1. Three in 10 adults age 25 to 29 have no land-line phone, just cell phones, according to a new survey. Two of them are on my “L” car every evening.
2. To win customers back, the traditional phone industry plans to offer its own barely recognizable ring tones, tinny and unreliable sound, and onerous service contracts.
3. Because there needs to be even less time for them to reflect before writing, a new deal will let bloggers literally phone in their postings, via the SpinVox speech-to-text service and their cells. My first posting: “Why is every buddy on the train looking mad at me?”
4. Another victim of online music sales: the Michigan Avenue Virgin Megastore, which will close in July. On the other hand, the Apple store just down the block is doing very well, indeed.
5. So first-class postage has gone up to 41 cents. This month’s price hike sponsored by the E-Mail Marketing Association of America.
