Siren Wireless Media Inc.

I’ve always known my kids use digital communications gear a lot. But my cellphone bill last month really grabbed my attention.

My son had racked up nearly 2,000 incoming text messages, and had sent nearly as many. That means he was having more than 60 two-way communications via text message every day. Of course, he was out of school for the summer and communicating more with friends from a distance. Nevertheless, I had to wonder how he found time to hold down a summer job and complete a college course in between all that typing with his thumb.

via For Teens, Has Texting Replaced Talking? – The Juggle – WSJ.

A new forecast by Juniper Research suggests that ad-funded MMS revenues will reach $87 million over the next five years, with annual growth rates reaching 94%.

via Forecast: Ad-funded MMS Revenues to Hit $87M by 2014 : Mobile Marketing Watch – The Pulse Of The Mobile Marketing Community.