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You might be paying $1,000 per MB for SMS

27. July 2007

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Many mobile prepaid service plans in the US still require a per SMS charge. Most charge for sending and receiving and include a premium charge for sending to other countries. Have you ever sat down to figure out how much you’re really paying for this frictionless and convenient mode of communication? The Plans ATT $.15 [...]

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Google Adsense Nonsense Final Chapter?

17. July 2007

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The bad check story seems to have struck a chord with lots of people. I’ve enjoyed reading the various posts and comments left here and elsewhere. Thank you to everyone who added to the conversation. First, the story was picked up by Valleywag and the avalanche began from there. The [...]

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Adsense Nonsense - by the numbers

12. July 2007

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Two days have passed since I tried to cash my Google Adsense check. Two days ago, I tried to call someone, anyone at Google to find out what to do. I’ve replied to the email address from which Brian the Adsense payments operations guy wrote to me. Who knows where that thing goes as [...]

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Mobile Web - Just Say No!

10. July 2007

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Mmetrics have released an interesting little data snack from their smartphone user panels. The chart shows the top “mobile web” destinations in the US versus in the UK. What’s interesting here is that five of the top ten web sites accessed from mobiles in the UK are carrier/operator sites, while the US list more closely [...]

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Data Goldmine from Mobile and Social Networks

3. July 2007

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The BBC reports on how real time data on mobile phone use in Rome is being used by MIT researchers to observe how people move around the city through the day. Anyone who has ever driven in Rome or any city in Italy knows the chaos which results from traffic congestion.  Researchers are looking to the [...]

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India loves to talk on mobile phones

14. June 2007

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The Economic Times reports that Indian talk-time on mobile phones has reached a high of 461 minutes per month per subscriber. Indians are the most talkative nationality in the Asia-Pacific region out chatting the largest mobile market, China with 450 million subscribers, by 150 to 240 minutes. The world’s four largest mobile markets are China, [...]

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