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Twitter started out as an SMS service, few people remember that or even knew about it, back when it was called twttr. Apart from adding a couple of vowels, Twitter added quite a lot of features to the site and, importantly, the platform.
However, it continued to support SMS access for areas with no internet connecti... |
10 February 2012
11:21 GMT |
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SMS spoofing is not new, researchers having proved in 2010 for BBC’s Watchdog that it could be done. While most of the telecommunications companies are aware of the risks, few have actually done something to prevent it. Now, an amateur programmer came forward with a simple app to prove that SMS spoofing for m... |
25 January 2012
10:09 GMT |
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Following some security concerns, the free text-messaging application WhatsApp has been pulled from the iTunes App Store.
Despite having patched the security holes, the developers at WhatsApp said it had nothing to do with its unavailability on iTunes.
A message on the company’s official WhatsApp Status page ... |
17 January 2012
05:35 GMT |
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Reports from Apple Support Communities indicate that people who once used an iPhone and switched to an Android phone are having trouble receiving texts from their iPhone-wielding friends.The problem? iMessage, according to a person going by the screen name of Literroy over at Apple’s forums."I bought an Android... |
6 January 2012
08:18 GMT |
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Classic survey scams that fill the pockets of fraudsters with affiliate marketing money don’t necessarily have to circulate on Facebook. Sometimes an email can be much more effective.
An email baring the subject “Take our Angry Birds survey and get a $20 iTunes Giftcard” has been seen landing in in... |
29 December 2011
08:46 GMT |
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Researchers from F-Secure came across a large number of Trojans that were initially designed to seamlessly send SMSs to premium rate numbers with the purpose of filling the pockets of the cybercriminals who launch them. The only problem is that the latest series of these malicious apps contain a bug in the source cod... |
28 December 2011
09:10 GMT |
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A Cydia app called biteSMS that delivers features like Scheduled Messages, Auto-Forward, Auto-Retry, Passcode Lock, Delivery Reports, Contact Pics, and Signatures, has received an uber update that may just push it to the top spot of this year’s jailbreak tweaks.
Simply put, biteSMS is “a complete souped-... |
20 December 2011
06:31 GMT |
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A flaw in Apple’s iMessage service appears to be troubling enough to get the iOS team scrambling for a fix in the coming weeks, if not days.People whose iPhones have been stolen, or who’ve bought an iPhone from someone unaware of its origins, are signaling that iMessage is acting up.How? It appears that, ... |
15 December 2011
08:52 GMT |
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The controversial company Carrier IQ issued a report to further explain how they do business and how their software really works. It seems as they discovered a bug in a diagnostic profile that measures radio-network-to-mobile device signaling, which helps network operators determine why calls get dropped. In uniq... |
14 December 2011
04:52 GMT |
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The developers behind the Superb Mini Server (SMS) server operating system proudly announced last evening, October 10th, the immediate availability for download of the Superb Mini Server 1.6.2 release.Superb Mini Server 1.6.2 comes after three months of development and it brings updated packages and various improveme... |
11 October 2011
10:50 GMT |
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Smartphones are becoming commonplace these days. Even in places like Nigeria, a cheap Android smartphone can sell like hot cakes. Even so, there are only a few hundred million smartphones, most in the developed countries while there are billions of 'dumb' phones in the world.And those with regular phones wo... |
22 September 2011
12:31 GMT |
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WISeKey has launched an iPhone application that allows you to secure your text messages. It’s called WISeSMS and you can download the lite version for free from the App Store right now.
Developed for the delivery and receipt of encrypted text messages, WISeSMS encrypts text and recognizes the native delivery... |
27 July 2011
12:11 GMT |
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Russian media reports that MegaFon leaked people's personal SMS messages by allowing the Yandex search engine crawlers to index them.MegaFon is the second largest mobile phone operator in Russia with over 30 million subscribers while Yandex operates the largest Internet search engine in the country with over 60%... |
18 July 2011
15:55 GMT |
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Google+ is just getting under way. Google has only let a few users in, if you can call five million a few, but it is slowly opening up the service. While it's probably looking to get traction in the developed countries first, in the US, Europe and so on, it looks like Google is very keen on the developing market... |
11 July 2011
12:11 GMT |
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One of the big new features in the latest Yahoo Messenger 11, still in beta, is the Facebook integration. This is part of a broader strategy at Yahoo and the company is taking it one step further now by enabling users to send and receive Facebook chat messages via SMS. This added flexibility means that you can always... |
1 March 2011
03:20 GMT |
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The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has ordered all mobile operators to restrict the maximum number of daily text messages sent by every customer to 100 in a decision meant to cut down on SMS spam.The new regulation, which is bound to make some texting fans unhappy, was announced back in December and wen... |
4 February 2011
03:55 GMT |
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Superb Mini Server (SMS) 1.5.5 has been released. The latest version brings plenty of updated packages, some new ones and several new features. One notable addition is support for RAID configurations in both the live CD and the text installer.All packages have been updated to the latest in the Slackware repositories.... |
10 January 2011
09:11 GMT |
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WordPress.com has been adding a number of features for the more hardcore bloggers and the latest, SMS notifications, is certainly aimed at the same people. WordPress.com users in the US can now keep track of their blog, post new entries and even approve comments via SMS. "Sometimes, you can’t always get to your... |
11 October 2010
15:25 GMT |
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Superb Mini Server 1.5.3 has been released bringing with it a number of updates and changes. SMS 1.5.3 is now on par with the current Slackware, on which it's based, so many of the packages have been updated."This minor release upgrade packages to slackware current and brings the latest stable versions of severa... |
14 September 2010
17:01 GMT |
