Mobile phones

A flip cover, large buttons with numbers and small letters of the alphabet, a green phone key, a red phone key, and a circular button in the middle to navigate through the menu and the few apps the device has. This is the traditional mobile phone that we have all held in our hands at some point—some for longer, others for shorter.

For the first time, candidates of the Public Schools of Higher Vocational Training can be informed via SMS text message about their admission results, according to a decision co-signed by the Minister of Digital Governance Dimitris Papastergiou and the Deputy Minister of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports, Ioanna Lytrivi.

The frequency of phone renewals in Türkiye has extended from 18 to 30 months in the past five years, with 75 percent of consumers opting for cash payments over exchanges, according to a telecom sector representative.

Two out of three teenagers think that if they used their mobile phones less they would perform better at school, according to the finds of a survey of 2,291 high school students and graduates by the Poukamisas Educational Center, seeking to assess their relationship with their devices and the impact in and out of school.

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Slovenian charities have started to collect donations to help people affected by the massive floods that hit the country since 4 August, claiming several lives. Below is a list of some of the major organisations that accept donations via SMS, national and international wire transfer, or Paypal.

United Group, the Amsterdam-based media and telecommunications corporation, has sold its mobile towers infrastructure in Slovenia, Bulgaria and Croatia to the Saudi company Tawal. While the value of the transaction has not been disclosed, United Group values the infrastructure at €1.22 billion.

A customer who fell into the sea and lost his iPhone as a restaurant's dock collapsed four months ago has filed a lawsuit against the restaurant for 28,500 Turkish liras to claim the cost of his phone.

The illegally built dock of the restaurant on Arnavutköy Street in Istanbul collapsed on the evening of Dec. 23, 2022, as 14 customers fell into the sea.

Apple enjoys a "symbiotic" relationship with China, CEO Tim Cook said on March 25, as the iPhone giant looks to move production out of the country.

Cook, who is in China to attend the high-profile China Development Forum, said "Apple and China grew together," during an interview on the role of technology in education.

Apple plans to increase the share of its products manufactured in India to 25%. This was reported by Reuters, citing a statement by India's commerce minister on January 23.