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Entries from February 2008

On Campus, Smartphones Are the Holy Grail

by NGT

As I sat slumped in my seat on the bus, my cell phone rang, and I began the clumsy dance of trying to pause my iPod, set down my agenda and close my notes, while still managing to mutter a simple “hello.” This constant juggling act of tasks, technology and a never-ending to-do list is […]

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Tags: First Person Reports · Mobile · Teens · Twenty-Somethings · Youth Trends

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NGT Is Mobile with the Kaywa Reader!

by Allison

We just mobilized our blog in a click with Kaywa’s Feed2Mobile Reader–very cool and so easy. Now you can easily read our newsfeed on your mobile phone without it looking all crazylike. There are a couple ways to do this:
1) Barcode
aka “QR Code,” this scannable picture (at left) contains an embedded link to our mobile […]

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Tags: Asia · Emerging Technology · Mobile · Youth Trends

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Mobile Phones Will Kill GPS Systems

by Allison

Location-based services getting around

Everyone needs direction—in a big city, in Macy’s Herald Square (floor 12 ½??), in life. That is why we’ll see navigational location-based services (LBS) really take off on mobile phones this year. According to Telephia, of the $118 million in revenue generated by downloadable mobile apps during Q2 2007, LBS represented a […]

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Tags: Emerging Technology · Mobile

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