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As Mozambique struggles to recover from the worst flooding in more than a decade, aid agencies are pioneering the use of mobile phones to distribute aid and, they hope, cut the cost of logistics in disaster zones.

• 21 февраля 2013, 10:51

Officials sent mixed signals Sunday about the condition of cancer-stricken Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, fueling growing political uncertainty in the oil-rich country.

• 14 января 2013, 13:56

Facebook on Thursday began testing the feasibility of charging to guarantee that messages from strangers make it into inboxes of intended recipients at the social network.

• 21 декабря 2012, 16:19

Pope Benedict XVI is due to send out his first, much-anticipated Twitter message on Wednesday, with hundreds of thousands of followers already signed up to receive the tweet.

• 12 декабря 2012, 15:33

The British software engineer who sent the world's first text message 20 years ago said on Monday that he is amazed at how the technology has developed.

• 04 декабря 2012, 12:30

A palm-sized Japanese satellite in orbit around Earth will flash a Morse code message that will be visible around the world from next month.

• 05 октября 2012, 17:51

Stella Nayiga clutches her mobile phone as she describes the messages that she received punctually every morning and evening for over a year, reminding her to take her antiretroviral (ARV) drugs regularly.

• 26 июля 2012, 11:47