profit could be coming to an end soon. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a bill that if approved by the entire Senate, would make it a felony for anyone to commercially stream copyrighted content. If this law is passed, chances are there will be someone still streaming illegal content, but their numbers could decrease drastically out of fear of jail time.

Good ol’ magenta is reaching out to potential business customers with a new promotion. T-Mobile is willing to apply a $200 bill credit for any business that leaves its current mobile provider for T-Mobile. This is a limited time offer and requires a two-year agreement in addition to a device purchase is to obtain the credit.

While we were longing for the weekend to arrive, President Obama was making his rounds in Europe. Since the president was out of the country, he could not physically sign his name on the document that would renew the Patriot Act before it expired. To solve this little problem, the president authorized the use of the autopen, a device that signed the president’s name for him.

That headline get your attention? A new bill may give the President the power to mess up the Internet. I wonder if this has anything to do with his BlackBerry. Also, goofing off can save the economy if done right. Plus, GPSs have warnings for a reason, so try to use some common sense.

When will people learn! Hot on the heals of the Canadian guy and his huge cell phone bill, this idiot in the UK has just run up a £27,322 mobile bill. How did he do it? Pretty much exactly the same way – by using the mobile phone attached to his computer to download movies! more »