A small group of family-owned companies control banks, supermarket chains and media, cellphone and insurance companies.
Sure, they kicked our asses for years in terms of wireless media, cellphone design, and PC/laptop manufacturing but at this late date I think the iPhone can kick any DoCoMo clamshell and I haven't seen a single thing here — NOTHING, mind you — that I haven't seen or heard of in the U.S. already and that would even mildly twiddle my neophilia sensors.
FBI agents scrambled Monday to recover data from Mateen's electronic media — cellphones, computers and other devices — looking to find clues into what sparked the massacre, according to current and former FBI officials.
FBI agents scrambled Monday to recover data from Mateen's electronic media — cellphones, computers and other devices — hoping to find clues to what sparked the massacre at the nightclub, according to current and former FBI officials.
The dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei uses new media (Twitter, cellphone photography) to diffuse his messages virally.
Many companies that survived -- including Mr. Ramaphosa's media and cellphone conglomerate -- are stronger now, but they are small in number.
The supreme court is just this week embroiled in debate over whether or not search and seizure of social media and cellphone data should require a warrant.
The Taliban's message gets out through a number of different social media tools — cellphone calls, text messages, e-mails, postings on jihadi Web sites, Facebook accounts and, more recently, Twitter feeds.
For a few days, he spoke with friends, family and the media by cellphone, saying he was at Mount Wutai, a well-known Buddhist retreat, and wanted to be left alone.
And then there were the SWAT teams: students trapped inside the building would hear their rifle fire, assume it was the killers and report it to the media by cellphone, complicating the cops' efforts to keep them safe.
Whether public and private entities have the right to silence social media and cellphone networks has become a question for the courts.
