The Daily Dispatch is a collection of interesting news about computing, consumer electronics, and other technology gathered from around the Web by Dirk Klingner, our technology-trend watcher, and other staffers. If you have a tip on news you want to share, leave a comment below.
Virgin Mobile unveils free service for low-income customers (FierceWireless)...The service provides qualifying customers with a free Kyocera Jax phone and 200 minutes of local and long-distance airtime per month. The service comes with free voicemail, call waiting, caller ID, and access to 911. Customers also can pay for additional 20-cent-per-minute domestic calling, international calling, 15-cent text, email or instant messages, and for mobile Web access.
SheSpeaks finds nearly 50% rise in social network use among influential female consumers... (PR Newswire)
...The study also found online video has grown in popularity over the last year. Almost 40% of the women surveyed reported they frequently watch video and TV content online, and 85% say they watch it frequently or sometimes. A separate poll of SheSpeaks members found that clips from news and TV programming were the most commonly watched type of online video in the prior week (68%), followed by videos that are forwarded (49%), full news and TV programs (40%), and videos posted by friends (40%).
PriceGrabber.com launches iPhone mobile shopping application (PR Newswire)
...Shoppers can make smarter shopping decisions by comparing prices on millions of products in 25 channels, including Electronics, Clothing, Appliances and Computers.
Scientists say paper battery could be in the works (Reuters)
...Scientists at Stanford University in California reported on Monday they have successfully turned paper coated with ink made of silver and carbon nanomaterials into a "paper battery" that holds promise for new types of lightweight, high-performance energy storage.
Amazon Disc+ on Demand: Buy a DVD or Blu-ray movie, stream it instantly (Gizmodo)
This is awesome and just plain makes sense: With Amazon's Disc+ on Demand, when you buy a DVD or Blu-ray movie, you'll be able to stream it instantly via Amazon On Demand.
Lighter side: Sony taps YouTube phenom to remix TV ads (ClickZ)
The Gregory Brothers are put to work by Sony to 'Auto-tune' one of Sony's "Panel of Experts" commercials. Watch it below:
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