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Annoy-A-Teen Developer Considers Charges Over Pirated iPhone App
The developer of the Anoy-a-Teen iPhone app, that uses high-frequency sound which most teens can hear but not anyone over 30, is considering criminal charges after the app was pirated.
The app is a take-off of the much written about Mosquitotone teenage repellent ringtone which made headlines in 2006.
[via Real Tech News]
Related: Apple App Store Problems
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Annoy-A-Teen Developer Considers Charges Over Pirated iPhone App
The developer of the Anoy-a-Teen iPhone app, that uses high-frequency sound which most teens can hear but not anyone over 30, is considering criminal charges after the app was pirated.
The app is a take-off of the much written about Mosquitotone teenage repellent ringtone which made headlines in 2006.
[via Real Tech News]
Related: Apple App Store Problems
Can You Hear Me Now?
Do you remember the controversy a while back when British shopkeepers started using a "teen repellent" to deter loiterers with an unbearable, piercing sound audible only to those under the age of 20? Well, that technology is back. Only this time it's in the hands of the younguns. Or, at least, it will be if the folks at Fanta are successful with their latest campaign. YPulse reports.
Over in the UK the Coca-Cola owned soft-drink brand is launching a mobile app that uses the same high-pitched frequencies issued by the so-called "Mosquito," only in this application the sounds are supposed to create a teen language with wolf whistles,"pssts," and warnings that are tagged to words or phrases such as "cool," "uncool" and ""let’s get out of here."
Cell Phones That Bug Off
The BBC reports that South Korea's SK Telecom has just launched a new service that lets cell phone users download a tone to that repels mosquitoes. (Not to be confused with the "mosquitotone" for teenagers, a tone that parents and teachers can't hear - or anyone over 20.)
The story has been picked up by both Core77 and DVICE , but just for the record, this is not new. SK Telecom's mobile phone-based mosquito repellent, was first written up in July 2003 and described then (as now) "as a service that generates anti-mosquito sound waves ranging from 300Hz to 600Hz to repel mosquitoes within a range of one meter".
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Ringtones for dogs coming to Japanese cellphones
After the Mosquitotone, a ringtone heard only by the under 20 crowd, now a Tokyo-based content provider Dwango has announced that it would start selling specialized ringtones which can be heard only by dogs.
It's not clear why this is a good idea. Hmm, Maybe Japanese dogs answer cell phones?
[via engadget:mobile]
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KFC uses videos from community website for its new ad
Last Tuesday on American Idol, KFC, the popular chicken restaurant chain, aired an ad put together with snippets from consumers' submitted Web videos. USA Today reports.
"The ad, called "Celebration," shows people pumping fists, flipping, jumping and generally going bonkers, ostensibly for the chain's new menu of chicken with no trans fats.
KFC evaluated 400 videos and got approval to use 35, before making the final cut to clips from 13 people, including a vegetarian."
KFC seems to be in tune with the latest technolgoy crazes. In April, Moco News reported that KFC had struck a cross-branding partnership with the company behind the MosquitoTone mobile ringtone that inserts the high-pitched sound in one of the fast-food company’s latest TV advertisements.
It's not the first time user generated content is used for a commercial. Yahoo and Doritos teamed up to collect video submissions for a commercial to be aired during this year's Super Bowl.
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New Cell Phone Services: Fish Finder
All kinds of new and unusual cell phone services are being developed by content providers. SK Telecom alone works with some 1,300 providers, and last year it received 5,000 new service proposals, reports Digital Chosunilbo. The latest is a service that lets people use their cell phones to locate fish.
"Wireless provider SK Telecom is launching the service for fishermen, using a float-shaped ultrasonic transmitter that is connected to a cell phone on one end and a fishing line on the other. When the device is put in the water, the cell phone can show the the location of fish and the depth and temperature of the water.
Cell phones used to be nearly useless for fishermen who sat by rivers or at the beach on summer nights. But now mobile phones can be a big help to outdoorsmen. "
One of the most memorable services offered by SK Telecom as early as 2003, was the famous mosquito repellent, whereby anti-mosquito sound waves downloaded by SK Telecom repelled them within a range of one meter.
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Mosquitone integrated in KFC commercial
According to MocoNews, KFC has struck a cross-branding partnership with Compound Security Systems, to integrate their famous Mosquitone (which emits a high level frequencey sound only audible to the under 20 crowd) in their latest TV commercial.
"Those who manage to hear it (only youngsters), can hit KFC.com and enter the sound’s precise location to win meal vouchers."
MocoNews , KFC has struck a cross-branding partnership with Compound Security Systems, to integrate their famous Mosquitotone (which emits a high level frequencey sound only audible to the under 20 crowd) in their latest TV ad.
"Those who manage to hear it (only youngsters), can hit KFC.com and enter the sound’s precise location to win meal vouchers."
