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daily 7.14 two systems- one is a network for wi-fi enabled phones (only can communicate within a few hundred meters) or by dropping small transmitters to the land from planes

Analysis of shifts in smartphone ownership rates.

Add on lens for your camera on your phone

daily 8.13

starting in 2011 all cell phone chargers will be universal. no more mass emails trying to track down a charger?! imagine that. Apple, motorola, samsung and Research in Motion have signed on efficient for users, service providers, and eco-friendly

Wired plays Debbie Downer on contactless payments.

weekly 10.8

Scientists at The University of Manchester have developed a facial recognition system for cell phones that can track a user's features in real-time.

looks like an extra is talking on a cellphone, people are saying that its a time traveler  daily 10.28

Targeting specific devices (e.g., John Doe's cell phone [not "all iPhones"] in order to serve up better advertising. Article says these device fingerprinting technologies could eventually replace cookies. Vendors: BlueCava, 41st Parameter, and even Akamai.

Weekly 12.2

MetroPCS is offering 4G coverage but the only device they have out now sucks.  Interesting perspective on how important the device is to the experience.

Sense Networks and reality mining

What I like is the ad creative putting an enlarged 2D code front and center to underscore the option for people to use their cell phone camera to snap a picture of the code to get more information. (Or register at Jet2Beach.com.) The actual 2D code is contained in a corner of the supersized one, which also serves as the framework for a collage of images of family members cavorting on the beach. 2D codes tend to look like tiny modern art works, so why not blow them up to fill the canvas of an outdoor ad?

get cash for giving this ATM your old cell phones or other electronics

an app that scans blood cells for malaria.

Hah wow

Strangest bit: 700M people will have two cell phones on them at all times. Not counting tablets or anything like that.

people charging to cell phones or landlines doubled last year