Russell’s had a lot to say lately about mobile search and its implications and implementations. Mobile information company 4INFO’s got a great post on its blog about how people have been using its services… but it’s not exactly what you think. Somebody somehow managed to confuse the 4INFO shortcode (44636) with another persons, and sent [...]
Archive | November, 2005
Key To Reducing Churn — Moblogs?
A company’s come out with a new study saying that moblogs can reduce churn by 70%. Of course, the company behind the survey sells moblogging software, so I’m a little skeptical. I can’t imagine that moblogs would give people a reason to stay with a particular carrier ahead of other things like pricing, coverage or [...]
Here Kitty, Kitty
GPS Tracks have launched their GlobalPetFinder, which does what it says on the tin – enable pet owners to find their pets. GlobalPetFinder works by attaching a 5 oz device (140 grams if you’re a. modern b. non-American) to the pet’s collar. This enables owners to track their pets and monitor the temperature of the [...]
Links for November 29
- Orange, Cingular, team up to sell to international business customers (Cellular-News) – Oh look, an IP mess, in mobile, nonetheless (The Register) – T-Mobile boss slams mobile Internet cynics (ZDNet) – Have Vodafone shares become like that of a utility? (CNN Money) – 3 Italy buys a TV station —–>Follow us on Twitter too: [...]
The Value Of Cameraphones
I’ve talked before about how cameraphones are proving their social value, whether it’s as sousveillance tools, or empowering stupid criminals, or how they’re helping supplant actual memories with digital ones. But, I’m fairly convinced I’ve been missing the real value of cameraphones: to provide evidence to our friends for otherwise unbelievable anecdotes. I say this [...]
Sony Pays Lip Service over Parental Control
Sony is the latest console maker to announce parental controls for its platform, according to CNN. The new PS3 will join models from rivals Microsoft and Nintendo that allow parents to veto the machines’ ability to play rated video or games. While the big three need to show that they’re doing something to avoid Government [...]
Links for November 28
- 3 Italy Delays IPO (Cellular-News) – Mobile Optimised Sites No Fun on The E61 When mobile-optimized sites and powerful mobile browsers collide. (All About Symbian) – Google to replace Vodafone as Man U’s sponsor? (News.com) – Modeling agency to launch handset line (Textually) – Camera Phone Memories (MyPhoneRocks dot com) – SMS To Sink [...]
Ringtones Are Not Mobile Music, and Vice Versa
A BusinessWeek article about rap group Public Enemy was in my RSS reader this morning, its description saying “The hip-hop group sees wireless music as a way to air its radical views — and make a little money”. The group’s Chuck D has been involved in digital music for a long time, through the Rapstation [...]
RIM: Looking Over the Wrong Shoulder?
There have been plenty of stories detailing why Research In Motion says it’s not afraid of Microsoft in the mobile e-mail space. While it’s true that RIM probably shouldn’t fear MS too much, there are plenty of other companies it should fear — not the least of which are its carrier partners. The threat from [...]
New Wave Conkers
Blink have just launched a really great sounding Bluetooth game, based on the traditional English game of Conkers. If you just went “WTF?”, Conkers has its own entry in Wikipedia, that sound suspiciously like something Douglas Adams made up. But here are the rules of the original game: 1. Take a large, hard conker [Horse [...]
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