Suddenly, the personal phone hub is respectable

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Online Divorce Getting More Respectable

Online Divorce Getting More Respectable 01/22/2004 12:48 PM
Everyone seems fascinated by the idea of getting a divorce online. After all, these days, most wedding planning is done online, so why not divorces? We first mentioned the idea two and a half years ago, and it's become incre asingly popular. However, there were some concerns last year that many online divorces were really scams. Now, however, it sounds like the whole online divorce thing is going mainstream with new companies trying to get in on the market. Of course, there are still concerns about both scams and whether or not getting divorced should be so easy. Considering the ease with which a couple can get married in the first place, I guess it makes sense to make it just as easy on the other end. If people are really concerned about the "easiness" of the process, perhaps they should focus on the marriage side before they worry so much about the divorce.

WorldGate and Motorola's Ojo Personal
Video Phone

WorldGate and Motorola's Ojo Personal
Video Phone 05/27/2004 09:28 AM
A company called WorldGate has teamed up with Motorola to field test a(nother) videophone product, the Ojo ('ojo' means 'your money, please' in Spanish). Their claiming to get video throughput of 30 frames-per-second over data pipes as thin as 110Kbps....

Edward C. Baig: Personal Tech - Despite
kinks, AOL's new Internet phone service
worth try (USATODAY.com)

Edward C. Baig: Personal Tech - Despite
kinks, AOL's new Internet phone service
worth try (USATODAY.com) 04/07/2005 09:32 AM
USATODAY.com - "This is a core part of our future," Jim Tobin was telling me the other day. "We don't think we ought to do this; we think we must do this."

NewsForge suddenly looks different

NewsForge suddenly looks different 07/16/2004 06:34 PM
We're still debugging the new layout and code; there may be glitches for a few days. But we were w-a-y overdue for a new look and decided to put it up a little early so you'd have a chance to check it out and play with it before we made any formal announcement to the rest of the world. Please let us know what you think of the new layout either by posting a comment or taking half a second to click a Poll button. Or both.

Suddenly Camping

Suddenly Camping 04/09/2004 05:30 PM

Our family and a couple of other families are going camping next weekend, first of many planned this year.  The weird thing about camping is that time flies although there is nothing to do.  I know other people do a lot when they go camping, like climbing hills.  I don't.  My camping goes like this:

drive, unload, setup
for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
  sit, eat, sit, eat, fire, drink, sleep
tear down, load, drive

Hackers striking more suddenly

Hackers striking more suddenly 07/29/2004 04:31 AM
ZDNet UK Jul 29 2004 8:22AM GMT

My wife has suddenly turned on me

My wife has suddenly turned on me 03/31/2005 11:33 AM
After 22 years of marriage, for no apparent reason, she just doesn't like me anymore.

Windows: Security Is Suddenly Job One

Windows: Security Is Suddenly Job One 08/16/2004 10:35 AM
Microsoft (MSFT ) has always promoted new versions of Windows by talking up features designed to make computer use easier and more fun. The prosaically named Windows XP Service Pack 2 is starkly different. While it amounts to a major release in size and scope, it could also be called the cod liver oil of software upgrades: nasty but good for you.

Helicopters suddenly don't seem so
risky...

Helicopters suddenly don't seem so
risky... 12/17/2004 06:36 PM

... after reading this article on hazards within the home.

The RIAA Is Suddenly A Fan Of Ratings

The RIAA Is Suddenly A Fan Of Ratings 10/31/2003 01:39 AM
It really wasn't that long ago at all that the music industry fought as hard as possible to resist the idea of putting movie-like ratings on their music. They wanted to make sure that anyone could buy whatever music they wanted, no matter how bad the language. So, isn't it just a bit amusing to hear that, suddenly, they're all for labeling digital music so that that parents can have "effective" filters for their kids? Yeah, right. As Ernest Miller points out, this is an incredibly obvious attempt at pitching parents on one more reason they should stop their kids from using Kazaa. What's annoying about this, is that the one group of people they're likely to convince that this is a good idea is the politicians.

