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"'Yo' is a single-tap zero character communication tool. Yo is everything and anything, it all depends on you, the recipient and the time of the Yo," according to the app store description.

Developed by San Francisco-based Life Before Us, LLC, the app's creators describe it as "the simplest & most efficient communication tool in the world."

And it is really as simple as it sounds.

Download it, choose the friends you want to send your "Yo" greeting to, and they get a push notification on their phone and that's it. Seriously.

I swear, all of my iPhone friends get the vowels when they need them.

In the wake of plummeting share prices, revenue, and a long and costly patent lawsuit from NTP, Research In Motion (RIM) created a Youtube video thanking the developers they had previously partnered with for their longstanding loyalty. With Apple and Android platforms crushing the mobile market right now, you can't help but feel a little sad watching this video. Having your VP of developer relations making a video essentially telling customers to "stay tuned" and "keep being optimistic" doesn't exactly mean the company is doing too well...

EVERYTHING HANDHELD IS NOW A MOBILE DEVICE

YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST

Of course Japanese engineers have designed a 1.35 million-dollar robot that can be controlled with your mobile phone. Why would you even begin to think anything to the contrary.

In an age where we fetishize outdated technology, it's hard to tell if this guy is way behind the times, or far ahead of it. I wouldn't be surprised if everyone carried a phonograph around with them instead of an iPod by the year 2030.