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SMS alibi and excuse club
Cell phone users who want to get out of work or a dreaded dinner date now have a handy excuse, according to Wired. "A group of 2,000 cell phone owners have formed an "alibi and excuse club," in which one member lies on behalf of another by text messaging or MMS. Related articles: -- SounderCover - hide behind sound, make it your alibi - A mobile application called Soundercover - for Nokia Series 60 phones - allows a user to add background sounds to phone calls so that they can pretend to be somewhere else -- like caught in traffic or at the dentist. -- -- Sex, Lies and Videophones - New services allow users to fake the background sounds and appearance of their locations - all because interactive media really wants us to be more honest. |
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