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Top 10 Countries with Largest Number of Mobile Users or Subscribers

According to data collected by various agencies we have listed counties having the largest number of people having mobile phone and so have prepared a top ten list for them. Here follows the list.

Undercover Police Stings Target Front Lines Of Stolen iPhone Market

On a cloudy afternoon in the Tenderloin district, a man in a hooded sweatshirt walks slowly along Market Street, stopping to engage people he encounters along the way. He offers a peek at the wares inside the backpack slung over his shoulder: Three new iPhones, each still sealed in a white box affixed with Apple’s logo. He stole these phones, he tells potential customers, before asking them to make an offer.

Microsoft Surface tablet goes on sale for $499

Microsoft on Tuesday unveiled pricingfor its Surface tablet, which will go on sale on Oct. 26. Share/Save

Have smartphones killed boredom (and is that good)?

Take a look around today at people in line at Starbucks, on the train platform or waiting for their bags at the airport. Odds are, a huge chunk of them are staring down into a glowing mobile device Share/Save

Canada court lets C$19 billion cell phone suit proceed

The suit claims that the phone companies engaged in “unjust enrichment” in charging “system access fees” or “license administration fees” on top of regular monthly fees. For example, a subscriber might be charged C$30 a month and then another C$6.95 a month for system access.

Japan’s Softbank to offer world’s first phone with radiation detection

“I received many tweets asking for some way to detect radiation” after the disaster, said Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son at a press conference in Tokyo. “So I decided, ‘let’s do it.’”

Almost 40% of New York’s 911 Calls Are ‘Butt Dials’

Some 10,000 calls a day to the city’s emergency response number are accidental, a new report estimates.

Government asks: when can we shut down wireless service?

Nine months ago, a tremendous controversy began with a simple e-mail:
“Gentlemen, The BART Police require the M-Line wireless from the Trans Bay Tube Portal to the Balboa Park Station, to be shut down today between 4 pm & 8,” wrote Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) construction supervisor Dirk Peter on August 11, 2011. (The Transbay Tube runs beneath the Bay, moving people to and from San Francisco; Balboa Park is a residential city neighborhood.) “Steve,” the note continued, “please help to notify all carrier

Apple wants to turn ‘3G’ into ‘4G’ to solve iPad 3 speed disputes

Apple is currently in a legal dispute down under with the Australian competition regulator, but is attempting a novel way of digging its way out of trouble: by trying to rebrand what “4G” actually means.

Many US police use cell phones to track: study

Many US police departments use cell phone tracking, often without court orders, to find suspects and investigate criminal cases, according to a study released Monday.