Fifty Oomas For Readers, Just Tell Us Why You Want It [TechCrunch]
Ashton Kutcher’s new VOIP startup that allows users to call across the U.S. for free (after the cost of the hardware) is having a contest on TechCrunch. They’re giving away 50 of the systems, and all you have to do is leave a funny comment on TechCrunch’s post about why you want it (and frankly the comments up right now are a little weak…)
Mobile Email By Consumers To Take Off, Says Frost & Sullivan [MediaPost]
Mobile Email is projected to grow 24% every year until 2010. MIM (Mobile Instant Messaging) will also grow 65% in the next 3 years.
The Entitlement Epidemic: Who’s Really to Blame? [WSJ]
This article blames parents, MTV and California for giving children today a sense of Entitlement (he used to blame Mr. Rogers).
More online back-to-school shopping [MarketWatch]
‘Tis the season, and back to school shopping online will increase by 40% this year. Sales of laptops and other electronics will increase by 12% as well. Related: Online Shoppers Taking 80 percent Longer to Buy Than in 2005 [Media Buyer Planner] Online shoppers average 34 hours and 19 minutes from the time they first visit an e-commerce site till they actually buy the product, which is up from about 19 hours just 2 years ago.
Mobile Marketers Talk About Children [BrandWeek]
A best-practice set of guidelines for mobile marketing to children under 13 was released by a trade group of mobile marketers. Examples include avoiding the words “just” and “only” in offers

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