Very soon, your cell phone may double as your boarding pass. Read more here.

Scandal sheet

The good: Internet news/gossip pioneer Matt Drudge (who demonstrated the power of the 'net in 1998 when he broke the Monica Lewinsky scandal) is out with a mobile version of his Drudge Report.

The bad: User has to scroll through two screens of the right-wing gadfly's self-puffery before getting to the headlines.

The ugly: This is the first time I noticed how much he looks like Peewee Herman. Hint: Don't sit next to him in a movie theater.

Know where you are

Google Maps (for Mobile) now offers location-awareness without GPS by triangulating cell signals. While you're at it, check out this cool Google Maps blog.

Porno to go

Mobile technology is opening the doors to whole new categories of perversion.

Update

Yahoo predicts a mass migration to mobiles over the next 10 years.

Pay-by-phone technology takes a step forward with the introduction of a secure mobile signature. Still to be seen if such an application carries water legally.

Danah Boyd posts an interesting article about how pricing plans affect texting culture (insofar as there is such a thing).

Mobile lust

Just in time for the holidays, Forbes Magazine offers a list of sexy mobile phones you can't get in the United States.

Trends

An AP/AOL poll shows teens use instant messaging and cell phones to say things they wouldn't say face-to-face. (Maybe this is a good way for parents to ask, "How was your day?") Meanwhile, businesses crack down on rude cell phone users.