Related:
-- New Movie "The Messengers" includes ringing only teens can hear - Sony Pictures has included the ultrasonic ringtone -- only audible to teenagers but not adults -- as a featured aspect of the film's promotional campaign, which is geared toward a teen audience.
-- Links to Mosquitotone articles
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Allergic to cell phones
The Daily Mail has a story on a woman who is allergic to cell phones and has had to cover the walls of her home in special carbon paint.
"The 39-year-old is so sensitive to the electromagnetic field (emf) or 'smog' created by computers, mobile phones, microwave ovens and even some cars, that she develops a painful skin rash and her eyelids swell to three times their size if she goes near them.
As a consequence, Mrs Bird, a health spa manager, has transformed her home into an EMF-free zone to try and stay healthy.
he walls are all covered in special carbon paint, the windows have a protective film on them and she and her husband, Tony, 45, even sleep under a silver-plated mosquito net to deflect the radiowaves. "
[via digg]
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New Movie "The Messengers" includes ringing only teens can hear
To promote the upcoming supernatural thriller "The Messengers," Sony Pictures has included in its dossier of digital-marketing tools a ringtone only young consumers can hear, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"The ultrasonic ringtone -- ringtones that are audible to teenagers but not adults -- are a featured aspect of the film's promotional campaign, which is geared toward a teen audience.
The ringtone itself, which can be purchased for $2.49 at sony.com/TheMessengers, was created specifically for the film
Adult-proof ringtones first got attention in the form of "Teen Buzz or Mosquitotone" a popular ring tone adapted from a sonar-based security system used in Europe, Compound Security Systems Ltd, to keep teenagers from loitering at retail outlets."
Phat Tonez removes the adult-proof Mosquito ringtone from sale due to waves of complaints
In a PR Newswire press release, ring tone provider Phat Tonez explains why their company removed the teenager repellent "Mosquitotone" from their offerings following the 100th complaint that landed on their desk.
"Teachers have complained that their lessons are being disrupted by every other pupil turning towards the culprit when their mobile phone starts to ring with the mosquito sound.
According to James Winsoar, Company Director ofPhat Tonez- who by the way, launched the first ringtone customising business back in 1999: "Originally we thought the stealth ringtone was an amazing use of mobile phone technology, but we have to square up to our social responsibilities too and therefore have taken the unprecidented action of removing the ringtone from sale altogether".
"Originally we thought the stealth ringtone was an amazing use of mobile phone technology, but we have to square up to our social responsibilities too and therefore have taken the unprecidented action of removing the ringtone from sale altogether".
Secret alarm becomes dance track
Mosquitotone
Wales-based Compound Security released the "Mosquitotone" ringtone as a way of letting teenagers hear their phones ringing without adults knowing.
It was developed because adults lose the ability to hear high-pitched sound. But now the sound is being used in a dance track, Buzzin', with secret melodies only young ears can hear.
The tune was developed after the success of the company's ringtone which was released in June.
Simon Morris from Compound Security said: "Following the success of the ringtone, a lot of people were asking us to do a bit more, so we got together with the producers Melodi and they came up with a full-length track.
"It has two harmonies - one that everyone can hear and one that only young people can hear. "But it works well together or separate," he added.
"Although it (the dance track) isn't our main business, the demand for it is definitely there," said Mr Morris.
Related articles:
-- A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears
-- Mosquitotone - Teen Buzz/Teenager Repellent ringtone available
-- Teenager repellent "Mosquito" turned into ringtone
-- Teen Buzz Ringtone to be made available by "Mosquito" manufacturer
Related side stories:
-- Manilow music as another teenage repellent scheme
-- Web Hosting company registers mosquitone.net and exploits teen buzz ringtone
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Bluetuna, Jimi Hendrix, Davie Bowie, Nokia's 8GB music phone and Music that you can’t hear
Some headlines from Ringtonia.com today:
-- BLUETUNA - A mobile phone application based on bluetooth which helps locate and meet people with similar taste in music.
-- Nokia launches 8GB music phone, and signs David Bowie up for mobile music community - Nokia has come out with a barrage of announcements today that delight music fans.
-- Jimi Hendrix Comes to Verizon Wireless - Verizon Wireless customers will be able to download more than 60 tunes from Jimi Hendrix.
-- Music that you can’t hear!? - After the teenage Buzz Tone or Mosquitone, the one adults can't hear, now a song - with secret parts.
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Music that you can’t hear!?
Following the teenager repellent ringtone, or Mosquitone - the one with a frequency too high for most adults to hear - the company who made it official is now launching a world first tomorrow ; a song that has secret parts that only kids are meant to hear. It can be dowloaded from mozzytones.co.uk
The song has been produced by UK based company Melodi in co-operation with compound security Systems, the inventors of the much acclaimed alarm system and Mozzytones ringtone. It is being sold for PC and mobile download in conjunction with international telecommunications company Opera Telecom.
