GenevaLunch » cell phones http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no New train schedule offers better links, mobile connections improved http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/18/new-train-schedule-offers-better-links-mobile-connections-improved/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/18/new-train-schedule-offers-better-links-mobile-connections-improved/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:00:16 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63675 GenevaLunch.com BERN, SWITZERLAND – The 2012 train schedule that goes into effect 11 December will offer travellers better connections for trips abroad. Some parts of the Lake Geneva region will also see improvements. But the best news for many working travellers is that mobile connections are being improved, as is the online sales service. The CFF [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/18/new-train-schedule-offers-better-links-mobile-connections-improved/feed/ 1 Mobile phones and FM radio helping free Africans, says Amnesty http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/16/mobile-phones-and-fm-radio-helping-free-africans-says-amnesty/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/16/mobile-phones-and-fm-radio-helping-free-africans-says-amnesty/#comments Mon, 16 May 2011 05:00:15 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=57686 GenevaLunch.com (GenevaLunch) - Amnesty International’s 2011 annual report says bluntly that two of the most effective instruments of protesters in the Middle East in recent months have been mobile phones and FM radio. The report’s publication 12 May signalled its 50th birthday by surveying the state of human rights around the world. Reuters notes that “its [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/16/mobile-phones-and-fm-radio-helping-free-africans-says-amnesty/feed/ 0 More Swiss speeders, drunks, distracted drivers caught in 2010 http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/08/more-swiss-speeders-drunks-distracted-drivers-caught-in-2010/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/08/more-swiss-speeders-drunks-distracted-drivers-caught-in-2010/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 10:04:34 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=53621 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The only group of lawbreakers on Swiss roads whose numbers remained stable in 2010 were foreigners, figures released Tuesday 8 February indicate. The federal highway department issued its annual statistics for driver’s licenses that were taken away, showing a 5.4 percent increase to nearly 79,000 drivers. Most, 63 percent, were lifted [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/08/more-swiss-speeders-drunks-distracted-drivers-caught-in-2010/feed/ 5 US, Canadian wireless devices disrupting wifi, phone networks http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/03/us-canadian-wireless-devices-disrupting-wifi-phone-networks/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/03/us-canadian-wireless-devices-disrupting-wifi-phone-networks/#comments Wed, 03 Nov 2010 09:56:20 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=49373 GenevaLunch.com Your garage door won’t close, the wifi isn’t working and the zapper is moody: check your USA-bought cell phone Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Holiday gifts bought abroad might be cheaper or more interesting in the short run, but they can deliver a hex. The Swiss communications office, Ofcom, warns that if you are buying a [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/03/us-canadian-wireless-devices-disrupting-wifi-phone-networks/feed/ 0 Bad drivers: on the phone, tailgating, say Swiss http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/03/bad-drivers-on-the-phone-tailgating-say-swiss/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/03/bad-drivers-on-the-phone-tailgating-say-swiss/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:39:06 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=45388 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch.com) – The worst drivers in Switzerland are talking on their cell phones or messaging via SMS, according to a survey of 1,000 people in Switzerland, carried out for Comparis.ch, the consumer price comparison group. Second worst: tailgaters, who hang onto the car in front of them. Men are considered worse drivers than [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/08/03/bad-drivers-on-the-phone-tailgating-say-swiss/feed/ 0 Sunrise and Orange merger banned http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/22/comco-and-orange-merger-banned/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/22/comco-and-orange-merger-banned/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:08:03 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=40676 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss federal competition commission, Comco, will not allow a merger between France Telecom (Orange) and Sunrise to go ahead, it announced Thursday 22 April. The commission’s investigation into the cell phone market concluded that even though customers would benefit in some ways from a merger, the fact that Orange will [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/04/22/comco-and-orange-merger-banned/feed/ 0 Solutions urgent, but hope in sight for burying TVs, cell phones http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/25/solutions-urgent-but-hope-in-sight-for-burying-tvs-cell-phones/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/25/solutions-urgent-but-hope-in-sight-for-burying-tvs-cell-phones/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:25:05 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=37707 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Solutions are within reach, but they are becoming increasingly urgent for the problem of what to do with the growing number of cell phones, televisions, computers and other electronic devices and their waste. A report issued this week by Unep, the United Nations environmental body, draws a gloomy picture, but it [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/02/25/solutions-urgent-but-hope-in-sight-for-burying-tvs-cell-phones/feed/ 0 For safety, India cracks down on pre-paids in Kashmir, but bears don’t care http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/04/for-safety-india-cracks-down-on-pre-paids-in-kashmir-bears-dont-care/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/04/for-safety-india-cracks-down-on-pre-paids-in-kashmir-bears-dont-care/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:18:51 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=30905 GenevaLunch.com The Indian government’s crackdown on pre-paid cell phones in troubled Jammu and Kashmir has drawn ire as Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reaches out to the region’s residents by withdrawing army troops from the region. Nearly 3 million subscribers, including army troops disconnected from their families, have been left without phone service, days after Singh [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/11/04/for-safety-india-cracks-down-on-pre-paids-in-kashmir-bears-dont-care/feed/ 0 A paint that keeps wifi signals to yourself http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/05/a-paint-that-keeps-wifi-signals-to-yourself/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/05/a-paint-that-keeps-wifi-signals-to-yourself/#comments Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:50:12 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=29215 GenevaLunch.com University of Tokyo, Japan researchers have developed a paint that obstructs wifi signals by adding aluminum-iron oxide particles that resonate at the same frequency as wifi signals, around 2.4 Gigaherz. The paint can block signals at up to 100 GHz. Painting the outside of your house will seal it against neighbours who use your wifi. [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/10/05/a-paint-that-keeps-wifi-signals-to-yourself/feed/ 0 Swiss maps now on Windows mobile and Symbian S60 http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/28/swiss-maps-now-on-windows-mobile-and-symbian-s60/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2009/07/28/swiss-maps-now-on-windows-mobile-and-symbian-s60/#comments Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:00:58 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=23427 GenevaLunch.com Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Swisstopo, the Swiss Federal Office of Topography announced that maps of Switzerland at 1:25,000 and 1:100,000 detail are available for cell phones with the Windows mobile and Symbian S60 operating systems. Mobile telephones equipped with a GPS receiver and the Swiss Map mobile software will never get lost again. The software [...]

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