Mobile phone

Pakistan’s government likes to ban things. On New Year’s eve, it instituted bans on particular ways of using motorbikes. But that’s perhaps one of the milder bans. On several occasions this year, the government has banned the use of cell phones, social media and even motorbikes entirely.

A new project could bring better sight to remote areas of the world using smartphones.

A major new study of cell phones couldn’t conclusively prove that cell phones are a risk, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t dangerous.

A new teaching program in South Africa encourages reading and math skills using students’ cell phones.

In Haiti, where bank accounts are hard to come by, people have begun to store money using their cell phones.