Last week, I wrote about the ICE idea, where it’s suggested that you prefix an entry on your mobile phone with ICE or "In Case of Emergency". That way authorities know who to contact if you’re involved in some kind of incident. This is perfectly legitmate and you should do it, if you haven’t already. [...]
Archive | July, 2005
Spammers’ Response Rates
Have you ever wondered what spammers’ response rates were? Maybe you assumed that a very, very, very tiny proportion of people responded to spam and were thus responsible for keeping the spammers in profits and free to carry on annoying the rest of us. According to emarketer, a new survey by Mirapoint (yep, there is [...]
Flurry of Music Handsets in the UK
Three pieces of handset news out of the UK: – Orange has release the SPV C550, a Windows-Mobile powered device very similar to the SDA Music available from T-Mobile. – A review of O2′s XM music phone, the first device I can remember based on Intel’s Manitoba reference platform. – And the news that Orange [...]
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The Finnish Mobile ID Card
The Finns are in the process of putting the mobile phone right at the heart of their National ID card system – perhaps the British Government should consider going down that route too. Digital Lifestyles reports that the Finnish Ministry of the Interior has partnered with mobile specialist, SmartTrust, to help Finns to securely identify [...]
BBC Creates Virtual Graffiti
Textually writes about the BBC’s latest experiment – virtual graffiti, though they’re not calling it that. The BBC have partnered with Hewlett-Packard Labs and Gavitec, to support a new series, Coast. They’ve created 39 interactive coastal walks around the UK, including 12 you follow using your Series 60 Nokia phone. "The trial will allow roving [...]
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Pocket Choice Launches Mobile Marketing Portal
According to DM Bulletin*, Pocket Choice have launched a new website to help mobile users control inbound mobile marketing messages. Putting users in control is all very laudable in this age of rising concern about mobile spam. So how does this actually work? Users sign up to Pocket Choice, then Pocket Choice, goes and sells [...]
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Text and Win, But Mostly Just Pay
Jim Hughes pointed me to an interesting SMS auction the Times is running. It’s a reverse auction with a bit of a twist: users SMS in a bid for a Lotus Exige car, in pence and between 1p and 1,000 pounds, and the lowest unique bid wins the right to buy the car for the [...]
PR Solutions
Last week, we wrote about a tiff over PR practices between bloggers Russell Beattie and Steve Rubel, who represent different ends of the argument. Russell takes the line "all PR people are morons" and wants to be left alone by the whole industry. Steve, a PR man himself and a Blog Relations expert to boot, [...]
How Broadcasters Forced Bob the Millionaire to Become a Pirate
Many of us have commented on the idiocy of broadcasters, publishers and media owners trying to stagger country and region launches to suit their own purposes. The new Harry Potter book is not due in German for some months, but already, you can download German translations, produced by teams of people for free, just because [...]
Birds Only Have Monophonic Ringtone Capability
German ornithologists say wild birds have learned to imitate mobile phone ringtones as they adapt to their environment, which over the last several years has featured a growing number of phones. Jackjaws, starlings and jays are reported to be the best mimics, and good enough to fool even “practiced birdwatchers”. But, birds aren’t as full [...]
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