Suddenly, It's Hip to Conserve Energy

Suddenly, It's Hip to Conserve Energy 06/19/2004 07:51 PM
An emerging school of thought sees technology, coupled with price incentives, as a way for energy conservation to break the old mold of ever-increasing demand.

eBooks Suddenly Getting More Attention

eBooks Suddenly Getting More Attention 07/20/2004 04:28 AM
Every few years there's a big fuss about the future of ebooks, and they never seem to get very far. Sure, a few early adopter types buy into the whole concept, but with clumsy readers, annoyin g digital rights management and a lack of content, they usually don't get very far. Here's yet another story, though, suggesting that, perhaps, the time has come for eBooks. The article quotes a study saying that eBooks are "the fastest growing segment of the publishing industry" which really isn't that impressive when you realize from what a small base they're starting, and considering that most of the publishing world is pretty well established. In absolute numbers, ebook sales are still a barely noticeable blip on the very distant outskirts of the radar.

Secrecy Suddenly a Campaign Issue

Secrecy Suddenly a Campaign Issue 01/17/2004 10:53 PM
Sensing the public's unease with the Bush administration's obsession with secrecy, Democratic candidates are promising more government transparency. Some praise the promised policies, while others say it's just rhetoric. By Noah Shachtman.

Suddenly I'm super hot! I'm a man
magnet! What happened?

Suddenly I'm super hot! I'm a man
magnet! What happened? 04/12/2005 10:56 AM
I'm a late bloomer but now, out of nowhere, I've got that certain something.

I thought that our spam filtering had
suddenly got...

I thought that our spam filtering had
suddenly got... 12/29/2003 10:31 PM
I thought that our spam filtering had suddenly gotten way better, but turns out, my pyra.com mail just started bouncing instead of forwarding. Bummer. If you tried to reach me at pyra.com try doing so at google.com. Or just wait (upon DNS updating, it should be fixed).

Suddenly, Cingular-AT&T Wireless Merger
To Get More Scrutiny

Suddenly, Cingular-AT&T Wireless Merger
To Get More Scrutiny 07/15/2004 05:09 AM
Ever since the rumors began about big mobile carriers merging, it's been generally expected that any such merger wouldn't run into any sort of regulatory problems. After Cingular won the war for AT&T Wireless, most people expected that they wouldn't have much of a problem getting through the anti-trust review. However, it sounds like a few folks in the Justice Department have suddenly woken up and realized that maybe, just maybe, they should check this one out a bit more carefully. Apparently, the claim is that they want to make sure they have all their bases covered, since it's likely that this deal will set a precedent for future mobile mergers (which are still somewhat expected). Oddly, they also claim that the sudden concern is due to the realization that AT&T Wireless is the last major mobile phone carrier not backed by a Bell company. Apparently, someone forgot to include T-Mobile and Nextel in the discussion. T-Mobile is backed by Deutsche Telekom, but it's certainly not an American Bell company. Still, the Justice Department is suddenly worried that the Bells will absolutely dominate the mobile phone business (weren't they doing so already?) and keep out all kinds of competition. Again, this seems fairly easy to disprove (T-Mobile, Nextel...), but if they really feel the need for a little extra scrutiny, then let them have at it.

Wired News: Secrecy Suddenly a Campaign
Issue

Wired News: Secrecy Suddenly a Campaign
Issue 01/18/2004 08:08 AM
Secrecy Suddenly a Campaign Issue .. Wired News article

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"McDonald's CEO Cantalupo dies suddenly;
Bell succeeds - Apr. 19, ..."

"McDonald's CEO Cantalupo dies suddenly;
Bell succeeds - Apr. 19, ..." 04/23/2004 02:43 AM

DirectLandings-Personal VersionTM Turns
Company Web Sites into Personal Selling
Tools for Long, Complex Sales Cycles and
Relationship Development Challenges

DirectLandings-Personal VersionTM Turns
Company Web Sites into Personal Selling
Tools for Long, Complex Sales Cycles and
Relationship Development Challenges 07/28/2004 02:37 AM
DirectLandings brings a “highly personalized, highly automated, highly friendlySM“ tool to the desktops of marketing, sales, and customer service professionals, that’s also reasonably priced for today’s cost-conscious/results-focused enterprise. Take the DirectLandings Tour, or sign-up for the 30-day no-obligation trial to experience the value of DirectLandings-Personal Version. [PRWEB Jul 28, 2004]

Suddenly The Patent Office Realizes That
Online Auctions Are Obvious

Suddenly The Patent Office Realizes That
Online Auctions Are Obvious 03/29/2005 08:46 PM
Just two weeks after a court ruling suggested that eBay was violating business model patents for online auctions and buying direct, the Patent Office has come out with an initial ruling invalidating one of the patents noting that it's an obvious idea. Of course, the patent review process is a long one, and the company, MercExchange, who owns the patent still gets a chance to respond. They also point to the recent court ruling, which seems like circular logic. The court said the patent should be considered, and the USPTO is saying the patent isn't valid. That should be the end of the equation, but MercExchange seems to think that the court trumps the Patent Office. Either way, there's a lot of money being spent on this mess -- and, if anything, this process reveals how ridiculous the system is. If the patent is invalid, why did it need to go through so many lawsuits and patent reviews to figure that out?

