links for 2005-10-11

Telecom Asia – Ringtones and caller ringbacks get personal: Nametones are not that different from "true tones" that wireless subscribers with MMS-enabled handsets can download and use as either ringtones or caller ringback tones. But instead of a song having its usual lyrics, a nametone seamlessly integrates a user’s name into the song.

Online News Squared passes on a Puget Sound Business Journal item suggeting MSNBC may be preparing to offer content syndication: That’s one thing he’s considering, MSNBC.com Publisher Charlie Tillinghast says in an interview with Puget Sound Business Journal.     Tillinghast sees content syndication as another potential traffic enhancer. As it stands now, no other…

I took most of the day off yesterday to spend time with my family – and was I surprised to see my inbox when I got back to it! As a fellow blogger, I understand the importance of a fast, accurate response to issues raised in the blogs. Unfortunately, in a case of the cobbler’s…

Akamai offers this fun little tool that shows volume of traffic to news sites around the world.  It’s more fun than useful, but Akamai could add value to it by trying to pinpoint the news stories that are causing upward fluctuations.  For example, at 6:45 PM ET tonight, it showed Australian news traffic was 200%…

Consumers Union created a web-based ad spoofing prescription drug warnings in an effort to convince people to contact Congress and lobby for a law requiring more disclosure of drug trial test results.  An article describes how they promoted it. Schneider and Kathy Mitchell, who directs Internet advocacy at Consumer Union’s Austin, Texas, office, decided early…