Moreover, every gadget contains scores of different technologies — a typical
cellphone of a few years ago, for example, was comprised of more than 10,000 different patents.
Not exact matches
Data provided by the Department
of Homeland Security shows that searches
of cellphones by border agents has exploded, growing fivefold in just one
year, from
fewer than 5,000 in 2015 to nearly 25,000 in 2016.
«Discarded
cellphones are a huge, growing source
of electronic waste, with close to two billion new
cellphones sold every
year around the world and people replacing their phones every
few years,» said UBC mining engineering professor Maria Holuszko, who led the research.
The last
few years have seen promising demonstrations
of cellphones, laptops and TVs being powered wirelessly.
CELLPHONES will begin to run low on power over the next
few years as advances in battery technology fail to keep up with the demands
of the numerous energy - draining features being planned by mobile phone makers.
mimagephotography / shutterstock To decide if you're financially trustworthy enough to follow through on a contract,
cellphone providers typically launch what's called a hard inquiry, each one
of which lowers your score by a
few points for up to two
years.
Google, the reigning giant
of Web search, could extend its economic reach in the next
few years as more people get high - speed Internet service and
cellphones become full - fledged search tools, according to analysts.