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Electronic Waste Needs to Go Green
Americans love their consumer electronics, but what happens to all the gadgets when their useful life is over? Despite being one of the largest generators of “e-waste” in the world, the U.S. has no federal policies on recycling electronic...How Parents Can Help Their Children With Schoolwork
Getting children to sit down, focus and learn their schoolwork is an age-old problem. Today, parents face the added challenge of cell phones, portable music devices like iPods, and the many distractions of the World Wide Web. There are so many things...
Metro Police in Johannesburg Clamp Down on Illegal Public Transport
Johannesburg’s traffic police have launched an operation to deal with illegal public transport operators in the city center. The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department impounded eight Quantums and four buses on the corner of Harrison and Leyds...
Presidency of Mexico Relaunches Web Portal to Reach Youtube Audience
In order to reach YouTube’s typical younger user, which already totals seven million Mexican users, the Presidency has relaunched the federal government’s News Channel (www.youtube.com/user/gobiernofederal). The presentation of these changes in...High Taxes in East Africa Making Cell Phones Overly Expensive
East African Community (EAC) member states were urged on Thursday to reduce value added tax (VAT) and import duties placed on mobile phones in order to make the handsets affordable among the masses.Nearly 20 Percent of U.S. Workers Have Stolen Office Supplies for Personal Use
Nearly one in five (19 percent) workers report they have taken office supplies for personal use in the past year, according to a recent Spherion(R) Workplace Snapshot survey. Of those who admit to having stolen office supplies, only 22 percent felt guilty...Cell Phone Litigation: Signs Promote Activity Which the City Calls ‘Illegal’
Plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit challenging the City’s cell phone ban are now claiming that the failure to post signs notifying drivers of the law is just part of the problem. The lawsuit, filed last December, alleged that Illinois law requires...Somalia Mobile Phone Services Disrupted Following Shelling on Transmission Device
The open air artillery barrages of the joint Somali-Ethiopian forces in the Mogadishu market of Bakara have destroyed one of the largest telecommunications networks in Somalia, leaving all cell phone services idle on Sunday morning.
