- Employers who want to avoid the awkward situation of firing employees face to face may want to follow the lead of the Blue Banana body piercing studio in Cardiff, Wales, which fired one if its employees recently via text message. The company said it doesn’t usually can employees via text message, but had no choice in this situation because it could not reach the employee, who had taken a sick day. Plus, using cutting-edge text message technology keeps the company modern, a company representative told a local newspaper.
- Fox Mobile Entertainment, Airborne Entertainment and Mowave have teamed up to bring content based on the Fox’s animated series Family Guy to mobile users outside North America. International users will be able to download images, voice messages and other content such as original wallpapers, animations, ringtones, video ringers and ringback tones, according to the arrangement. In addition, mobile entertainment provider Mowave said it plans to create Family Guy mobile destinations that will be available on operator portals. The content will be rolled out first in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands.
- In a completely inexplicable change of direction, MeshTech Wireless Inc., which used to specialize in the wireless mesh network space, is now dabbling in the sleep disorder space and has changed its name to better reflect its new focus. Roy Mers, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the company, said the new Sleep Healers Holdings Inc. plans to acquire and launch sleep diagnostics centers.
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