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...earthquake of magnitude 8.1 hit the Solomon Islands in the Pacific Ocean in the early morning of April 2. More than 20 people have been reported killed in the resulting tsunami. Following is an account provided to TIME via phone from the South Pacific nation...
...launch its application without partnering with a carrier. The downside of this strategy is that the onus will be on the user to download the application, and even once they do, the Citi Mobile icon will be hard to find since it will be buried inside menus on each phone. When Wachovia launches its mobile-banking service later this year, on the other hand, its icon will get prominent placement on AT&T branded phones...
...Once mobile banking catches on, it's likely to pave the way for even more electronic-wallet services like making purchases at department stores, supermarkets and even vending machines. "This is just the first step of making Americans comfortable with using their cell phones as financial instruments," says analyst Entner. To take that next step, phone makers must embed a chip capable of near-field communication (NFC) that will work with special readers in stores, exactly like the contact-less credit and debit cards that are now available. Both Visa and MasterCard have trials under way, but have...
...actually had no idea when Harvard was going to let me know...so I just clicked on [the e-mail] very casually,” she said in a phone interview. “I was at work...I just stood up and turned around and said ‘I just got into Harvard.’ My boss couldn’t hear what I was saying, so I screamed it in the middle of the office...
...stepping down because I’ve achieved the goals that I set out for myself as GSAS dean,” Skocpol said in a phone interview Tuesday afternoon...