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- Lending Startups Look at Borrowers’ Phone Usage to Assess Creditworthiness http://news.yahoo.com/lending-startups-look-borrowers-phone-012800141.html 8 comments
- Android Devs: Borrow a phone, for free, courtesy of SONY http://developer.sonymobile.com/cws/devworld/technology/borrowaphone 8 comments
- Student loan borrowers wait hours on the phone for refunds https://wcti12.com/news/nation-world/student-loan-borrowers-wait-hours-on-the-phone-for-refunds-president-joe-biden-10000-dollars-forgiveness-federal-johnson-city-tennessee-jayme-caraway-paid-balance-down-refund-payments-pandemic-scams-pell-grants 31 comments politics
- Inaccurate bills, hours on the phone: Student loan borrowers reenter 'a very messy system' https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/22/student-loan-borrowers-restart-bills-in-a-very-messy-system.html 10 comments economics
- 5 iPhone Features Microsoft Needs to Borrow for Windows Phone 8.1 http://www.gottabemobile.com/2014/01/14/5-iphone-features-microsoft-needs-to-borrow-for-windows-phone-8-1/ 37 comments windowsphone
- C.S. Lewis borrowed his wardrobe portal idea from this book, which also introduces mobile phones... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_35th_of_May,_or_Conrad's_Ride_to_the_South_Seas 3 comments books
- How to Safely Lend Someone Else Your Phone – The next time someone wants to borrow your device to make a call or take a picture, take these steps to protect your privacy. https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-safely-lend-someone-else-your-phone/ 64 comments privacy
- Biden's top student-loan official said much more student debt relief is to come, but asks borrowers 'not to flood our phone lines' https://www.businessinsider.com/public-service-student-loan-debt-forgiveness-richard-cordray-phone-lines-2022-2 42 comments politics
- Hold on, Lakers fans, my PEJA is beeping....can I borrow your phone so I can call number 16? http://www.statesman.com/multimedia/dynamic/00739/mavericks-rockets-b_739175c.jpg 8 comments nba
- [Pelissero] Full story: #Bucs WR Mike Evans and side judge Jeff Lamberth both went to Texas A&M, and Lamberth was getting Evans’ phone number to pass it along to a golf pro to give Evans lessons, per sources. Lamberth didn’t have paper, so he borrowed it from another official. https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1584939543018745858 615 comments nfl
- [PriceOfFootball] Mel Morris refused to talk to or take calls from Wayne Rooney so Rooney had to borrow the club doctor’s phone to pretend to be someone else to get Morris to answer #DCFC https://t.co/pfjKZgYIYI?amp=1 https://twitter.com/KieranMaguire/status/1441258726371987458 182 comments soccer
- App for EU citizens Brexit registration won't work on iPhones, Government admits - UK officials suggested EU citizens could borrow someone else's phone, according to MEPs https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-app-eu-citizens-iphone-android-uk-government-a8320471.html 4 comments worldnews
- Why Nearby Phones May Soon Be Borrowing Your Bandwidth: U.S. cellular operators are testing technology that boosts mobile download speeds by having phones borrow bandwidth from devices nearby. http://www.technologyreview.com/news/532261/why-nearby-phones-may-soon-be-borrowing-your-bandwidth/ 24 comments technology
- Jay Machalani iOS 8 concept borrows heavily from Windows Phone live tiles. Excerpt heavily references the platform. What do you think of it? http://jaymachalani.com/blog/2014/5/29/pushing-ios 76 comments windowsphone
- Apparently the 4th Amendment doesn't apply in Florida- Police using cell phone femtocells to locate criminals; borrowed the devices under NDA, thus couldn't disclose the usage to the judges/public. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2014/03/stingray/ 170 comments technology
- Kenya’s new cellphone money model could disrupt global banking industry - It's a new banking platform that allows subscribers of Kenya’s biggest mobile network to operate savings accounts, earn interest on deposits, & borrow money using their mobile phones. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/28/kenyas-new-cellphone-money-model-could-disrupt-global-banking-industry/ 3 comments worldnews
