Alex Kinch

Link: BBC NEWS | England | London | Text messages warn of clip joints
Text messages warning of the dangers of London’s “clip joints” will be sent to visitors as they approach the venues.
Westminster City Council hopes the messages will stop tourists being exploited in Soho, central London.

Link: eBay Auctions by SMS Expands to 3 More Countries
SMS aggregator mBlox has said it’s working with application service provider Dynetic to offer a new SMS re-bidding service to eBay customers in the UK, France and Belgium.
The service, which launched in Spain back in September last year, enables eBay users to receive alerts when they’ve [...]

Link: Cells ‘react’ to GSM signals claims research | The Register
New research claims that cells can react to a GSM-like signal in as little as ten minutes – though if whether this could causes cancer remains open to interpretation.
Those who believe that mobile phones do cause cancer, and/or a wide variety of other ailments, [...]

Link: Swedish Beers: Swedish Beers Mobile Networking, Weds 12 Sept 07
Uber-cool (and slightly Baltic-themed) mobile networking event Swedish Beers is back from its summer break – and heading to London on Wednesday 12th September.
Run by a highly talented team of individuals – including recent Flower Fairy recipient Helen Keegan, the event is being held in [...]

Link: SMS Alerts Reduce Missed Doctors Appointments by 27%
Healthcare messaging company iPLATO have helped reduce missed appointments across the borough of Lewisham, in South London, thanks to the power of SMS.
The deployment of the companies Patient Care Messaging to GP surgeries across the Lewisham Primary Care Trust area cut missed appointments down by 27% over [...]

Telcogames, a global publisher, developer and distributor of mobile games has acquired Viva La Mobile a leader in
real-time multiplayer games for mobile devices. Viva La Mobile has been live with their proprietary Redstar multiplayer platform for the past three years with great success. So far 3 Australia; 3 Austria; 3 Hong Kong; Smartone Vodafone Hong [...]

Remember the Nokia N-Gage? This rather ill-fated attempt by the handset giant to get into the portable games console market sort of fell flat on it’s face. But never to fear - the N-Gage brand has been wheeled out again, this time as a games platform for existing Nokia N-series handsets.
The service, due for full global roll-out in November 2007, brings [...]

Link: Caribbean Resort Bans Mobile Phones from Beaches
Fancy a holiday to St Vincent & The Grenadines, but find the thought of parting with your mobile worse than having all your limbs removed? Then you may wish to strike off Palm Island from your list.
Elite Island Resorts – who own the luxury Caribbean resort – have [...]

Link: Vodafone cranks up 3G data rates for autumn | The Register
 First reported by us here about a month ago, Vodafone have now confirmed they’ll be rolling out HSDPA and HSUPA speed increases on their 3G network this autumn.
Vodafone will be pushing its HSDPA network to a possible 7.2Mb/sec download speed and introducing HSUPA to [...]

Since my article last week with rumours that Monstermob had gone bust, I’ve had quite a few emails from interested parties asking if I know anything else. As it’s been a long holiday weekend in the UK, I haven’t had a chance to do any further research – however it appears I won’t be needing [...]