Monthly Archives: August 2008

Yahoo! and google slug it our on my mobile desktop – Yahoo! wins, but victory is short-lived

I have been using google’s downloadable search widget on my phone for a while. It pops up a little search box on the homescreen when you press the pencil key on my N Series Nokia. It’s a nice little app that sits there minding its own business and quicker to access than a WAP based [...]

iPhone does not provide “the whole internet” shock.

You may have woken up this morning and heard that, amongst Russia getting all ‘protective’ and the economy swandiving elegantly into the mire, that the latest iPhone has been whopped by the UK Advertising Standards Authority, because it’s adverts say it can access ‘the whole internet’. the ASA say it can’t and so it is [...]

Pandora’s Box – Samsung Omnia Viral

So there you are, sitting at home, when your doorbell goes and you eagerly grasp the parcel that is your new phone. You rush up to your bedroom (because you are a geek) and unwrap it. Oh joy. Oh delights. Oh now this just has to be seen to be believed.

YouTube tests mobile ads as Rhythm New Media folds in the UK

Google’s mobile blog announced yesterday that it had been testing display ads on YouTube in the USA and Japan as ‘a first step’. Details are vague on the ad formats being trialled, the blog mentions an ‘additional branding tool’ for advertisers and Eric Schmidt has in the past expressed a preference for ads that are [...]

Techno-pecking

I spotted an enjoyable article over the weekend in The Sunday Times. Apparently the texting is breaking down social barriers and encouraging instant flirtations. Whoohoo! Bring on the LUV. However, it seems that this is also causing plenty of social embarrassment and things are all a bit tricky in the world of the ‘techno-peck’ (I’m [...]

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