
Cell phone application wards off gropers in trains
MDN-Mainichi, Oct 24, 2007
TOKYO (AP) --Did you just grope me? Shall we head to the police?
That's the message women are flashing on their cell phones with a popular program designed to ward off wandering hands in Japan's congested commuter trains.
"Anti-Groping Appli" by games developer Takahashi was released in late 2005, but has only recently climbed up popularity rankings, reaching No. 7 in this week's top-10 cell phone application...more...