Weekend reading for May 23
Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Weekend Reading is posted every Friday and represents some of the cooler and interesting mobility, wireless and collaboration news Mobility PR has read throughout the week.
Hydrogen fuel cells coming to a mobile phone near you? We love hot new technology, as long as it doesn’t burn.
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On Tuesday, Plaxo users received an email from Plaxo CEO Ben Golub, and the company’s two founders stating “We are excited to announce some of the biggest news in the history of Plaxo. Plaxo has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Comcast,” The email included a link to the official announcement, a link to a newly strengthened privacy policy and a link to an announcement Q&A on the deal addressing users potential concerns.
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A recent study by IDC and sponsored by Nortel suggested that more than one-third of workers would choose their mobile phone over their wallet, keys, laptop or digital music player if they had to leave the house for 24 hours and could take only one item.
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In the “no kidding” department, a new consumer survey from IBM’s Institute for Business Value says consumers want more choice when it comes to mobile phone service. According to the report, 80 percent of consumers said they’d prefer a service provider that gave them more choice in the applications and services available on their mobile device.
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Tired of Twitter constantly being down? Here’s a list of nine mobile social media sites to visit when – not if – Twitter is down again.
And speaking of Twitter, in response to Twitter users “Twit-Out” (a 24-hour boycott of the popular service in response to repeated service outages) Sarah Perez of ReadWriteWeb questioned if in light of recent world tragedies we should refocus our efforts and leverage social media superpowers to make a real difference in the world. She asks,
We know how to spread news fast, share images and videos, organize our friends, and empower others all by using the same social media tools that we use in our every day lives. Isn’t it time we put them to use towards a good cause?” The article that follows outlines some great examples of exactly how that can be done.
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With all his spare time, Ewan at SMS Text News has launched a weekly podcast. The 40-minute episodes feature news, interviews and “Applications of the Week” segments.
