For a long time, there was only one destination for your old electronics: the dump. Now people like Brett Mosley, owner of BuyMyTronics.com, are providing other options.

Turning Nonworking Gizmos Into Money - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog

".. the Washington Post broke the news then: law enforcement officials have been routinely asking for and receiving tracking data from cell phone companies without having to demonstrate probable cause."

Techdirt: Cell Phone Tracking, Privacy, And Learning Not To Look

Mobile advertising is still in its infancy, and already it's despised by some users of wireless devices. Nonetheless, it seems destined to become a major factor in the growth of the mobile Internet.

You may hate them, but mobile ads are coming

Under Teen Safe Driver, a camera records audio and video images of both the road and the driver when motion sensors detect swerving, hard braking, sudden acceleration or a collision. The footage goes to an analysis center where it is graded for riskiness and sent on to parents with comments and coaching tips. Teen drivers have mixed feelings about the technology.

Technology News: Technology: Keeping Tabs on Teen Drivers With Tracking Tech

Millions of cell phone users are suddenly talking about cell phone locking and asking themselves, "Why is my phone locked?" And that's a good thing. It's time consumers demand unlocked cell phones from their carriers.

Forget the iPhone, <I>all</I> phones should be 'unlocked'

Something new for the globe trotting types:

Early next month, a small company called Cubic Telecom will release what it’s calling the first global mobile phone.

A Cellphone Without Borders - New York Times

Groan…

The New York subway system, that bastion of gentility and mutual respect, is about to get a cell-service upgrade, allowing people to talk n' text in all 277 underground stations.

Cellphones: NYC Subway Stations Will Get (More) Cell Service - Gizmodo

From the New York Times:

It's called T-Mobile HotSpot @Home, and it's absolutely ingenious. It could save you hundreds or thousands of dollars a year, and yet enrich T-Mobile at the same time. In the cellphone world, win-win plays like that are extremely rare.

IPhone-Free Cellphone News - New York Times

From the New York Times:

Talk about hype. In the last six months, Apple's iPhone has been the subject of 11,000 print articles, and it turns up about 69 million hits on Google. Cultists are camping out in front of Apple stores; bloggers call it the "Jesus phone."  All of this before a single consumer has even touched the thing.

The iPhone Matches Most of Its Hype - New York Times

And I was really looking forward to the cell-phone-signal blocking paint that all the theaters were going to be painted with in the future.

Typically you are told to turn off your cellphone before a performance. But at a recent Saturday matinee of "Spring Awakening," the Broadway musical that garnered eight Tony Awards last week, the audience was told to do just the opposite.

During Intermission, Cellphones Are Brandished in a Promotion - New York Times