The Crazy Frog, a.k.a. ‘The Anoying thing,’ which happens to be the most popular ringtone of all time—Wikipedia reports £14 million in sales—is now burning up the UK charts as a remixed single based ...

It was a bumper year for the UK ringtone market. But, asks Futurity Media's Anthony Plewes, will ringtones remain a lucrative revenue stream for the music industry, or will high prices eventually turn ...

There are certain skills that once acquired, such as riding a bike or looking both ways before crossing a street, rarely have to be relearned. Most studies on learning and long-term memory in the wild ...

Remember the good old days of five minutes ago when you could count on the singles charts being topped by (albeit, often crappy) conventional musical productions? Stop holding on to the past, yo.

The British government has decided to launch an investigation into the sales practices of the "Crazy Frog" ringtone. The move comes after complaints were received from parents of children who claimed ...

Following a series of consumer complaints and the resulting investigation by Premium Rate Services regulator ICSTIS, one of the service providers for the Jamba! Crazy Frog ringtone has been fined GBP ...

Market expected to grow by another 7% in 2006. By Antony Bruno The UK’s 2005 year-end ringtone chart was topped by tunes from fictional cartoon characters and old pop favorites, not hit singles, ...

Frog-eating bat (Trachops cirrhosus). Credit: Marcos Guerra. Frog-eating bats trained by researchers to associate a phone ringtone with a tasty treat were able to remember what they learned for up to ...

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Wild bats trained to link a specific phone ringtone with a food reward can remember the sound for more than four years, new research suggests. This would put their long-term memory skills on par with ...