LexisNexis Suddenly Notices Massive Data
Security Breaches Everywhere They Look

LexisNexis Suddenly Notices Massive Data
Security Breaches Everywhere They Look 04/12/2005 06:01 AM
Funny how once the media attention for the various computer security break-ins started receiving attention, the various firms who were caught handing out your private data suddenly noticed that they'd actually been leaking data all along. Choicepoint, which was the first big one to admit a problem, later found a histo ry of leaked data. It appears they're not alone. LexisNexis, whose Seisant subsidiary wasn't particularly careful in how it kept all that data about you that you didn't realize they had (much of it, probably wrong ), decided that maybe it would be a smart move to look over some past transactions to see if this data leakage was a new problem. Turns out that it wasn't. LexisNexis is now admitting that they found not one or two more cases, but fifty-nine cases where their security was breached, opening up access to all sorts of private data (this is one of the databases the government likes to use to build profiles on people). The company is sending out letters to 280,000 people to let them know that they may have to spend the rest of their lives carefully scanning credit reports to make sure the company's own negligence didn't result in identity theft. Meanwhile, everyone's still being told that, basically, there 's nothing they can do against any of these firms that didn't seem to care about your privacy at all.

Who Will Free Fiona Apple? / Suddenly on
the Internet: A flood of unreleased
bootlegs sung by a goddess. What gives?

Who Will Free Fiona Apple? / Suddenly on
the Internet: A flood of unreleased
bootlegs sung by a goddess. What gives? 03/23/2005 02:36 AM
Who Will Free Fiona Apple? .. SF Gate story

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Research And Markets: Will Personal
Robots Become The Norm? Take A Look At
The Market For Personal Robots In Japan

Research And Markets: Will Personal
Robots Become The Norm? Take A Look At
The Market For Personal Robots In Japan 12/17/2004 06:40 PM
Research and Markets has announced the addition of Next-Generation Personal Robot Market 2004 to their offering. [PRWEB Oct 18, 2004]

Personal Technology -- Personal
Technology from The Wall Street Journal

Personal Technology -- Personal
Technology from The Wall Street Journal 09/19/2004 11:01 PM
The Wall Street Journal's Walter Mossberg reviews T-Mobile's upcoming Sidekick .. Microsoft Challenges Apple's iTunes Store, But It Isn't There Yet .. XM is an artistic success

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Personal Technology -- Personal
Technology from The Wall Street Journal.

Personal Technology -- Personal
Technology from The Wall Street Journal. 09/18/2004 09:03 PM
How to Protect Yourself From Vandals, Viruses If You Use Windows: Get a Mac .. Wall Street Journal

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Unisys suddenly loves Linux: Should
Linux users return that love?

Unisys suddenly loves Linux: Should
Linux users return that love? 08/16/2004 02:19 PM
Unisys has long been the main booster -- possibly the only one besides Microsoft -- of Windows as a mainframe operating system. Now Unisys says it loves Linux -- but still claims to be a staunch Microsoft partner -- and it seems like most of its contributions to the Linux kernel are only useful to Unisys customers. And then there's the specter of the Unisys GIF patents (now expired), and how the company used them as weapons against free and open source software projects only a few years ago. In light of all this, should we welcome Unisys as a "member of the Linux community" with open arms, or maintain a skeptical distance until the company proves that it has truly seen the open source light?

"NANOTECHNOLOGY UPDATE: Larry Lessig has
a piece in Wired that makes some
observations on nanotechnology and
politics: Suddenly, nanotech replaced
Y2K as the nightmare du jour. And this
in turn inspired some scientists, hoping
for funding, to push a very..."

