Disruptive Mobility Roundup: Virgin Mobile, Fon, and ZYB

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 by Kyle Outlaw

Half the World's Population Has at Least One Mobile Phone The Daily Telegraph reports that mobile phone usage has reached 49 percent penetration rate globally in 2007, according to the International Telecommunications Union. The fastest growth was seen in developing countries in Asia and Africa. The report states that the growth ...

Emerging Media Trends: Getting (Wii) Fit, UGC Cell Phone Minutes, Contextual TV

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 by Lindsay Wong

1. O.K., Avatar, Work With Me – The Introduction of the Wii Fit What is it? The Wii has become the best-selling gaming console of our time, selling more than 25MM systems worldwide. It appeals to people of all ages—everyone from grandparents to hardcore gamers find the Wii’s games (e.g. bowling ...

Web Pranks Run Rampant On April Fool’s Day

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008 by Dawa Riley

I woke up this morning and checked my Gmail and saw a new feature alert for “Google Custom Time": I thought to myself ... er this could be a dangerous feature and not inline with Google’s ‘do no evil’ policy and thought no more of it. Then as the day went ...