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Swirl Connect: location-based mobile social software

January 28, 2008

We have quietly released Swirl Connect, software for your mobile phone that helps you stay connected with your friends and their latest activity, as well find new people and places, whether you're mobile or at home on your PC. The current release is slightly hobbled, as $$$$ is tight, and we had to turn off the messaging features, but there's still plenty to do and see. Here are a few features. . .[Read the full story]

Modu: Genuinely interesting and slick mobile phone / gadget

February 18, 2008

Modu is a tiny, credit card-sized, powerful mobile phone. Slip the modu into one of many very well-designed "jackets" to give it a new look and new functionality. These modular components remind me of the concept behind Buglabs, but whereas Buglabs had more geek appeal, with open source hardware and software, modu has much more chic appeal. These things look slick. When is a phone not a phone? When it has "mates," which morph the modu into. . .[Read the full story]

Pumbby: get paid for watching ads on your mobile phone

February 21, 2008

This is a new delivery twist on an existing concept. Pumbby pays users EUR 0.44 for each ad they view, up to a maximum of 10 a day. When you create your account, you specify how many ads you’re willing to receive per day, and they arrive as text messages. Click the link to open your WAP browser and view what amounts to a full-screen banner ad. At the current exchange rate, that’s roughly US$6.50 per day if you elect to receive all 10 messages. . .[Read the full story]

Nifty hack: turn text into images with CSS

February 18, 2008

This is a pretty slick CSS effect — hiding images in plain sight. If you're using Safari or Firefox, this should work for you. Interesting, no? You can select the text width and color to control resolution. BTW, this is the image that is being used as a source. . .[Read the full story]