http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Fri, 24 May 2013 21:04:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/08/23/frederick-schools-may-relax-cellphone-rules/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/08/23/frederick-schools-may-relax-cellphone-rules/#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:04:06 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=222172 FREDERICK — Frederick County public school officials say they’re considering relaxing restrictions on student cellphone use. The Frederick News-Post reported Thursday that Superintendent Terry Alban says it’s time to update a policy that generally requires students to keep their cellphones off and out of sight during school hours. Gov. Thomas Johnson High School Principal Marty [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/08/23/frederick-schools-may-relax-cellphone-rules/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/23/maryland-gets-grant-to-fight-cell-phone-use-in-prisons/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/23/maryland-gets-grant-to-fight-cell-phone-use-in-prisons/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:16:13 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/23/maryland-gets-grant-to-fight-cell-phone-use-in-prisons/ Maryland has received a federal grant to help fight cell phone use in prisons. The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services announced a $2 million contract over three years with Columbia-based Tecore Networks to deploy technology known as managed access. The system only allows calls on approved cell phones. Unlike cell phone jamming, [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/23/maryland-gets-grant-to-fight-cell-phone-use-in-prisons/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/10/wireless-providers-to-disable-stolen-phones/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/10/wireless-providers-to-disable-stolen-phones/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:53:21 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/10/wireless-providers-to-disable-stolen-phones/ WASHINGTON — Major wireless service companies have agreed to disable cellphones after they are reported stolen under a strategy intended to deter the theft and resale of wireless devices. The system announced Tuesday relies on a centralized database that will enable providers to recognize when a phone has been reported as stolen and prevent it [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/04/10/wireless-providers-to-disable-stolen-phones/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/12/14/drivers-chafe-at-proposed-ban-on-cell-phones/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/12/14/drivers-chafe-at-proposed-ban-on-cell-phones/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:23:18 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/12/14/drivers-chafe-at-proposed-ban-on-cell-phones/ DALLAS — Junior Woods’ has a well-practiced routine for conducting business on the road: While driving throughout rural Arkansas, the electronics salesman steals a glance at his cellphone every so often, checking for text messages and emails. “I can keep both hands on the steering wheel and just look down my nose and read in [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/12/14/drivers-chafe-at-proposed-ban-on-cell-phones/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/17/blackberry-offers-free-apps-for-furious-users/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/17/blackberry-offers-free-apps-for-furious-users/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:17:52 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/17/blackberry-offers-free-apps-for-furious-users/ TORONTO — The BlackBerry has left a bitter taste in the mouths of its users. Trying to make amends for massive outages last week, Research In Motion on Monday promised BlackBerry users free premium apps and a month of technical support. But the apology is unlikely to placate miffed customers, many of whom are considering [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/10/17/blackberry-offers-free-apps-for-furious-users/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/09/13/ban-on-trucker-cell-use-texting-recommended/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/09/13/ban-on-trucker-cell-use-texting-recommended/#comments Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:56:08 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/09/13/ban-on-trucker-cell-use-texting-recommended/ LOUISVILLE, Ky. —  Truckers and other commercial drivers should be banned from talking on the phone and texting when they are behind the wheel, a federal safety agency decided Tuesday. The National Transportation Safety Board gave its recommendation at a hearing in Washington after ruling that a truck driver using his cellphone caused a crash [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/09/13/ban-on-trucker-cell-use-texting-recommended/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/04/20/new-att-phone-contracts-dive-in-1q/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/04/20/new-att-phone-contracts-dive-in-1q/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:11:00 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=197042 NEW YORK — AT&T Inc.’s subscribers are still buying iPhones, but with Verizon Wireless now selling the iconic phones too, they seem to have lost some of their power to draw new subscribers to AT&T. AT&T, the country’s largest telecommunications company, on Wednesday said the first quarter saw the addition of 62,000 net new subscribers [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/04/20/new-att-phone-contracts-dive-in-1q/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/02/21/coming-soon-short-distance-for-your-phone/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/02/21/coming-soon-short-distance-for-your-phone/#comments Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:18:35 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=192293 BARCELONA, Spain — Cell phones are usually used to communicate with people far away. This year, they’ll get the ability to do the opposite: communicate with things that are close enough to touch. It may not sound immediately useful, but phones will get some surprising capabilities with the addition of chips for so-called Near Field [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/02/21/coming-soon-short-distance-for-your-phone/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/11/12/black-white-and-read-all-nowhere/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/11/12/black-white-and-read-all-nowhere/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:05:16 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=186709 RICHMOND, Va. — What’s black and white and read all over? Not the white pages, which is why regulators have begun granting telecommunications companies the go-ahead to stop mass-printing residential phone books, a musty fixture of Americans’ kitchen counters, refrigerator tops and junk drawers. In the past month alone, New York, Florida and Pennsylvania approved [...]

]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/11/12/black-white-and-read-all-nowhere/feed/ 0 http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/11/09/supreme-court-hears-att-class-action-waiver-dispute/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/11/09/supreme-court-hears-att-class-action-waiver-dispute/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 23:26:40 +0000 Lawyers USA http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=186438 WASHINGTON — In a case that could limit the ability of consumers to band together and file legal claims, the U.S. Supreme Court seemed to have trouble nailing down a test to determine when the Federal Arbitration Act trumps state law. The case, AT&T Mobility v. Concepcion, stems from an offer by AT&T to give [...]

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