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Ringtone of the year awarded
Rap artist T-Pain’s “I’m n luv (wit a stripper)” nabbed Broadcast Music Inc.’s Urban Ringtone Award at this year’s Urban Awards held at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. BMI noted the ringtone scored the most downloads during the award period. Ciena’s “1, 2 step” picked up the award last year.
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When old becomes new again Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts launched its MFA Mobile program that is designed to allow users to download art work from the museum to their cellphones and other mobile devices. Participants can use the artwork as a single wallpaper for $2 or become a monthly subscriber and receive up to six downloads per month for $5. The museum noted that 50 wallpapers are available at launch with plans to add new content on an ongoing basis. The museum also launched a text-alert program that sends out information on upcoming events and provides access to exclusive offers and discounts.
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Bees don’t hate cellphones A report earlier this year by a German university that suggested mobile phones were to blame for a decline in bee populations has been upended by a three-year scientific study by U.S. universities that showed a virus was to blame for the dearth of honeybees. The U.S. study noted the virus came from imported bees and royal jelly before spreading through apiaries and causing the bee deaths. Researchers also noted that current methods of bee raising were putting stress on bee colonies and making them more susceptible to contracting the virus. German researchers had thought the electromagnetic transmission from cellphones were causing the bees to become disoriented, halting their progress back to hives.