Sin to Win

Virgin Mobile has revealed that the days of visiting church to confess your sins are becoming a thing of the past, as mobile users are now turning to their phones to own up to their worst sins. Virgin Mobile Bites features a service called ‘Sin to Win’, in which customers are invited to send in their sins in order to […]

Your Tour Guide – In A Cell Phone

Wired News: Celebrity sightings may be a dime a dozen in New York City, but now visitors can extend that glimpse to almost an hour, with stars Sigourney Weaver and Jerry Stiller talking their ears off. Weaver’s and Stiller’s voices pop up as narrators for Talking Street, a series of cell-phone tours that guide visitors through the Lower East Side, […]

New Touch Sensor Technology

Yenra: Touch sensor technology from TRW may transform human-machine interfaces for control systems. The company is working with two major vehicle manufacturers to bring the technology to market in 2007. The technology uses a control surface, much like that of a laptop computer, in place of mechanical switches. The technology replaces traditional mechanical control functions from simple on and off […]

Your Ringtone, Your Identity

Washington Post: Whenever his cell phone rings, which is a lot, Delvon Murray, 18, hears “My Boo,” the Alicia Keys-Usher duet. Whenever his girlfriend’s cell phone rings, she hears “In Love Wit Chu” from hip-hop artist Da Brat. These days, your cell phone identity goes beyond whether you get free weekend minutes or an expanded nationwide calling plan. It’s in […]