Category: Mobile Society

A few weeks ago, Dave Winer replaced his age-old Nokia phone with a Blackberry, and discovered the mobile internet. What followed was a mild uproar only the likes of Winer, his followers and his detractors …

For the latest in this recurring series, we visit Practicalist, which has a tale of a stolen phone that kept uploading its cameraphone shots via ShoZu to Flickr. This isn’t quite as juicy as previous …

As financial institutions go, payday loan places are about the lowest of the low. They target low-income people by offering short-term cash loans, typically due on the person’s next payday, at ridiculously high interest rates, …

A new survey by hosting group, Hostway, has found that 27% of UK mobile users browse the mobile web. This is uncannily close to the last M:Metrics’ data I saw, which put it at 29%. …

It seems that the No Smoking signs on planes are about to become as obsolete as actually smoking on them. It’s hard to believe now that only ten years ago (or so) smoking on most …