The impact of mobile technology around the world (1)
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A three part series of special reports on Radio France International explored the impact of mobile technology around the world. The transcripts are all online and - if you read French - it is highly recommended reading. The first programme (alternate site) introduces the essential nature of the mobile phone in Africa. The high cost of using a mobile phone in Africa is the focus of second programme (alternate site). Africans spend between 6 to ...
Mobile technology showcases African grassroots innovation (1)
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Ken Banks argues in an article on PCWorld that mobile technology is showcasing African grassroots innovation at its finest. “Africans are not the passive recipients of technology many people seem to think they are. Indeed, some of the more exciting and innovative mobile services around today have emerged as a result of ingenious indigenous use of the technology. Services such as “Call Me” — where customers on many African networks can send a fixed number ...
God Files Amicus Brief in Prop 8 Case (1)
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A lawsuit filed by a Nebraska legislator against God was recently dismissed because God could not be served with papers. But it turns out that He can file amicus briefs in court. The Kingdom of Heaven World Divine Mission has filed a brief on behalf of God in the case challenging California's Prop 8. And you're gonna love this chick. Yes, a woman who calls herself Divine Queen Mariette Do-Nguyen claims to be the true ...
Future phones to read your voice, gestures (2)
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Wired’s Gadget Lab blog contemplates the future of the mobile phone: Buttons are on their way out. Five years from now, it is likely that the mobile phone you will be holding will be a smooth, sleek brick — a piece of metal and plastic with a few grooves in it and little more. Like the iPhone, it will be mostly display; unlike the iPhone, it will respond to voice commands and gestures as well ...
BlackBerry Wallpapers (1)
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If you want new wallpapers for your Blackberry cell phone you could try and find sites that are offering them, you could try and create them yourself locally with an image editor or you could use the online service BBsnap which turns Flickr images into BlackBerry wallpapers. BBsnap can be used without registration which is the most user friendly approach. A new wallpaper can be created in just a few steps. It begins by entering ...
Cool F1 Car Phone (1)
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This may look like Ferrari toy car to you, but it’s actually a mobile phone. It’s a pretty basic phone called the “Cool F1”. It comes with 2.2-inch display, VGA camera, integrated MP3 and MP4 player, and a microSD card slot. Get yours here. More picture after the break. Tags: mobile phone, cell phone, handset, handphone, phone, communication, cool f1 phone
Indy Mogul’s New Kids, Phil Collins In The Subway Tonight: NTV Station Today (1)
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Lots of great stuff in the viral world today (see our video ribbon above for more), but here’s my favorite so far: via the EPIC-FU blog comes this live performance from the group Naturally 7, who went all Improv Everywhere on the Paris subway with their a capella cover of Phil Collins’ In the Air Tonight. Yes, it’s from 2006 — that just means it’s so old it’s new again. And today we congratulate Indy ...
Iraqi Lawmakers Brawl Over Security Pact (1)
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A session of Iraq’s Parliament collapsed in chaos as a discussion among lawmakers about a security agreement boiled over into shouting and physical confrontation.
Attack Of The Ubuntu Forks (1)
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Ubuntu - being the most widely used Linux distribution - is also not immune to the clone/forks attacks. Today, we will look at some of the well-received Ubuntu based forks out there, which are not supported by Canonical
Battle of the Free Visual Voicemail / Transcription Services (24)
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Both YouMail and MessageSling have long offered free services that let nearly any cell phone user listen to and manage their voicemail online, in the style of the iPhone's "visual voicemail." The stakes were raised this month when both also announced new transcription services, allowing you to read that call you just missed in a text message or online before actually listening or responding to it. One offers a limited free service, while the other ...
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DaveP said:
I've been using YouMail as my normal cell phone voicemail and it works well. The web site always seems to be slow to load and isn't the best I've ever seen. I also use GrandCentral and normally give that number out to most people. Their voicemail is also reasonable though the development of that tool has pretty much died.The transcription services might be useful. I really like getting SMS's when I miss a call. Having the text content could make them even more valuable.
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Mark said:
Still not SpinVox.
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Todd Albertson said:
YouMail has a free version. xo xo xo
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Mike Lepore said:
Wow. Look at what you can get for nothing.
Families Hit by Ike Still Waiting for Mobile Homes (1)
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Two months after Hurricane Ike, local officials say the federal government’s effort to install mobile homes has become bogged down in bureaucratic delays.
OBAMA COMMITS TO GLOBAL WARMING LEGISLATION. (1)
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Barack Obama said often during the campaign that his top policy priority -- before health care, before taxes, before education -- was energy. Stabilizing the economy might dominate the early months of the administration, climate change would absorb the first serious application of his political capital. But that was during the campaign. Politicians have a way of forgetting those promises when they transition to office. If this video address Obama sent to Bipartisan Governors Global ...
