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Donate your text messages to science
Explore Article textually.org (Nov 24 2009)
A Université de Montréal researcher has a special request for Canadian texters: "Everyone young and old, students and workers, artists and business people, no matter who you are, send me your text messages," says Patrick Drouin, a linguistics professor at the Université de Montréal who is overseeing the North-American leg of the international research project called Texto4Science. In recent years, texting as a means of communication has become a genuine societal phenomenon," says Drouin. "These messages, also known as SMS, are of a limited length and can be sent or received with a cell phone. This growing phenomenon is the ...Comment on Article Mentions: SMS
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Two location-based mobile social networking bits: Locle and The Grid
Explore Article gomonews.com (May 15 2009)
Both South Africa and Ireland have home grown news in location-based mobile social networking today. Irish company Locle is working on a service that will work on any mobile device, and South African Vodacom is introducing a location-based advertising option for it’s MoSo, The Grid. What is location-based mobile social networking? Very simply, an LBS mobile social [...]Comment on Article Mentions: Vodacom iPhone
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Texting at a Symphony? Yes, but Only to Select an Encore
Explore Article textually.org (May 17 2009)
A recent Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra concert of classics like Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, the conductor instructed audience members to take out their phones. The New York Times reports. In an attempt to appeal to a younger audience, symphony administrators had decided to let the audience choose the encore by text-messaging votes: “A” for Aaron Copland’s “Hoedown,” or “B” for Wagner’s prelude to Act III of “Lohengrin.” (“Hoedown” won by 23 votes.) The New York Philharmonic has also asked audience members to choose encores via text. In recent New York performances of Mozart’s “Così Fan Tutte” by a small opera company, ...Comment on Article Mentions: New York Times
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Haiti: The SMS donation tipping point
Explore Article Mobile Marketer (Jan 27 2010)
By Alan PascoeHaiti has shown the best of carriers, which have expedited donations to organizations, cut surcharges to subscribers and charities, and revealed the power of SMS donations.
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Unicef launches free SMS number for Nepalese youths
Explore Article textually.org (Apr 28 2010)
Unicef Tuesday launched a free SMS number for youths in Nepal so they could text in their views and comments on issues that concern them to the global organisation. Sify reports. The number is being launched in partnership with the popular radio show 'Saathi Sanga Manka Kura' (SSMK), a youth oriented radio programme run by Equal Access Nepal. Every week, SSMK will initiate a topic of debate on air and invite opinions. Listeners can then text in their views and comments on the given topic by sending an SMS, free of cost, to the 'Youth Corner' section of the Unicef ... -
Apple fixing iPhone MS security hole
Explore Article Technology News (Jul 6 2009)
Apple expects to have a fix later this month for a vulnerability in the iPhone that could allow an attacker to gain control of the device remotely via SMS, a security researcher said on Thursday.
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Global Messaging Awards 2010 Open for Entries
Explore Article 160Characters Association (Apr 21 2010)
Text messaging services and companies now have the opportunity to shine. The 7th annual Mobile Messaging Awards Gala Dinner will take place on 22nd June in London and companies are invited to enter the awards to give themselves the opportunity to pick up a coveted award on the night. The final closing date for entries is 31st May 2010. -
European Southern Observatory selects Derdack message master Enterprise Alert
Explore Article 160Characters Association (Apr 19 2010)
The European Southern Observatory in Santiago, Chile has selected Derdack message master Enterprise Alert to increase availability for critical IT services. Existing network monitoring functionality will be augmented with automated mobile notification capabilities. -
Reportlinker Adds Mobile Messaging & Ip Evolution: Players, Strategies ...
Explore Article Green Technology (Nov 12 2009)
NEW YORK, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. Mobile Messaging & IP Evolution: Players, Strategies & Forecasts 2009-2014 http://www.reportlinker.com/p0163738/Mobile ...Comment on Article Mentions: Airwide Solutions Technology AT&T
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O2 Lets Users Block Messages
Explore Article 160Characters Association (Sep 2 2009)
Users can block bullying messages with the O2 Ireland new Block It service using Anam Smart Services platform.
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Isreal. Rocket Alerts by SMS
Explore Article textually.org (Nov 9 2009)
Within two years Israel's Defense Forces (IDF) will install a text message rocket alert system. The Jerusalem Post">The Jerusalem Post reports. According to Col. Dr. Chilik Soffer, head of the Population Department at the Home Front Command, the advanced rocket sensors would soon have the ability to calculate the projectile's exact trajectory. The alert will take four forms: A cellphone vibration, audio alert, light flash, or text message. Currently, air raid sirens are programmed to identify and alert cities that are at risk of rocket attacks following a hostile launch. The more specific the alert, the more ready people will ...
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MediaPost Publications The Year of SMS, Sort Of -- And Other 2010 Predictions 01/07/2010
Explore Article MediaPost (Jan 8 2010)
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Iran: Regime uses SMS messages to threaten people
Explore Article textually.org (Jul 27 2009)
NCR-Iran reports that the clerical regime's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) sends threatening mobile phone text messages to Iranians, threatening them that they will be “summoned and interrogated” by suppressive organs “in the event of continuing illegal gatherings and activities.”
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Philippiens. SMS is tax goldmine
Explore Article textually.org (Sep 18 2009)
Filipinos send an estimated two billion text messages a day on their mobile phones, making the Philippines the texting capital of the world. Consumers are against the proposed five-centavo tax on every SMS sent. The Straits Times reports.
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AT&T "Txtng & Drivng ... It Can Wait" campaign
Explore Article textually.org (Mar 10 2010)
AT&T's "Txtng & Drivng ... It Can Wait" campaign features parents of young texting-and-driving victims and the final text messages the young drivers received just before they died. The campaign's theme: "No text is worth dying over." AT&T, which serves about 85 million wireless customers, is the second communications company to enter the fray against texting while driving. Verizon Wireless launched its national "Don't Text and Drive" campaign last year. [via USA Today]Comment on Article Mentions: AT&T USA Today
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