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Companies Increasingly Concerned About Employee Use of Cell Phones While Driving The number of commercial fleet operators that have adopted written policies pertaining to employee use of cell phones while driving on-the-job has increased 29% in the past year – finance.yahoo.com
Cellcontrol Study Shows Less Than 5% of Fortune 500 Firms Can Enforce Corporate Policies Regarding Use of Cell Phones ... Cellcontrol, the leading developer of distracted driving solutions, announced today that only 5% of Fortune 500 firms are actually capable of enforcing their corporate policies regarding the use of cell phones by employees who are on the job while using a vehicle. finance.yahoo.com
Congressman’s Slippery Cell Phone Claim A congressman’s Web video goes too far when it portrays a program that subsidizes cell phone service for very low-income persons as a government giveaway that is costing taxpayers billions. The video also misleadingly claims Arkansas Rep. Tim Griffin is “reforming” the program. His proposed legislation — the “Stop Taxpayer-Funded Cell … More >> news.yahoo.com
Do Cell Phones Belong in the Classroom? Mobile devices are ubiquitous in American high schools, and their use is harder to regulate than old-fashioned note passing. But here's why teachers should be paying closer attention. theatlantic.feedsportal.com
Funeral home collecting old cell phones for soldiers The month of May is Military Appreciation Month. Wilson MILLER Funeral Home is one of nearly 1,000 Veterans & Family Memorial Care Providers nationwide that are Official Cell Phones for Soldiers collection locations. In 2011 VFMC Providers collected enough old cell phones to provide troops overseas with 1.2 Million free calling minutes. www.ourmidland.com
Cell Phones in India to carry radiation information The government of India has directed mobile handset manufacturers to mention the radiation levels on the handsets starting September of this year. www.zdnet.com
Norfolk panel says older kids should be allowed to carry phones The cell phone task force recommended Wednesday that the school division allow phones in middle and high schools, but still prohibit them in elementary schools. Current policy does not allow students to have cell phones with them while at school. If found during random searches or seen in use, phones are confiscated. hamptonroads.com
Behavior problems & cell phones linked? A new study links radiation from cell phones to behavioral problems in the offspring of pregnant mice. The study does not say whether or not cell phone radiation may also be dangerous for pregnant women. www.foxprovidence.com
Gov't helps provide free cell phones Millions of people are getting free cell phones and free minutes thanks to a government program. But the federal government says hundreds of thousands of people in that program don't really qualify for it. www.fox11online.com
ND finds ways to use cell phones A lengthy discussion between North Daviess school board and administrative members concerning future student cell phone usage dominated the board’s Monday meeting. Board members were considering a second reading for the school’s junior and senior high school handbooks when the discussion began. washtimesherald.com
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