1:50 PM -- I woke up at 4:30 a.m. this morning to a urgent pinging from my cellphone. Wondering what kind of crazy story might have broken in the night, I staggered around in the dark, trod on the cat, and finally found my metallic tormentor and shut it up.

Only it turns out that there wasn't a big story, merely a dumb spam message promoting a crappy stock. This seems to be happening more frequently lately. A couple of years ago I'd get SMS spam once in a blue moon; now it is probably up to twice a month. It's still nothing to worry about, but I'm even less keen on having my phone inbox crammed with spam than I am my laptop.

Anyhow, I'm curious if readers have noticed a small but steady increase in mobile spam as well. I can't tell yet if it's a trend or just my luck.

— Dan Jones, Site Editor, Unstrung