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COOL CHARTS: Half Of 25-To-29-Year-Olds Don’t Have Landlines

One in four U.S. households now don’t have landlines, and 49% of 25-to-29-year-olds are cellphone-only.

…And here’s why you need to make sure you’re including cellphone users in phone-based surveys — otherwise, it’s mostly people over 50 now:

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Cellphones Now Used More for Data Than for Calls

The number of text messages sent per user increased by nearly 50 percent nationwide last year, according to the CTIA, the wireless industry association. And for the first time in the United States, the amount of data in text, e-mail messages, streaming video, music and other services on mobile devices in 2009 surpassed the amount of voice data in cellphone calls, industry executives and analysts say.

Global warning: beware of jealous computers

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Beware jealous computersThe Healthy Computing Volunteer Group, also known as the HeCoVoG, has released news of more and more reports of computers attacking people. The funny thing is that also seen at the scene of such incidents was a Nokia N95 multimedia computer. Doctors and medical specialists are preparing the first World Conference on Laptop Bites & PC Wounds.

And the Jealous Computers site goes on with more details, including shocking footage, victim testimonies, and safety tips. The safety tips include ring tones to help camouflage the N95 and an 95 disguise mug.

… a clever viral marketing tool from Nokia …

Here’s the warning from Dr Shopova:

And here are some safety tips for using the N95 in the office:

There’s even a game hidden somewhere on the site (hint: it’s on the Safety Tips page)!