"NANOTECHNOLOGY UPDATE: Larry Lessig has
a piece in Wired that makes some
observations on nanotechnology and
politics: Suddenly, nanotech replaced
Y2K as the nightmare du jour. And this
in turn inspired some scientists, hoping
for funding, to push a very..." 07/05/2004 02:41 PM

Web Phone Adds Computer Telephony Phone
Features To Existing Web Applications

Web Phone Adds Computer Telephony Phone
Features To Existing Web Applications 03/30/2005 04:36 AM
Database Systems Corp. (DSC) has developed a Web Phone that connects browser applications with its phone systems. The Web Phone is a Windows application that bridges the gap between web applications that have no intrinsic phone functions and DSC's call center phone systems. [PRWEB Mar 30, 2005]

Coca-Cola Creates Custom Phone for Promo
(Phone Scoop)

Coca-Cola Creates Custom Phone for Promo
(Phone Scoop) 05/06/2004 07:18 AM
Coca-Cola Creates Custom Phone for Promo .. my cola tracks and talks to me .. Phonescoop

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Iowa phone company tries to block
incoming cell phone calls

Iowa phone company tries to block
incoming cell phone calls 08/16/2004 05:48 PM
Iowa phone company plans to block cell phone call in a dispute with wireless carriers. The Iowa Utilities Board has prevented the plan for now.

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine
which competing label is better: "Cell
Phone" or "Mobile Phone"?

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine
which competing label is better: "Cell
Phone" or "Mobile Phone"? 04/28/2004 11:39 AM

On the SIGIA-L mailing list, Stephanie Berger recently asked: "My cohorts are not sure whether to use "cell phone" or "mobile phone". Any evidence that one is better than the other, or one is used more often than the other?"

This is a good example of the kind of labeling questions information architects face all the time. The answer to these labeling questions will depend on the target audience (a better label for whom?), on business requirements (maybe the business want to promote one term over the other) and on the context in which the label will be used.

I'll discuss the conversation that followed here and afterwards point to some useful tools for if you have a labeling question yourself.

Andres Sulleiro: "Without any empirical data I will go with my own opinion. [...] A quick survey of the phone carriers seems to suggest that "wireless" (as in "wireless phone", "wireless customer") is most common among US carriers, though you see some references to "mobile" as well. T-mobile, a European company, uses "mobile" which is more common in Europe as well as being the name of the carrier."

Method: check what other websites call it.

Jason Cho: "I think "cell" is more widespread in the US as Andrés noted. "Call my mobile" can sound pretentious to Yankee ears. But I would think everyone understands the term "mobile" on a business card."

Method: personal experience.

Peter Van Dijck (and others): "Google for "cell phone" (including quotes): 6,230,000, Google for "mobile phone": 6,360,000. Looks like a tie, assuming your audience is similar. Just pick one and make sure your search engine knows both terms."
Christina Wodtke: "Y ahoo for cell phone : 16,800,000, yahoo for mobile phone: 21,200,000. What does this really tell you? you'd have to know who each engine indexes, how much of the web, etc.. better to use a magic 8 ball. ;-)"

Method: check popularity of the terms on the web.

Peter Van Dijck: "My next step would be to find out what people search for on your site,
or if not available, on the web (assuming that's more or less your audience). Google adwords can help."

Method: Find out what people (preferably your target audience) search for.

Dave: "I like "mobile" for the reason that Christina stated (forward compatibility); USers and non-USers will equally understand it. Also, it is more interoperable w/ most of the vCard based addressbook programs out there. I don't know any that are using "cell" or "cellphone" ... I also like the clear and easy two word approach of "mobile phone" ... I'm always wanting to say "cellphone" where "cell phone" is really the more correct version. "cell" though just doesn't feel like a real word b/c the "cell" doesn't fit a meaning to me. I know what it means if I am forced to think about it, but it really doesn't mean anything to me at all."

Method: personal experience, check what software programs use.

Christina Wodtke: "> As can Ove rture's keyword tool (couldn't find URL straight away).

You also might consider some adaptation of the freelisting technique on a subset of your target. E.G., a write in survey: what portable electronics do you own, then analyze for use of "cell phone" and mobile phone".

Method: freelisting technique.

Eric Reiss: "Having worked closely with several telecommunications companies, including Tellabs (US), Nortel (Canada), ADVA (Germany), and NetTest (Denmark), this discussion is one I've heard before. Europeans generally don't recognize the term "cell phone." North Americans seem to accept both "cell" and "mobile." ATT insists on promoting the term "wireless." In most instances, we've agreed on the word "mobile" since it is understood by the widest audience. Nortel, for instance, used "cell" almost exclusively until the late 90s, but now leans toward "mobile." I think there is a trend here."

