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My mobile number is public, right? It’s upon the site here and available on dozens of pages on the site — and duplicated by tons of content scrapers all over the place. So I get a ton of weird nexts now and again, from depressed teenagers wanting to kill themselves (I recommended the Samaritans along [...]
Continue ReadingAnd here was I thinking 12.5 pence per text was quite steep…
Link: Alex Fergie fines Cristiano Ronaldo £8000 for sending sms while training | TopNews Sports
Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo has been fined 8,000 pounds by club boss Sir Alex Ferguson - for constantly sending text messages during training.
The winger was caught sending messages four [...]
Just how easy is Twitter to ‘get’ when you’re a normob? This NY Times piece highlights that it isn’t that simple — something I’ve been observing with quite a few people over the past weeks.
Link: If You Can’t Let Go, Twitter - New York Times
‘The site was confusing and I didn’t have [...]
Checked out Swirl Connect at all? It’s a location-based mobile friend finder service. It enables users to stay connected with friends, experience what their friends experience as it happens, meet new folk on the go and find out about places of interest nearby.
Speaking of places of interest — that’s what Swirl’s been [...]
I was forwarded this video from one of my friends who received it the other day. It’s by Myreminders.co.uk, Interflora’s free reminder service — very useful for remembering important dates. You can sign-up for reminders via text and email. You can then effectively point-and-click to order flowers or other assorted gifts via [...]
Continue ReadingEli Mahal, VP of Marketing for Flash Networks is back this morning with the latest installment from the Mobile World Congress floor:
Third day of the show and standing for hours on end is starting to take its toll on everyone’s feet!
So, talk about Mobile TV and its future has weaved into discussions once again and [...]
Link: New police text scheme is a big hit - Blaenau Gwent - South Wales Valleys - News - icWales
DEAF and hard of hearing people have declared Gwent Police’s new text messaging service an outstanding success.
The initiative, enabling those who face difficulties in contacting police with a phone call to access help via a mobile [...]
Following the success of their first auction in September 2007, mobile domain name registrar dotMobi are having another auction, kicking off tomorrow (31st October 2007).
Amongst the 100 “premium names” in the auction are such gems as car.mobi, gps.mobi, gay.mobi, kiss.mobi, love.mobi and map.mobi. If the first auction is anything to go by, the stakes will [...]
ROK Entertainment Group, the UK-based specialist mobile applications developer, has launched its first streamed mobile TV deployment in India through local operator BSNL.
Offering an initial portfolio of 6 channels to include English Music Channel (EMN), Hindi music channel (Geet), an entertainment channel (Bindaas), a Bollywood channel (Zoom), a live Hindi news channel plus a Regional [...]
Link: BBC NEWS | England | Merseyside | Mobile appeal for Rhys witnesses
Police investigating the killing of 11-year-old Rhys Jones are sending issuing appeals directly to mobile phones in a bid for more information.
Detectives are using a device that can send messages to Bluetooth enabled phones in Croxteth within a 100m radius of the transmitter.
Mobile technology and entertainment company ROK have just announced they’re behind the ‘Ask Terry’ Q&A text service service launched today on UK sports radio station TalkSPORT.
Commenting on the initiative, Laurence Alexander, CEO of ROK said “TalkSPORT is the perfect medium for reaching keen sports fans who find themselves with a burning question that needs answering.
“Our [...]
Link: Majority Do Not Want Mobile Phones on Planes - Survey
Following on from news that the Telegraph’s campaign to ban mobiles on flights has reached 4,000 signatories, travel website TripAdvisor has carried out a worldwide survey and come to a very similar conclusion - phones on planes are bad bad bad..
According to a survey of [...]
Link: SMS confusion leads to hold-up false alarm | Herald Sun
A WOMAN sparked a frantic police response in central Brisbane today after misreading a text message from her boyfriend about a possible armed hold-up. However, a police spokeswoman said the incident was a false alarm and the result of a “miscommunication”.
She said a man had [...]
Although not officially unveiled until later today, we’ve got all the details of the new Skype mobile - launched in conjunction with mobile operator 3. Ewan will be at the press launch later, so expect pictures soon!
The 3 Skypephone is a fully-featured 3G Internet phone with Skype built-in. In addition to Skype [...]
Link: Facebook sued for mis-sending dirty texts | The Register
News in from the legal trigger-happy land of the free (via The Register) - Facebook is being sued by an Indiana woman for sending ‘adult content’ via text.
Earlier this week, an Indiana mommy named Lindsey Abrams filed a federal class action suit against the Microsoft-propped social [...]
Canadian mobile operator Rogers is uping the stakes with mobile data speeds in North America, unveiling what it calls the fastest download speeds in the country.
Following the expansion of it’s HSPA service to 25 Canadian markets earlier this month, Rogers - which offers service in the country under the Rogers and Fido brands - has [...]
Link: BBC NEWS | Business | Carphone enters Vodafone tie-up
Just when you thought it was safe to venture out onto the High Street.. Carphone Warehouse (who neither sell carphones nor demand customers visit their warehouse) have just launched yet another MVNO.
According to the BBC, this one is going to be called Talkmobile, and will run [...]
Link: webitpr | End2End Strengthens Mobile Gaming Offering with Acquisition of Terraplay Creates market leading solution for hosted mobile gaming
End2End, the leading provider of managed service solutions for mobile data, today announced its acquisition of Terraplay, the leading provider of connected-gaming services. The deal substantiates End2End’s position at the forefront of developments in the mobile [...]
Mobile messaging specialists Sybase 365 have launched their new MMS content delivery gateway - enabling content providers, marketers, and media companies to deliver MMS content directly to consumers’ handsets, globally, with a single connection.
“MMS is, and will continue to be, the most viable method for delivering rich media,” said Marty Beard, President of Sybase 365. [...]
In an interesting move, mobile accessories firm Parrot have just unveiled what they’re claiming is the world’s first MMS-enabled digital photo frame.
Digital photo frames are nothing new - there’s quite a few on the market. The concept is simple: chuck one on your mantlepiece or coffee table, pop in a memory card and load some [...]
Florida-based company Global SMS has just unveiled something they’re calling a ‘text messaging dating companion’, aimed at stopping so-called dating ‘players’.
Based on the simple concept that people cheat and lie while dating and in relationships, the PlayerBlock service provides an outlet for the “playee” to share their experience. This experience is linked to the phone [...]
According to mobile media research firm M:Metrics, text shortcodes are the most effective platform for mobile advertisers in the US.
“In the United States, CSCs represent the only universal way for brands to connect with almost all mobile users,” said Evan Neufeld, vice president and senior analyst at M:Metrics. “In August 2007, 92.5 million, or 43 [...]
Link: webitpr | AirVersent and BT Extend Relationship
AirVersent today announces an extension of its relationship with BT, which will see AirVersent’s ServiceNet solution rolled out to 2,000 of BT’s own mobile engineering workforce. In 2006 the ServiceNet managed service platform was chosen to underpin BT’s own Mobile on Demand (MoD) field service solution, which [...]
Messaging interoperability and content delivery specialists Sybase 365 have just unveiled a new suite of products for the financial industry.
Sybase mBanking 365 provides secure and direct multi-channel interaction with customers over all mobile messaging channels — SMS, WAP, and rich client. Vital services such as bank account activity alerts that notify customers of potentially fraudulent [...]
Mobile value-added services player Zed Group (formerly LaNetro Zed, and current owner of MonsterMob) has just announced they generated a record $100 million dollars in revenue in the month of September 2007. The company’s mobile products and services are used by more than 35 million customers across 37 countries each month.
Javier Perez Dolset, founder and [...]
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