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Concerns over the use of cell phones while driving used to be confined to talking on them, prompting numerous states and even countries around the world to ban the use of the device while driving unless used in conjunction with a hands-free accessory. From an occupied hands perspective, however, texting is clearly a bigger danger, and many of the laws have been amended to include or simply stress a ban on that activity as well.
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Rebtel Inc., a Swedish provider of VoIP telephony, has launched Reb Me, an application that allows Facebook users to dial their iPhones, Blackberries or other mobile devices to anywhere in the world for the price of a local call. The service works with major U.S. carriers. Stockholm-based Rebtel claims that if the average U.S. Facebook user spends 30 minutes a month making international calls, they would save more than $750 a year using the service.
Concerns over the use of cell phones while driving used to be confined to talking on them, prompting numerous states and even countries around the world to ban the use of the device while driving unless used in conjunction with a hands-free accessory. From an occupied hands perspective, however, texting is clearly a bigger danger, and many of the laws have been amended to include or simply stress a ban on that activity as well.
Rebtel Inc., a Swedish provider of VoIP telephony, 
