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The guys from SpinVox have teamed up with a little-known music television channel called MTV in a joint campaign called Stand by What You Say to encourage young people to speak openly about sex, sexual health and HIV/AIDS. Using SpinVox technology the campaign encourages young people to pick up the phone and ‘Talk About...’ the pleasures and issues surrounding 21st century sex, with messages then converted into text and displayed on the Stand by What You Say website. Also using the medium of Facebook ... Read More

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I was merrily watching my favourite TV show, The Gadget Show on Five last night, when they started talking about SpinVox. I was amazed to see a product that I am so familiar with being featured on such a big technology show as this (congrats Team SpinVox!).  I was however a little disappointed not to see Mr Whatley in the feature, especially since his recent interview on BBC Radio 4. If you didn't see it, don't worry you can find it below - ... Read More

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A little while ago I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Figures of Speech Gala Dinner in London. The event sponsored by SpinVox was to raise money for the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) and was an ideal opportunity for me to try out the Nokia N82 that I had recently been loaned. Hosted by Graham Norton, ten leading cultural figures introduced and explained an object that was personal to them, an object that they could not live without. With the Nokia ... Read More

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If you were up bright and early this morning and listen to BBC Radio 4 you may just have heard James Whatley (aka Whatleydude) talking to the BBC's Technology reporter Rory Cellan-Jones about how businesses are engaging with the Blogosphere. Image courtesy of Martyn Davies James, who works for SpinVox is the eyes and ears for the company on the internet; "I listen to the web and encourage conversation around SpinVox." The discussion on the Today Programme talked about companies using blogs as of way ... Read More

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The-one-and-only Mobile Geek of London - James Whatley or whatleydude as he is commonly known online is heading off to Las Vegas for CTIA Wireless 2008, and while there will be taking the massively popular Mobile Geeks of London to Sin City. If you are going to be in Las Vegas for CTIA, which runs from Tuesday 1st - Thursday 3rd April, why not see if you can hook up with him, and like minded geeks, on Monday night at 8pm at The ... Read More

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I am now back in the UK again after spending a few days at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Unfortunately due to some very ropey WiFi at both the event and the hotel, I wasn't able to bring you guys live coverage as I'd initially hoped. I have quite a bit of work to catch up on (sorting photos & videos etc) so all being well, I'll have more detailed coverage in the next day or so. For ... Read More