On June 29, 2007, the company formerly known as Apple Computer introduced its combination of a pocket computer and a phone, a move that would do for the mobile phone what the iPod had done for the MP3 player.

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The time has come to fuel the mobile money virtuous cycle and to reach the more than one billion consumers in Africa and beyond that have access to a mobile phone but do not have a formal bank account.

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Alternately, you can do the same thing via a Bluetooth-ready mobile phone.

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The new rules do not apply to text messaging nor internet access on a mobile phone.

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"Imagine if a mobile phone can see the world in the same way we do, " Mr Mills said.

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To do this, the mobile phone does not need any special hardware and there is no need for a broadband connection or even a Wi- Fi connection.

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On a regular phone, Facebook's data collecting powers are limited to what you do inside the official Facebook mobile app or on the site in a browser.

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For enthusiasts who like to monitor the operation of their graphics cards, they can now do so through their mobile phone or tablet, even while playing the FPS games, without having to use a separate display.

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