Yahoo! ZoneTag 2-click-uploads location-tagged photos to Flickr – Engadget Mobile Yahoo! has just rolled out a new application for Nokia Series 60 handset owners that allows them to not only 2-click upload their cameraphone photos to Flickr, but actually tag them with general location data for personal reference and providing viewers with context. This is […]
4INFO updates text alerts service
Got a note from Bob Roth at 4INFO to say that they’ve updated the registration process for message alerts to make it much simpler to shop for what you’re looking for. Here’s what he said: We were there for Web 2.0 (well, some of us… like me) and we remember this, “Let the customer see […]
4 God so luvd 2 txt
SMSBible SMSBible allows you to send Bible verses of your choice together with your own personal message (up to about 150 characters total) to groups of people. Each verse is translated into ‘SMS Language’ – the full Contemporary English Version (CEV) with a modern twist! True meaning and order of words retained – 100% faithful […]
Car ‘thief’ boasts by text
icTeesside – Confession by text Text messages sealed the fate of a stolen car’s proud owner who used his mobile phone to boast about his new wheels, a court heard. Dean Howard celebrated the purchase of a stolen Lexus by texting his mother: “You should see my new car… It’s a ringer,” Teesside Crown Court […]
KeyPoint gets £5m to push revolutionary texting software
Scotsman.com Business – KeyPoint lures high-fliers and £5m funding Scottish start-up KeyPoint Technologies has lured a Silicon Valley high-flyer to Glasgow after he was impressed by its revolutionary texting software. The company, which is close to raising £5m, produces software used in PDAs, mobile phones and personal computers and is recruiting 60 staff in anticipation […]
Vodafone, Orange, IM and not getting ‘it’
Link: Vodafone and Orange join messaging forces. ‘The exact pricing depends on the markets’ in various countries, Young said. ‘Some markets charge on a data volume basis, and since instant messages tend to be longer than SMS messages, the price would be (somewhat) higher.’ Arrgh. I think I will explode if I find out that […]
Depressed teens offered counsel via SMS
Link: allAfrica.com: South Africa: New SMS Initiative to Help Stop Teen Suicide. "We have been continuously receiving SMSs even after hours. Our consultants are quite busy answering teens from across the country. The response has been amazing and better than what we expected," Ms Heather McAlpine of the organisation said. I like it. However, I […]
Text Traffic Police with updates
Link: Alerting the cops via SMS. THE next time you are caught in a traffic crawl in Taiping, just send on SMS to ‘POLISPK 32728′ about the situation and a traffic policeman is likely to be at the scene shortly after to regulate traffic flow. I really like this — you know when some sort […]
Etisalat introduces SMS anti-spam service
Link: Etisalat introduces SMS anti-spam service | Etisalat. Any customer who wishes to have their number removed from the mailing list of a content provider will now need to only send an SMS to 1011 mentioning the content provider’s name or short code, and the customer will be immediately taken off the list. This is […]
GQ & m-Qube struck by total lack of imagination; decide to flog SMS updates
Link: GQ Mobile to offer ads by text – Engadget Mobile. BusinessWeek is reporting that the venerable fashion rag has teamed up with content distribution specialist m-Qube to offer its four million readers "information about events, private sales, shopping nights, and giveaways" on their cellphones in the form of non-free text messages. You know I […]
SMS invented in 1861 ;-)
Link: 160Characters Association. So far this story could be about SMS, but in fact we are talking about the arrival of the humble postcard. Here’s one of those headlines that makes you look twice. Rob Hellstrom has done an enlightening piece of research on the postcard vs SMS. Check it out: Here
Antivirus companies looking for more cash in mobiles
Link: Antivirus look to get locked into cells | CNET News.com. Now the antivirus industry is turning its attention to mobile phones–but it’s running into reluctance from cell service providers, who aren’t so sure that the handset is the best place to handle security. I agree with the operator perspective. My Nokia N70 has some […]
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