The Mobile Minute is here to bring you coverage on Sierra Leone's crackdown on unregistered SIM cards, Wall Street firms' move away from BlackBerry, Tim Berners-Lee's concerns about the mobile web's privacy, accountability, neutrality of networks, and accessibility, and a how-to guide for taking the best photos with your Android phone.
- In Sierra Leone, the government is cracking down on people who sell unregistered SIM cards. AudienceScapes explains the government supposed rationale for a trend we are seeing in many more countries: "The rampant practice of selling unregistered SIM cards in the streets of Freetown and other parts of the country poses potentially serious security risks. Owners of unregistered SIM cards could use them for a range of abusive or illegal activities, including sending threatening messages to peaceful citizens, promoting acts of terrorism, stealing handsets, extorting money from citizens and kidnapping citizens. Registering SIM cards makes it possible for law enforcement officials to trace criminals involved in such acts."
- Bloomberg reports that several Wall Street firms are investigating using either iPhone or Android phones as the company phone of choice, moving away from BlackBerrys. (via Textually)
- Read Write Web reports that at the Nokia World 2010 conference, Sir Tim Berners-Lee outlined four concerns about the mobile web. They were:
- Privacy - Mobile location sharing allows people to share data easily; how can mobile users control who sees their information?
- Accountability - How can companies responsibly use our data?
- Neutrality - In order to maintain an egalitarian web experience, networks must not prioritize certain companies' content over others'
- Accessibility - The mobile web is still not available or affordable in many parts of the world, reducing its ability to connect people
- A handy guide from PCWorld breaks down eight ways to take better photos from an Android phone, covering everything from when to use the flash settings and how to adjust ISO settings, to when and how to use adjust the depth of field. (via Poynter)
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