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AT&T Extends Customer Wait For New Phone

AT&T is extending the time it takes for customers on contract-based plans to earn a fully subsidized upgrade to a new phone, from 20 months to 24 months.

2013/06/10

AT&T Loses Contract Phone Subscribers

AT&T lost phone subscribers from its contract-based plans for the first time in the latest quarter, in a sign that growth in the industry is stalling now that most Americans have smartphones.

2013/04/24

State House To Revisit Distracted Driving Ban

The latest push to ban texting while driving in Texas could set off another showdown at the Capitol. Texas is one of less than a dozen states where texting while driving remains legal.

2013/04/17

Richardson Launches App For Mobile Devices

The City of Richardson introduced its own app for mobile devices on Wednesday. Programmers designed and created the app internally and integrated it with city services.

2013/04/10

Will Typing Follow Cursive Out Of School?

The time-honored skill of typing is certainly still helpful, but it’s becoming less necessary because of predictive keyboards, and that’s raising a question. Does typing have a future?

2013/04/10

Two women compare cell phones. (credit: Getty Images/Emmanuel Dunand/AFP)

Fort Worth ISD Launches Mobile App

Do you want to know your child’s grades, or find out what is happening at their school today? There’s an app for that, at least if you live in the Fort Worth ISD.

2013/03/26

Wylie ISD Encourages Students To Use Phones

Cell phones are banned from many classrooms, but a North Texas school district is not only welcoming the high-tech tool, they are encouraging students to use them during instruction.

2013/02/20

BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins as he officially unveils the BlackBerry 10 mobile platform as well as two new devices on January 30, 2013 in New York City. (credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

New BlackBerry Models & Software Announced

Research in Motion changed its name to BlackBerry on Wednesday, and launched a makeover of its mobile operating system along with two new smartphones.

2013/01/30

Phone Cases Becoming New Fashion Trend

It is not strange for a woman to have a huge collection of clothes or handbags. But now, more people are treating cell phone cases like the newest accessories.

2013/01/16

RadioShack Ends Mobile Deal With Target

RadioShack is ending an agreement to run mobile phone centers in Target stores.

2013/01/15

A woman speaks on a mobile phone. (credit: Daniel Garcia/AFP/Getty Images)

Cell Phone Theft Rising Rapidly Nationwide

In a tech-savvy nation teeming with commuters and tourists, the cell phone has become a top target of robbers who use stealth, force and sometimes guns to take the devices.

2012/10/22

People queue up to buy Apple's new iPhone 5 from the Apple Store on September 21, 2012. (credit: WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images)

Number Of Smartphone Users Tops 1 Billion

The number of active smartphone users around the world has topped 1 billion, according to a global research and consulting firm, and that number is only increasing.

2012/10/18