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Nitrozac and Snaggy in Voices on December 9, 2011 at 4:11 pm PT
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
Ina Fried in Mobile on October 18, 2011 at 4:40 pm PT
The Korean electronics giant announces its answer to Apple’s iMessage and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Messenger.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on July 22, 2011 at 4:45 pm PT
The details of a horrifying two-part attack in Norway’s capital city unfolded in large part on Twitter and YouTube. Update: The number of confirmed dead has now reached 80.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 5, 2011 at 9:00 am PT
Gogii, a company that makes a popular group text messaging app called textPlus, has hired Chandra Hill to figure out its monetization plans as it weighs paid vs. ad-supported features.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 3, 2011 at 7:30 am PT
The U.K.-based wireless carrier says the government hasn’t allowed text messaging to be turned back on, and that it has been forced to send pro-government messages to customers. Plus, more updates from Abdulla in Cairo.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 26, 2011 at 9:50 am PT
The era of being afraid to bank on mobile phones seems over–at least from the banks’ point of view.
Ina Fried in Mobile on January 11, 2011 at 3:00 am PT
According to a a new report, China is the biggest spot for the mobile Internet, with 73 percent of Chinese youths age 15 to 24 citing mobile Internet usage as among the things they used their cell phones for in the past month. That compares to less than half of American and British young people and less than a quarter of those in the rest of Europe.
Meanwhile, young women in most countries were more likely than males to send text or picture messages, although the opposite was true in India, China and Brazil.
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Daisuke Wakabayashi, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on October 8, 2010 at 2:30 pm PT
Ride a Tokyo subway and you are almost guaranteed to see two groups of people: Those who are sleeping — not just casual nappers, but folks who are full-on, deep-REM-cycle, drool-down-the-chin asleep. The other group comprises people staring blankly or furiously punching the keys of clamshell phones with giant screens.
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Emily Steel, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on September 12, 2010 at 11:06 pm PT
AOL Inc., struggling to turn around its fortunes, is preparing to introduce a larger, splashier ad format that it hopes will attract more ad dollars from big brands and help revitalize its business, according to people familiar with the matter.
