User-generated photo blog Fotolog goes mobile [Mobile Marketer]
After surpassing the 20 million mark for members, Fotolog – “the world’s number one photo blog” – decided to take it on the run with mobile.
Lonely Planet Goes Mobile With Nokia [Mobile Content Today]
Popular travel guide Lonely Planet is teaming up with Nokia to sell city guides and maps to Nokia 2.0 users.
KCC reports South Korean mobile statistics [WirelessWatch]
The Korean Communications Committee is reporting 45 million cell phone users in South Korea – which equals 91 percent penetration. 43 million of these also have wireless Internet.
Commercial Craze: Moving Signs In Tokyo And Osaka [pingmag]
Popular attention-getters in Japan are “moving signs” or 3D advertisements–a drumming clown, a giant moving crab, a professional wrestler dressed like Elvis. We can’t say this has the typical “wow” factor all things Japanese inspire, except maybe “wow, that looks annoying.”
Cell Phone Disco - LEDs, Music and Mobile Phones (VIDEO) [Trendhunter]
This trippy art installation combines music with moving LEDs that react to mobile phone radiation and frequencies as people walk past.
YouTube Community at VloggerHeads? [NewTeeVee]
Middle-age, video-blogging men tired of YouTube’s popularity and youthful vibe have rebelled and created their own video sharing site—VloggerHeads—where they post self-describe boring videos without anyone making fun of them.
CollegeHumor.com debuts ad-supported mobile games [MobileMarketer]
CollegeHumor.com has partnered with mobile gaming guru Greystripe to release a slew of ad-supported games–just in time for back-to-school!
Activists promote safe sex in India with cellphone ‘Condom, condom!’ ring tones [Mobile Industry Review]
India has taken awkward to another level. In hopes of breaking the stigma surrounding sex, the BBC group has released a mobile ringtone with a professional singer chanting “condom” 50 times in succession.
KDDI’s au design project creates cellphones that double as instruments [EngadgetMobile]
The KDDI and Yamaha partnership are churning out some excellent mobile/instrument concepts like “Strings for fingers,” “Sticks in the air,” and “Key to touch.” Awesome for people who cannot afford both a cool mobile phone and uber-expensive drums set.
Visa and Eight Banks Test Real-Time SMS Notifications For Transactions [Gizmodo]
Users can choose to receive SMS notifications for any withdrawal or transaction over a specified amount. If the amount is not legit, simply alert your bank via SMS to catch the identity thief.
Intel moves to free gadgets of their recharging cords [International Herald Tribune]
The microprocessor magnate will demonstrate its new wireless recharging capabilities today which broadcasts 60 watts of power over a two feet radius. We’d hate to get in the way of that. Unless it gives you super powers…hmmm.
