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Monday, February 22nd, 2010Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist and a customer-service guru, was riding on a public train in San Francisco, California, recently when something common but annoying occurred: The railcar filled with people and became uncomfortably hot.
If the inconvenience had happened a few years ago, Newmark said he would have just gone on with his day — [...]
Jan Chipchase Talks about Our Mobile Phones
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009About this talk
Nokia researcher Jan Chipchase’s investigation into the ways we interact with technology has led him from the villages of Uganda to the insides of our pockets. He’s made some unexpected discoveries along the way.
About Jan Chipchase
As principal researcher for Nokia, Jan Chipchase travels around the world and inside our pockets in search of [...]
60% of World’s Population Now Has Cell Phone, Highest Ever
Monday, April 27th, 2009A U.N. report published today states that six in ten people (60%) of the world’s population has a cell phone subscription. The driving growth trend is coming from poor, developing countries. This 60% figure is up from just under 15% in 2002.
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2008: The Year of Mobile Media
Friday, August 8th, 2008There’s no doubt 2007 will be remembered as the year social media exploded. Wikipedia, Facebook, YouTube, Digg, Flickr and quite a few other social media sites entered the mainstream as companies scrambled to figure out how to approach this new form of marketing. There’s no doubt 2008 will see continued growth of social media, but [...]
CallWave: Visual Voice Mail Widget for Your Mobile Phone
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008CallWave is a free visual
voice mail widget for your
mobile phone. Through
visual voice mail, you can
see, sort and listen to cell
phone messages right from
your computer. This widget
works with most US carriers
including Cingular, Verizon
and T-Mobile.CallWave –
Visual Voicemail Widget » at
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Communication Etiquette for Mobile, Chat, and VoIP: How Not to Be Socially Intrusive When Communicating Online
Monday, June 30th, 2008How often do you find yourself annoyed by the fact someone is suddenly ringing you on Skype as if it was the equivalent of a normal phone? Do you hesitate on whether to hang-up or erupt verbally as you answer the unknown calling party?
Well, if this can comfort you, you are not alone. Scores of [...]
Business Writing: Tips for Using E-Mail with Hand-Held Devices
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008More people are reading and writing their e-mail on the move, using mobile hand-held devices such as BlackBerries or cell phones instead of computers. There are significant advantages to being able to read and write e-mail from anywhere but there are some problems. Here are some tips for using e-mail with hand-held devices:
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Pew: Cellphones More Important To Users Than Internet, TV, Email
Thursday, April 17th, 2008Anyone who doubts how important mobile phones are and will become as a platform and marketing medium needs only to look at the latest Pew Internet & American Life report. Cellphones are now more important to US adults than the internet, television, landline phones, and email. In addition, an increasing number of consumers are using [...]
Create Your Own Mobile Blog
Thursday, March 13th, 2008First, what’s a moblog? A moblog, or a mobile blog, is an online record of anything you feel like sharing with the world, whether they want it or not. The difference between moblogging and regular blogging is that you use your phone or Pocket PC to post text or pictures.
There [...]
Practice Courtesy When Using Cellular Phones
Wednesday, October 3rd, 20071. Keep your voice to a low, conversational tone.
2. Watch Your Tone – Downloading the latest ring tone has become extremely popular among wireless users, . . .
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