In the U.S., girls and boys are both big smartphone users. That's not necessarily the case in the developing world, says a new report released this month by the nonprofit organization Girl Effect. The ...

The functions of mobile phones are vast and ever expanding: they're instrumental to our social and work lives, provide entertainment, and can facilitate learning, for a start. But a mobile technology ...

Imagine being a teen with divorced parents and one of them gives you a cell phone. That sounds great at first until the other parent refuses to let you bring the cell phone to their house. The teenage ...

Gina Porter works for Durham University, UK. This paper is based on research conducted with Kate Hampshire, Durham University; Albert Abane, Augustine Tanle and Samuel Owusu, University of Cape Coast ...

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