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HulloMail: A trip down memory lane

Just in case you're wondering where HulloMail comes from, I thought I'd re-post this old Mobile Industry Review video from yonder. It was...

HulloMail launches voice-emails (“Hullos”) and iPhone app: Total genius!

I've been using HulloMail as my voicemail replacement for about 6 months and it's been flippin' fantastic (not to mention the fact it's actually...

Mother tweets whilst her son lies dying

Here's how the London Telegraph reports the news: As paramedics attempted to revive her son Bryson after he was found floating face down in...

London Underground chap threatens: ‘sling him under a train’

Everyone's a citizen journalist now. We're all walking around with devices that can capture brilliant quality video (or in the case of the Samsung...

Start your car with your iPhone thanks to Viper SmartStart

Yes. There is an app for that. It is flippin' genius. Here's how it works. It's 7am and you've just been woken up by some gentle harp...

An unwitting introduction to InTechnology’s ‘pushToexperience’ service

Regularly I get emails with slightly dodgy contents. Indeed a whopping 98% of my incoming email is total spam, or from utter weirdos....

Econet Telecom launches ForgetMeNot’s email-by-SMS service for Lesotho

For me, Africa is the content to watch for mobile innovation. Whilst there's a lot moving in the Far East, I'm ever hopeful...

Nokia buys Dopplr. Right on.

TechCrunch's Mr A has the story on the Dopplr acquisition. Right on. This is very good news for Marko Ahtisaari, co-founder and CEO...

HulloMail could have helped Warren Buffett save Lehman Brothers

Warren Buffett, the Sage of Omaha, knows a thing or two about investing money. Sadly, he's not quite up there with his Samsung handset. Or, an...

Nokia, RIM & Ericsson tipped as SpinVox bidders

Adding SpinVox's call-centre technology and know-how to an existing product/service configuration will make a lot of sense to quite a few companies. One of...

SpinVox investor: company has been ‘put up for sale’

The BBC is reporting that SpinVox has been "put up for sale", according to one of it's investors. The actual quote the BBC obtained from...

MyTokTok is generating buzz, keep an eye on it

Heard of MyTokTok? I'm willing to bet half of the MIR audience will have heard of them and will be nodding sagely as...

Gents, let’s not SpinVox this up, ok?

Got a tweet yesterday from @weirdshanghai, always a good source for interesting perspective (not only on the mobile industry). On the subject of...

UK Regulator discovers unscrupulous service providers (shock horror)

It seems that at least some lights are on at the PhonePayPlus UK premium rate regulator. Have a read of this... Summary PhonepayPlus has recently experienced a...

Is it time to subscribe to a printer service from HP?

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