A lot can be said and done in 160 characters. Relationships can flourish with constant “thinking of you” and “can’t wait to see you later tonight” messages, crowds can be formed and riots can start as we’ve seen in Iran, and financial transactions, such as those done by people in Kenya using the M-PESA system,…
Boost Mobile to air a commercial during the Super Bowl [Being on prepaid isn’t creepy, really!]
Boost Mobile, the division of Sprint Mobile that handles prepaid offerings, is going to air a commercial during the Super Bowl. They’re going to recreate the “Super Bowl Shuffle” rap song that was first performed by the 1985 Chicago Bears; see below. Back in those days rap was about telling a story about your daily…
Chinese employees responsible for making iPhone screens go on strike, break shit, ask for bonus
Fresh report from Bloomberg: Workers went on strike at a touch-screen supplier for Apple Inc.’s iPhone in China’s eastern city of Suzhou on Jan. 15, the 21st Century Business Herald reported, citing a statement from the high-tech zone home to the factory. More than 2,000 workers gathered and damaged facilities and vehicles after rumors that…
Brief: Nokia holding press event in London on Jan 21 to share “big news”
Not much news to share with you except a photo of an invite that Mobile Entertainment just received. It looks like Nokia is going to hold an event in London on Thursday the 21st of January at 09:30 local time. Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President at Nokia and one of the lost James Bond villians,…
MiFi mobile router exploit allows hacker to see your exact location via GPS [Tiger Woods not amused]
The MiFi mobile router, that little dinky box that mobile bloggers and road warriors have been ranting and raving about, has a teeny weeny problem. If someone wanted to, they could find out your exact location. Every MiFi is GPS enabled, and all a hacker has to do to get your coordinates is send you…
Rumor: HTC Supersonic: The first Sprint WiMAX phone? [Android powered, 4.3 inch screen]
Engadget has a trusted source that’s telling them HTC is going to be releasing a new phone this year that runs on Sprint’s WiMAX network. It’s supposed to have a 4.3 inch screen, be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor, run Android 2.1 with HTC’s Sense UI enhancements, and for some strange reason it has a…
Ultrabrief: Apple files complaint against Nokia with the U.S. International Trade Commission
Nokia sues Apple, Apple countersues Nokia, Nokia files a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission, twice, and now Apple is responding today by filing their own complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission according to Bloomberg. Is it ever going to end? Probably, but by the time it happens I’ll have grandchildren who laugh…
AT&T responds to Verizon’s new rate plans, drops their prices
Earlier today Verizon announced some changes to their rate plans. Unlimited voice was lowered to $70/month, unlimited voice and SMS is $90/month, and unlimited voice, sms and data is $120/month. AT&T just issued this press release in response, literally several hours later. Impressive. The important parts have been made bold, and a few boring PR…
Video: Pastefire: iPhone application for the ADD generation and for people who have had a lobotomy
Pastefire is an iPhone application that helps you move small strings of data between your PC and your iPhone. It’s a solution so complex for the task at hand that the best real world analogy I can think of to describe this app would be using a rocket launcher to hunt caged rabbits. Watch the…
Ultrabrief: 3G GSM encryption cracked, insert sensational headline [you’re fine]
Orr Dunkelman, Nathan Keller and Adi Shamir have cracked the encryption used to protect 3G GSM calls. It really doesn’t mean anything since it’s still terribly inefficient and if anyone really wanted to spy on you there are age old techniques that are far superior. In case you want to read their report, click here.…