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Googlin’ Mobile, Keep Me Movin’

July 26, 2006 by Jim Connelly

I am a map geek. And I am a traffic geek. Back when I was doing my 45-mile (one way!) commute in the Bay Area, I would always check the Web obessively prior to leaving, listen to traffic reports while driving, even call the special TravInfo phone number. None of that was really effective, at least partially because there was no way to get an on-the-fly visual overview of what was going on once I actually hit the road. Not on my budget.

Until now, that is.

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Filed Under: Google, Services, Telecom Tagged With: cell-phones, Google, mobile-phones

Number 3 With A Pound Key

April 11, 2006 by Jim Connelly

In what is nearly the polar opposite of U.S. record labels trying to goose album sales by not releasing singles for downloads, the U.K. music industry is releasing a cell-phone only single.

That’s right: a cell-phone only single. “Stop Me,” by Planet Funk. Can anybody say “Publicity Stunt”??

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Filed Under: Music, Services Tagged With: cell-phones, downloads, music industry, planet-funk

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