Method: ask the subject matter experts.

Pabini Gabriel-Petit: "There's also Wordtracker.
[...]
In this vein, you might try just walking up to people, holding up your cell/mobile phone, and asking them what they call it."

Method: Analyze what people search for.

Method: Find out what labels your users use.

Quick-'n-Dirty methods to determine which competing label is better.

So, as a review, here are some of the methods used to determine which label is better.

1. What do you think?
Method: personal experience/insights.

2. What do your users think?
Method: freelisting technique.
Method: Find out what labels your users use: show them the item you're trying to label and ask them what it is. (You could build an online tool for this).
Method: Find out what people (preferably your target audience) search for / check popularity of the terms on the web. Ove rture's keyword tool. Google adwords. Wordtracker. Google and Yahoo both list how often a term is used on the web (use quotes around your terms!).

3. What do the experts think?
Method: ask the subject matter experts.
Method: check what other websites/software call it.

Gotcha's: be careful when using these techniques. You are looking for a label that works for your audience and your business requirements. Most of these techniques use audiences that may be very different from yours, and most are indicative only (ie: they're not hard science). Use your judgement.

Broadband Internet Phone Company,
VoIP2Save.com Announces Full Phone
Number Portability

Broadband Internet Phone Company,
VoIP2Save.com Announces Full Phone
Number Portability 07/22/2004 02:48 AM
"VoIP2Save.com" becomes first broadband internet phone company to offer total internet phone number portability to customers. VoIP2Save accuses rivals of holding customer phone numbers hostage because they cannot switch their phone numbers to other carriers. [PRWEB Jul 22, 2004]

FreeHeadset.org launches program to
promote wireless phone safety by giving
away free cell phone headsets.

FreeHeadset.org launches program to
promote wireless phone safety by giving
away free cell phone headsets. 07/26/2004 02:22 AM
New laws that mandate the use of cell phone headsets have recently passed in several states. In response, FreeHeadset.org has developed a program to provide wireless phone users with a free cell phone headset. [PRWEB Jul 26, 2004]

Cell Phone Users Interrupt Sex for Phone
Calls

Cell Phone Users Interrupt Sex for Phone
Calls 04/11/2005 08:07 PM
user survey reported

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AT&T Response To FCC Ruling On The
Phone-To-Phone VoIP Petition

AT&T Response To FCC Ruling On The
Phone-To-Phone VoIP Petition 04/23/2004 12:08 PM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum Apr 23 2004 3:47PM GMT

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Local Dallas, TX Auto Dealer Receives
800 Phone Calls in One Day After
Featuring Vanity 800 Phone Number in
Radio and Television Jingles

Local Dallas, TX Auto Dealer Receives
800 Phone Calls in One Day After
Featuring Vanity 800 Phone Number in
Radio and Television Jingles 06/05/2005 11:17 PM
Empire Suzuki opened in the Dallas market in November 2004. In February 2005, Empire Suzuki launched their ad campaign featuring a vanity toll-free phone number, 1-800-NEW-RIDE in a jingle – written by Tom Georgalis, owner of Empire Suzuki. Within six weeks the dealership received over 5,500 calls, with an all time high of over 800 calls in a single day. Speak with Tom Georgalis, owner of Empire Suzuki, about his recent business success in Dallas. [PRWEB Jun 2, 2005]

Mobile Phone is a Day to Day Need for
Everyone to Stay Connected with Their
Loved One's. Mobile Phone Chargers from
BB-shopping Helps to Connect More to
Them

Mobile Phone is a Day to Day Need for
Everyone to Stay Connected with Their
Loved One's. Mobile Phone Chargers from
BB-shopping Helps to Connect More to
Them 02/05/2005 09:23 PM
BB-Shopping helps you buying best quality and long life Mobile Phone Chargers for dufferent Models and Variants of Mobiles. [PRWEB Feb 3, 2005]

Smartphone, Bluetooth Phone and Wi-Fi
Phone

Smartphone, Bluetooth Phone and Wi-Fi
Phone 01/03/2005 06:13 AM
Telecoms Korea Jan 3 2005 9:38AM GMT
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