Text Messaging
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Philippine carriers willing to reduce SMS fees
News But country's operators slam government's proposal for free SMS, arguing that market forces--not the government--should force prices down.
Tags: CommunicAsia 2008, Mobile platforms/communications, Data services, India, Carrier, Text Messaging, Service, Government, food, SMS
Twitter API getting location data
News Developers will soon be able to write, read geolocation data in tweets. Could this lead to a larger departure from Twitter's 140-character SMS roots?
Tags: Web 2.0, Web Page, Text Messaging, Web Service, API, SMS, Web, Web 2.0
Analyst: 2G to dominate Southeast Asia
News Voice and text messaging to stay predominant mobile services due to expanding subscriber base in rural areas; 3G adoption remains in saturated markets.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Network infrastructure, Broadband, 2G, 3G Network, Southeast Asia, Frost & Sullivan, 3G, Emerging Market, analyst
Dot Go could be 'the Internet for text messaging'
News New service from Scientific Media aims to make it very easy for companies to run text message marketing campaigns.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Starbucks Corp., Text Messaging, dot-com, marketing, Earth, Internet, Mobile platforms/communications, Internet domain
Mobile messaging grows globally
News New uses--such as messaging for social change and marketing--helped spur total message growth worldwide by nearly 10 percent in the third quarter, according to VeriSign.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Message, Mobile, Quarter, VeriSign Inc., Cell Phone, Text Messaging, Mobile Banking, Wireless, Messaging
Lenovo ThinkPads to get text-message kill switch
News Users of select 3G-enabled ThinkPad notebooks will, be able to remotely disable their machines by sending an SMS text message.
Tags: PC security, Alcatel, Security, Text Messaging, IBM ThinkPad, cellular network, Notebook, Lenovo Group Ltd., Laptop Computer, communications company
Twitter spoofing: The next logical exploit
Techguide First it was spoofing e-mail, then IM, and now spoofing Twitter is the new means of exploit. How attractive really is the ROI for attackers?
Tags: Network security, Web 2.0, Security Management, Twitter, Phishing, Malware, Security, Mobile, Text Messaging, Michael Kassner
Texting and tweeting through Obama's swearing in
News Inauguration planners are turning to Twitter and text messaging to keep things organized when President-elect Barack Obama is sworn in January 20.
Tags: Web sites, Politics, Location-based services, Apple Inc., Twitter, Ceremony, Text Messaging, District of Columbia, Emergency Management, Washington
Google takes two with Gmail-SMS chat
News After a hiatus of more than a month, Google has reintroduced a feature to send instant messages to phones via SMS.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Search, Wireless e-mail devices, VoIP, Phone Number, Google Inc., Cell Phone, Text Messaging, phone
BlackBerry smartphones open to SMS attack
News Certificate notification issue means BlackBerry users could be tricked into visiting malicious Web sites, Research In Motion has warned.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Network security, BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, E-mail, dialog box, Web Site, software, domain name
Regulating the unregulated telecoms market
Blogs It was on a plane trip back home from Singapore that I was able to grab a copy of a magazine (I can’t remember if it was...
Apple to FCC: We're still studying Google Voice app
News Apple tells the U.S. Federal Communications Commission that it acted alone in deciding to continue to review an iPhone application that works with Google's voicemail service.
Tags: Mobile applications, Apple Inc., 3G Network, phone, AT&T Corp., Wi-Fi, network, VoIP, FCC, Apple iPhone
Bush talks with international bloggers
News In recognition of Human Rights Day, President Bush speaks in support of using blogs to promote democracy.
Tags: Domain names, Web sites, Politics, Blogger, Democracy, U.S. Department Of State, broadcasting, Video, Belarus, Burma
A tricky part of convergence
Blogs A few weeks ago, I attended a press briefing where a local fast-food company revealed it had signed a contract to use th...
Telcos could do more with biz intelligence
News Telecoms operators in the region are not doing enough with business analytics, and could take a leaf from the retail industry, says Frost & Sullivan analyst.
Tags: Support, Data mining & analysis, Operator, Telecommunications, BSS, billing system, competitive strategy, Asia-Pacific, business analytics, Frost & Sullivan
