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Archive | November, 2004
Paparazzi Alert
We covered a few days ago a device that blurs your photo if people try to take a pic of you. But, of course, some celebs want to be photographed at certain times. The Times Online reports that Nokia is developing a new GPS based “celebrity mode button” that allows you to alert the press [...]
Record Record Sales
The UK record industry celebrates its best ever year for album sales, with 237 million sold. But doesn’t that rather explode the myth that illegal downloads are killing the industry? Many of us have argued that “risk free” downloading actually exposes you to much music you wouldn’t have normally purchased. And if you really like [...]
Spot Speed Traps with Your Nokia
Erik’s Weblog tells us how to get your Nokia to spot radar speed traps from your car. It sends out a message alert when it finds one. 1. Enter your menu 2. Select settings 3. Select security settings 4. Select closed user group 5. Select on 6. Enter 00000 7. Press ok 8. Clear back [...]
Zingo Stake Sold for just £1
According to the FT via Yahoo, Manganese Bronze, the parent company of location based taxi service, Zingo, has sold a stake in the company for just £1. That’s right, no missing “million”. Zingo cost £13 million to develop and is currently losing about £4 million a year. Funnily enough, its losses aren’t caused by lack [...]
Mobile Weapons
Apparently, the latest weapon employed by football hooligans is – mobile phones. Police searches allow people to keep mobile phones, while confiscating other lethal stuff like knives, guns, bike chains and stuff. Then they can be used as very handy missiles when you’re in the stadium. There’s even a healthy trade in old phones around [...]
Is Video Conferencing Poised to Take Off?
The New York Times has an article today that’s a re-hash of the video-conferencing-is-finally-happening genre. We’re talking video over the broadband-enabled net, not mobile. And over broadband the quality is pretty good actually. Having said that, the evidence in the article seems to be entirely anecdotal, backed up by a couple of press releases by [...]
Smell O’Fone
We’ve noted that hanging decorations off your mobile is big in Japan, much as western kids hang a multitude of key rings form their school bags. But it seems a new generation of these ornaments have functionality too. One type gives off a smell when the phone rings – choose from lemon, peach or even [...]
Wear Your Mobile
How to carry your mobile is always a challenge for the man about town – or about country, for that matter. Do you carry it (not convenient), put it in your briefcase (not accessible) or start a handbag habit (Lady Bracknell “A Handbag??”)? The confusingly named, Black Coat company has the solution – a zip-able [...]
Location, Location, Location
There’s an online forum and happening, taking place from November 26 through December 5, which looks like it’s worth checking out here, where you can also sign up to discussions. It’s the precursor to an interdisciplinary research residency taking place next year at the University of California Humanity Research Institute. In the last few years, [...]
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