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Phones and tablets get green light for use as planes take off

Make sure your seatbelt is fastened, your setback is upright and tray table stowed away — but your phone? It’s A-OK to keep playing Angry Birds as the plane takes to the skies, according to new rules about the use of electronic devices during take-off and landing. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has announced in a press release that …

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FCC releases Android app to test mobile broadband speeds

The Federal Communications Commission released an app on Thursday that the agency hopes will help it generate an accurate comparison of wireless carriers’ mobile broadband speeds. The app, dubbed Speed Test App for Android, is designed to collect information about the performance of participating smartphone users’ mobile broadband services nationwide. The four major US carriers have agreed to participate. The …

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