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Cell phones: They’re now constant companions for 1.7 billion people worldwide. According to market research firm IDC, more than 690 million phones were shipped in 2004 alone. In the first quarter of 2005, vendors shipped 8.4 million "converged mobile devices," meaning phones that also function as PDAs and can run many types of software applications—an increase of 134 percent over ...

From NYTimes:  Crest, a division of Procter & Gamble, is asking people to go to the Web to vote for their favorite from a short list of contenders: lemon ice, sweet berry punch or tropica exotica. Samples of the flavors are attached to some Crest products…. Marketing executives say the campaign reflects an increasing interest by companies in involving consumers ...

Video is coming to your cell phone, natch, but, like the device itself, these clips will be pretty small. The few crumbs of spare attention anyone has left over from the barrage of daily media will soon be eaten up by "video snacks," little chunks of content delivered to cell phones to fill those awkward moments when no one is ...

A news story covering the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) statement on Internet governance was first reported in The International Herald Tribune, and then in The New York Times. A statement published June 30 on the Web site of NTIA says in part, "The United States Government intends to preserve the security and stability of the Internet’s Domain Name ...