News Clips
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| Washington Post: What next for Obama’s Text-Messaging Database? "Rosa sat so Martin could walk Martin walked so Barack could run Barack is running so our children can fly." That 86-letter text message is being forwarded from cellphone to cellphone. It began among African Americans then went viral, posted in various blogs. Exactly when it was first sent, who sent it and how many times it has been forwarded, we don't know. Read the Story |
11/03/08 |
| Los Angeles Times: IPhone and iPod owners getting their game on Within days of buying his iPhone, John Furrier discovered his 13-year-old son, Alec, was sneaking off with the device and downloading games. To reclaim his phone, Furrier had to buy his son and iPod Touch, which Alec quickly filled up with Pac-Man, Magic 8 ball and dozens of other games. Read the Story |
11/03/08 |
| Los Angeles Times: RU ready to text for D8s? Don’t LOL. The modern dating scene has come to this: a text-messaging service that hits random female subscribers in Los Angeles with such messages as " Hello to all the beautyful ladys." Tech-savvy singles are now relying on cellphone-based services to find new dates and friends. Read the Story |
10/31/08 |
| Information Week: iPhone, smartphones may be recession-proof as sales hold up Mobile phone shipments are maintaining their forward momentum even as the economic crunch squeezes consumers tighter, according to a report issued Thursday by ABI Research, which said handset shipments were up 8.2% in the third quarter. Read the Story |
10/30/08 |
| Houston Chronicle: Want a smart phone? Questions you should ask If you visit the Web sites or look at the ads from the major wireless carriers, smart phones aimed at both consumers and businesses are front and center. What was once a niche aimed at road warriors, sales types and techies is rapidly going mainstream. There's a very good chance that - if you can afford it - a smart phone is in your future. Read the Story |
10/29/08 |
| Columbus Dispatch: Cell phones now are boarding passes, too Airline travelers can't use cell phones in flight, but fliers in selected cities can use them to download paperless boarding passes. Read the Story |
10/28/08 |
| New York Times: With smartphones, Cher Wang made her own fortune No one is ever going to call Cher Wang "poor little rich girl." The daughter of one of the wealthiest men in the world, she never made headlines as a profligate jet setter sponging off her father's wealth. Indeed, she rarely makes headlines at all, although she started her own multibillion-dollar company and made her own fortune. Read the Story |
10/28/08 |
| Wall Street Journal: Why it may be time to leave the laptop behind It's time to think about leaving your laptop at home. For years, mobile workers have been ditching their desktop computers for laptops that they can take wherever they go. Now road warriors are starting to realize they can get even more portability - and lots of computing punch - from smart phones. Read the Story |
10/28/08 |
| Philadelphia Inquirer (AP): Texting: new tool to aid elephants The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms. The huge bull elephant had a long history of raiding villagers' crops during the harvest, sometimes wiping out six months of income at a time. But this time, a mobile phone card inserted in the elephant's collar sent rangers a text message. Read the Story |
10/20/08 |
| Washington Post: Internet, cellphones may strengthen family unit, study finds Parents and children might rush through their days in different directions, but the American family is as tight-knit as in the last generation - - or more so -- because of the widespread use of cellphones and the Internet, according to a new poll. Read the Story |
10/20/08 |
