The concept of Six Degrees of Separation (Google search results) is often misunderstood. It’s a hypothesis that says that any two random people in the world are separated by no more than six degrees of social interaction. That is, if I wanted a way to connect with someone in particular, all I have to do [...]
Havin’ my baby… For people too lazy or dumb to figure it out by other means, the mad scientists at Japan’s NTT DoCoMo has a mobile phone [Antara News] that will ring wanna-be mommas to let them know when they are at their most fertile. Seriously. One wonders how the Earth was populated before DoCoMo [...]
TalkPlus, a company that just received US$5.5M in venture capital, owns patent-pending technology that will offer a variety of services to mobile users, including the ability to have multiple inbound phone numbers. This means you can carry one handset but keep business and personal profiles separate. While this seems to be a hot story, I [...]
Skype For PocketPC Takes Off
Skype may not function on a number of mobile devices (including Symbian, PalmOS), but PocketPC-based PDAs have had Skype support since early 2004. According to the Skype website, Skype for PocketPC just passed five millon downloads since 2004. This particular mobile version of Skype now supports 60 devices from 20 [...]
Good news for some Nokia phone users: mobile VoIP. Truphone announced that they are releasing a beta version of their mobile software for Nokia N80 phones (to follow up on the E-series version of the software). Truphone utilizes Wi-Fi to allow VoIP calls to landline phones. Nokia has tried dual-mode phones before, but TechWorld says [...]