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Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Wired News: Phone Choices May Affect Polls
Mobile Coupons For US Election Voters
From 160characters.org:
A Califorian newspaper is using SMS for instant polling in the presidential election with participants receiving mobile coupons for a meal at a local restaurant.
The Bakersfield Californian newspaper and its television partner, CBS affiliate KBAK-TV (29 Eyewitness News), are using text messaging because traditional opinion polls target land-line phones, potentially excluding voters that are not at home or in the office during the brief time pollsters’ calls are made.
Sunday, October 17, 2004
Are younger voters flying under the pollsters' radar?
A piece by CNN on mobile phone polling:
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A growing number of people rely solely on cell phones to make and take calls, putting them out of reach of polling organizations trying to get a fix on the American electorate.
For the full article follow the above link.
Also see my earlier blog entry on this issue:
http://blog.msurveys.com/2004/09/is-polling-skewed-by-missing-cell.html
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A growing number of people rely solely on cell phones to make and take calls, putting them out of reach of polling organizations trying to get a fix on the American electorate.
For the full article follow the above link.
Also see my earlier blog entry on this issue:
http://blog.msurveys.com/2004/09/is-polling-skewed-by-missing-cell.html
Thursday, October 14, 2004
William Gibson starts blogging again
This is waaayy off topic, but what the heck. It's good news - looks like William Gibson has re-started his blog...
Jabber on Wall Street
Stowe Boyd posts some highlights of this event to his Get Real blog.
Friday, October 08, 2004
Google SMS
Google have started an SMS service, currently only available in the US though.
What is Google SMS?
Google SMS (Short Message Service) enables you to easily get precise answers to specialized queries from your mobile phone or device. Send your query as a text message and get phone book listings, dictionary definitions, product prices and more. Just text. No links. No web pages. Simply the answers you're looking to find.
What is Google SMS?
Google SMS (Short Message Service) enables you to easily get precise answers to specialized queries from your mobile phone or device. Send your query as a text message and get phone book listings, dictionary definitions, product prices and more. Just text. No links. No web pages. Simply the answers you're looking to find.
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
danah On "Why I Love My Sidekick"
via 'Get Real'
Friday, October 01, 2004
MSN Messenger 7.0
A collection of links on the upcoming MSN Messenger 7.0:
Microsoft set to release MSN Messenger 7.0 beta [InfoWorld]
MSN Puts Search Into IM Beta [BigBlueBall]
MSN Messenger 7.0 Revealed [ShiftThis, incl. some screenshots]
Microsoft set to release MSN Messenger 7.0 beta [InfoWorld]
MSN Puts Search Into IM Beta [BigBlueBall]
MSN Messenger 7.0 Revealed [ShiftThis, incl. some screenshots]