People of a certain age will remember the Ask Jeeves search engine and, more importantly, what fun it was to type in rude questions to see what the long-suffering butler might say. 上了年纪的人会记得Ask Jeeves这个搜索引擎，更重要的是...
Phone App to Assist Alzheimers Caregivers From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. Alzheimers disease is mostly a condition of old age. Since life expectancy is getting longer around the world, the number of people affected by the br...
10 Things You Didnt Know About Cell Phones Just when we feel comfortable enough to say wow, cell phones have really changed the way we operate, things get even weirder. Here are 10 facts about cells from around the world that show the scale and style...
Nokia, Microsoft Promote New Phones Competition is heating up in the world of mobile computing with Nokia and Microsoft introducing two new smart phones, the Lumia 820 and 920, at a joint announcement in New York. The devices boast wireless charging...
Indian Mobile Phone App Aims to Thwart Sexual Assaults Cheena Sikka is typical of the modern, professional Indian woman. She works hard. She works late. When her shift is finished, a company cab takes her part of the way home. But she worries about t...
Sneaky Phone Marketers Outfox 'Caller ID' One telephone feature that seemed revolutionary when it was introduced in the 1970s - but now is quite standard - is Caller ID. Its a message that appears on your phone as its ringing, showing you the telepho...
Push to Ban Cell Phone Use While Driving Builds In an unprecedented move, the National Transportation Safety Board in the U.S. is recommending that motorists turn off all cell phones while driving. The board, charged with determining the cause of tra...
BEIJING, Oct. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Thirty-year-old Chen Liang acquired his iPhone 4S in a relatively straightforward way without visiting the gray market. He typed Looking for an iPhone 4S through weibo on the Chinese equivalent of Twitter at 9 am on Oc...
Scientists Point to Possible Health Effects of Cell Phones This past May, in a major policy shift, the World Health Organization said electromagnetic fields produced by mobile phones are possibly carcinogenic. Although the International Association f...
Technology Report - WHO Finding Adds to Debate Over Mobile Phones, Brain Cancer 世卫组织加大手机致脑癌的讨论 This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语科技报道。 The World Health Organizati...
