Ring! Ring! Ring! In Japan, Novelists Find a New Medium [Wall Street Journal]
Japan’s young writers, who grew up with texting, are turning out bestsellers directly on their cell phones. Mobile novels have garnered a significant following: the popular romance “Love Sky” sold more than 1.3 million copies and is being made into a feature film.
DKNY, Sephora Target ‘Tweens At Stardoll’ [MediaPost]
Sephora and DKNY will launch virtual stores in Stardoll, which unveiled a galleria-style marketplace last month where girls could buy clothes, shoes and other accessories.
A Cellphone Without Borders [New York Times]
Cubic Telecom’s new global mobile phone—to be released in October—makes calls to or from 214 countries for 50 to 90 percent off what major carriers like Verizon and AT&T would charge.
Verizon rejects text messages from an abortion rights group [International Herald Tribune]
Verizon rejects an opt-in text message program from abortion rights group Naral, which would allow users to sign up for its messages by texting a short-code.
A New Short Story Imagines Google as a Bad Big Brother [Wall Street Journal]
A science fiction tale published in this month’s Radar Magazine portrays Google as Big Brother. The author, Cory Doctorow of Boing Boing, says the story stems from his real concerns about the user information Google collects from searches, emails, and videos.
Related: Google: we hear (and see a fuzzy rendition of you), Canada [The Globe and Mail]
Most Americans Say Green Advertising is “Just A Marketing Tactic” [MediaPost]
According to a recent Ipsos Reid study, about 70% of Americans believe that labeling a product “green” is simply a marketing tactic. This sentiment proves more prevalent in the south and amongst men.
First Look: WidgetBox’s Tool for Building Facebook Applications [Mashable]
Anyone can become a Facebook developer with WidgetBox’s new App Accelerator tool. It allows users to create downloadable Facebook applications without using any code.
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