Posted by Bonnie Bogle on Aug 27, 2006
Recently YouthNoise and Virgin Mobile launched a mobile campaign designed to raise awareness of teen homelessness in other teens in the United States. The campaign – called Ghost Town – takes a unique twist on more typical SMS campaigns. It gets its message out through an SMS story sent in regular installments over a month.
Teens can subscribe to the story by texting GHOST to the short code 1234. After that they’ll receive a chapter of the story in a 160 character text message twice a day for a month. Sounds like a mobile soap opera, doesn’t it?
Posted by Bonnie Bogle on Aug 27, 2006
Posted by kiwanja on Aug 17, 2006
Citizen journalism has been hitting the news lately, accelerated by the use of mobiles and blogging during the latest events in the Middle East. Something which has been around for some time is starting to become more and more mainstream by the day. Sadly, most seems to be centred around world trouble spots, but therein lies it's strength.
Posted by on Aug 17, 2006
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Worldwide Grand Bible Exposition!
"...and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand! Repent, and believe in the Good News." -Mark 1:15
"The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked. But now he commands that all people everywhere should repent, because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead." -Acts 17:30-31
"...if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." -2Chronicles 7:14
Posted by Bonnie Bogle on Aug 14, 2006
Posted by justinoberman on Aug 02, 2006
Posted by justinoberman on Aug 02, 2006
This summer while thousands of music lovers converge onto Lollapalooza this week in Chicago to listen to their favorite artists sing their favorite tunes they will also get to lend a helping hand to the National Reseource Defence Council's mission to Move America Beyond Oil. And the technology to do so is all in the palm of their hand.
The NRDC Action fund will be there among the crowds, getting out the word to young music fans that they can use their cell phones to the send the text message "MABO" (Move America Beyond Oil) to a designated short code. The SMS drive will help the NRDC compile voluntary phone numbers for eventual follow up's and mobilization efforts with those actvists wanting to get involved with the cause and enlist their support for an eventual MABO petition which aims to lobby for specific policies aimed at reducing US oil dependence.
Posted by KatrinVerclas on Jul 27, 2006
In this edition of his "Women in Mobile" series, Rudy De Waele interviews NTEN executive director Katrin Verclas about her work, passion for mobile technology, and her views on how mobile phones will impact the future and help make the world a better, more just, and more equitable place. Read the article.
Posted by Bonnie Bogle on Apr 23, 2006
Most people access the internet from a computer, but more and more are going online from their mobile. A new study by IPSOS Insight looks at the internet and technology use of people living in 12 different countries, and predicts that “mobile phones are poised to overtake the PC at the dominant internet platform in some markets.”
One reason for this is that globally more people have mobile phones than computers. In Japan, 95 percent of households surveyed have at least one phone, and 40 percent of these people go online using their mobile phone. In developed countries, most homes have more than one mobile phone – the average is 2.2.
But even in countries where mobile phones are less prevalent – the study finds only 61 percent of Canadian households own one – people are using them to go online. Another interesting finding is that growth in mobile browsing isn’t being spurred by younger users who are usually the first to use new technology – it’s by users who are over 35.
Posted by justinoberman on Jul 21, 2006
