Cellphone Tracking Study Shows We’re Creatures of Habit [NY Times]
Scientists have long wondered how to measure something as ephemeral as movement, and cellphones are providing the answer. New research using location-tracking data in European mobiles suggests that most people can be found in one of just a few locations at any time and generally do not stray far from home. Sounds boring, but the findings could be used to improve emergency response, urban planning and the spread of disease, for example.
Report: Digital, Mobile Advertising Revenues On the Rise [Editor and Publisher]
World Digital Media Trends estimates a double-digit increase in digital and mobile advertising revenues will reach $150 billion by 2011. The report finds that while traditional advertising outlets need not be neglected, companies should hop on the mobile advertising bandwagon ASAP.
Gmail, Hotmail, AOL Mail, Windows Live Mail and Amazon.com(!!) Now Available on JetBlue [TechCrunch]
Constant connectivity is becoming as expectation for travelers. To that end, Jet Blue has added support for checking more e-mail accounts to it’s in-flight Wi-Fi service including Gmail, AOL, Hotmail, Windows Live Mail, and Microsoft Exchange. Meanwhile Southwest and American are testing in-flight internet, as well as Qantas, Lufthansa and Virgin. Air France is still the only carrier that lets you talk on your cellphone, however.
Mobile Feedback: Screenvision Launches Cinema Polling [MediaPost]
Coming to a theater near you: Screenvision’s interactive polling via SMS before your movie starts. Sponsored by Verizon, the service lets movie goers text in their musical preferences while the cheesy pre-movie music plays and later a bar graph displays the audiences results. How about switching the music to the audience’s preference, Verizon?
Renting Twitter: Path to Profitability? [Mashable]
As brands start to hop on the Twitterwagon, Ian Shafer is trying to cash in. He has put his profile up for sale on eBay: a month’s sponsorship buys your brand mentions in 8 to 10 Tweets a day. Is nothing sacred?
EA Mobile Masters Kung Fu (Panda) [MobileContentToday]
Watching the highly-anticipated movie Kung Fu Panda could send kids—and maybe a few adults—into a kung fu frenzy. EA hopes to channel the need to break out nun-chucks into a safer outlet. Just download this game to you handset and pass it to your Kung Fu kid. It might be the best pacifier yet.
T-Mobile Adds Album Downloads [MobileContentToday]
British customers of T-mobile are getting an entire free album download through their Mobile Jukebox if they sign-up for a T-Mobile account or renew their contract. The service currently has 1.2 million singles and over 100,000 albums in its library.
Gamers Gather at 24-hour McDonalds in Hong Kong [PSFK}
Gaming is the new happy hour in Hong Kong. PSFK reported that young professionals, after working far past midnight, are heading to McD’s armed with PSPs and Nintendo DSs to use the elusive free wi-fi.
SMS to combat youth knife crime [Textually]
Last year Boston Police announced a program that lets cell phone users send anonymous text-message crime tips to the city’s Crime Stoppers tip line. Now we hear that youth in East London are reporting knife fights by sending SMS tips to local police. If successful, the police want to expand the program to the rest of the city and potentially the entire nation.
Trend: Handset Hairstyles [CScout]
Young Japanese mobile users may never have to suffer through another bad hair day. “Hair Style” is a new app that lets users upload a picture and virtually try different haircuts. The mobile-base site contains popular haircuts and provides a directory of salons where a young woman or teen can go get their hair done.
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