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Computer Toolbar Chases Mosquitoes Away
Mosquitoes bugging you while you're online? Empas, one of Korea's major Web portal sites, Monday unveiled a toolbar, which it claims keeps about half of mosquitoes away from computer users. [via The Korea Times]
"Those who want to try out the intriguing applications can download the Empas Toolbar 2.0 at empas.com free of charge and must configure the program based on their locations. The anti-mosquito feature will work as long as computers are on.
... Mosquito-repelling services are already available through mobile phones but this is the first time that the applications have been embedded in an Internet service package."
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LiveScience on the Mosquito Tone and hearing loss
According to LiveScience, the reason the over 30 crowd can't hear the Mosquitotone, is "a result of an epidemic of noise-induced hearing loss, not just aging."
There is natural age-related hearing loss, called presbycusis. And then there's unnatural, accelerated hearing loss from noise. Most 30-year-olds should be able to hear a 17-kilohertz sound. This is the case in quiet societies in remote regions such as Nepal and parts of Africa. The fact that many of us cannot hear the Mosquito is a result of an epidemic of noise-induced hearing loss, not just aging.
Mosquitotone related articles:
-- A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears
-- Mosquitotone - Teen Buzz/Teenager Repellent ringtone available
-- Teenager repellent "Mosquito" turned into ringtone
-- Where to download the Mosquitotone
Links to related studies and article on hearing loss:
-- iPod/Cell Phone warning: turn it down
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US mobile users can download official teen buzz ring at FORK:
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-- US mobile users can download official teen buzz ring at FORK: - The Mosquitotone, aka the Teen Buzz ringtone, or more specificallythe ringtone adults can't hear, is available for downloading by US mobile users at FORK:. This is the official version from Compound Security.
-- RIAA honors ringtones with gold and platinum - Rapper Rick Rosss received a plaque bearing a golden cell phone Wednesday when music industry officials honored 128 songs as the first batch of gold and platinum ringtones.
-- Hit phone number as ringtone - Twenty four years have passed since the hit song “Jenny, Jenny, who can I turn to? scaled the Billboard Pop Chart, but the number that started life on the bathroom wall will soon be playing on cellular phones everywhere as the song enters the ringtone age.
-- Film Director Takes Content Mobile - Leave it to film director David Lynch to come up with the latest and strangest in ringtones, writes Wireless Week - with titles like "Angst", "Kill Deer", "StampLicker", "Teeth"... even the Web page is scary.
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US mobile users can download official teen buzz ring at FORK:
The Mosquitotone, aka the Teen Buzz ringtone, or more specifically the ringtone adults can't hear, is available for downloading by US mobile users at FORK:. This is the official version from Compound Security.
And Mobile Burn points to another website, www.mozzytones, where mobile users from the UK, Italy, Australia and South Africa can download the official version.
Related articles:
-- A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears
-- Mosquitotone - Teen Buzz/Teenager Repellent ringtone available
-- Teenager repellent "Mosquito" turned into ringtone
-- Teen Buzz Ringtone to be made available by "Mosquito" manufacturer
Related side stories:
-- Manilow music as another teenage repellent scheme
-- Web Hosting company registers mosquitone.net and exploits teen buzz ringtone
A Ring Tone Meant to Fall on Deaf Ears
Apologies. I posted this yesterday and deleted it by error. Here goes again - with some changes.
The New York Times picked up on the Teen Buzz ringtone story - the one with a frequency too high for most adults to hear (links to previous posts below). And described how some freshman honors math class students, tried it out on their teacher at Roslyn High School on Long Island.
Here's the MP3 audio. Can you hear it? I can't - which makes sense, I'm way over 20. My son who's 16 can hear it - he says it's annoying. So it really does work.
Knock offs are sure to proliferate. I found one on a Swiss ringtone site - but it's not the real thing, as I can hear it loud and clear.
This story has been so good for Ringtonia, the smallest sister of the Textually blog network. The New York Times article was digged and gathered hundreds of comments, many of them pointing out and linking to the teen buzz story posted weeks ago. Kevin Maney on USA Today mentioned it too. Thank you!
Related:
-- Mosquitotone - Teen Buzz/Teenager Repellent ringtone available
-- Teenager repellent "Mosquito" turned into ringtone
-- Teen Buzz Ringtone to be made available by "Mosquito" manufacturer
Related side stories:
-- Manilow music as another teenage repellent scheme
-- Web Hosting company registers mosquitone.net and exploits teen buzz ringtone
Mosquitotone - Teen Buzz/Teenager Repellent ringtone available
The original "Teen Buzz" ringtone is now available from Compound Security Systems, the manufacturer of the Mosquito box - a device which emits a sound only audible to teenagers and which shopkeepers have bought in droves to keep away anti social youths who hang out in front of their stores fronts and drive their customers away.
Dubbed and trademarked «Mosquitotone», the ringtone is available by texting ‘mozzy’ or ‘mozzie’ to short code 87070 from the UK for now, and very soon to be available worldwide. Will keep you posted where.
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