SMS Weblogs / Textually / 2004 / 08 / 21

Howard Rheingold reviewed Rich Ling's new book, "The Mobile Connection: The Cell Phone's Impact on Society", about his extensive research (thousands of interviews) into the way people (especially adolescents) adopted and adapted mobile devices (both voice and SMS) from their first introduction in Scandinavia in the late 1990

Worldwide revenue from mobile data services is expected to jump from an estimated $61bn (£3

The audience at a dance performance in London's Trafalgar Square this Sunday will be invited to direct the outcome live by Text Messagin

Un Message, Evidemment is an ongoing film and performanc

Malaysian City folk, who want the police to keep an eye on their homes when going on holiday, can now just send an SMS to the police via short code 32728, reports The Sta

AT&T Wireless is offering weather news in Spanish, as part of the company's wider effort to attract and retain Spanish-speaking customers, reports Wireless Wee

NTT DoCoMo and its eight regional subsidiaries announced that they will add English language capability to the i-mode Disaster Message Board service beginning September 1, 2004, according to a company press releas

Coin-Operated reports on a project called Bubl Space which supposedly blocks all mobile phone signals around you to give you some quiet space without the annoying chatter of phone caller

Thwarted so far in his attempts to clamp down on mobile telephone use among deputies, the speaker of the Italian parliament has hit upon a sophisticated way of getting tough, reports the AF