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Just as the world record of fast SMS typing had been smashed, someone came along and smashed the new one, following with a blog post and a video of the impressive feat. “So, I guess I did something sort of cool,” Blogger Brian Sweet of Gumball Tech writes. “I read a blog post on Boy Genius Report ... |
25 August 2010
07:03 GMT |
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Twitter is going back to its roots with a new ‘follow by SMS’ feature. Anyone in the US can now use the Fast Follow feature to start following any Twitter user by sending a text message. You will then receive tweets from that user via SMS and the best part is that you don’t even need a Twitter accou... |
11 August 2010
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Superb Mini Server (SMS) 1.5.2 has been released. It’s a small update to the Slackware-based Linux distro aimed at small servers. It comes with an updated Linux kernel, as well as some updated packages. New ones include support for the Tcl scripting language and HFS (HTTL File Server) utilities. It also comes w... |
22 June 2010
05:30 GMT |
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The communications solutions in the mobile market have evolved to new heights, but it seems that traditional means of interaction between users are those who will remain dominant in the area. Global research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan stats in a recent report exclusively licensed to Comverse that Text Mess... |
1 March 2010
13:21 GMT |
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Things are settling down in Haiti after the devastating earthquake that ravaged the country, but after the initial rescue efforts and emergency response, the country is now left with the prospect of years of rebuilding. Already the poorest state in the region, the cost to rebuild will be a huge burden even with inter... |
23 February 2010
09:21 GMT |
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With Valentine's Day knocking at the door for yet another year, many couples around the world are now getting ready to restate their commitment to the people they love. Unlike years before, in 2010, they have a wide variety of means at their disposal, ranging from the classic love letter and cards, to sending el... |
13 February 2010
04:07 GMT |
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A series of leading companies from the telecommunications industry have recently announced that they managed to define a preferred manner in which voice and SMS services on Long Time Evolution (LTE) should be easily introduced on upcoming networks all around the world. Industry leaders developed a technical profile ... |
5 November 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Twitter really took off as a web service and many of today's users started with the website and moved on to desktop or mobile clients. But, when it started out, text messaging was an integral part of the service and the reason why the 140 character limit is in place (text messages are limited to 160 characters).... |
15 October 2009
03:34 GMT |
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mBlox has announced that its mobile message-delivery platform has been selected to support textPlus, a new text-messaging application for the iPhone and iPod touch from GOGII, Inc. Self-touted as the world’s largest, mobile transaction network, mBlox claims textPlus has been downloaded by more than two million ... |
8 October 2009
08:41 GMT |
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The Slack Mini Server (SMS) Project team announced yesterday, August 10th, the release of Slack Mini Server 1.4.5, which celebrates 2 full years of activity. The new release is based on Slackware Linux 13.0 RC2 and it brings Asterisk PBX, Samba 3.4.0, PHP 5.3.0 and many updated packages (see below for details). "It&... |
11 August 2009
03:30 GMT |
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Charlie Miller, the winner of two consecutive editions of the Pwn2Own hacking contest, is signaling that a critical vulnerability exists in the way iPhones handle their text messages. According to the security expert, an attacker could exploit the hole even to turn on the phone's microphone to eavesdrop on a con... |
2 July 2009
10:33 GMT |
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Mobile phone users who are fond of the popular VoIP application Skype have now a reason to rejoice as the gold version of Skype 3.0 is available for download for Windows Mobile-powered handsets. The software solution, which has been up until now in beta, has reached version 3.0.0.256 and comes with only a few changes... |
30 June 2009
06:45 GMT |
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MasterCard Inc. announced on Wednesday the launch in the United States of a person-to-person payment service for mobile phones, called MoneySend. According to the company the new service is based on its established MoneySend P2P platform, and has been developed in partnership with Obopay. The new MasterCard MoneySen... |
18 June 2009
09:28 GMT |
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There is now a new way of accessing information on Windows Live accounts via SMS. Microsoft has introduced SMS for Windows Live in the US after the service debuted in the UK. What SMS for Windows Live does is allow mobile phone users to leverage text messages in order to view and update the information associated wit... |
15 June 2009
06:10 GMT |
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Following up on the initial success of its speed-dialing app, Easy Dials, Riverturn, Inc. has released a new iPhone application called VoiceCentral. The app uses Google Voice to offer easy access to voicemail via the service, while allowing users to place calls and send SMS messages. The private technology firm that ... |
30 April 2009
08:17 GMT |
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Postbank announced on Wednesday the introduction of mobile phone banking services for its customers, allowing them to get details on their accounts directly via their mobile phones. The new announcement comes only six months after Postbank automated its systems, and refers to a short message service. According to th... |
16 April 2009
04:47 GMT |
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Webgate is offering users of Symbian devices a solution to block incoming SMS messages considered spam. SMS Spam Manager stops these messages using six different filters, which greatly improves its efficiency. Furthermore, users have the option to reject all incoming messages or to accept messages only from people li... |
9 April 2009
12:01 GMT |
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Skype has recently announced the release of its Skype 3.0 Beta for the Windows Mobile operating system. The new version of the popular application comes with a series of fixes, but also includes some rather attractive new features, among which we can count SMS and file transfer capabilities. The new Skype 3.0 Beta ... |
25 March 2009
10:30 GMT |
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Spendthrift Studios is a young company that produces software of various types. The team is currently focusing on the iPhone with an app called 'How To Text A Girl.' As its name implies, the program aids guys when they have no inspiration (as in always).“Before you send a text message to that girl, th... |
24 March 2009
05:28 GMT |
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The latest research on the psychology behind massive text messaging shows that parents should carefully reconsider taking their teens' cell phones away from them. According to a recent paper published in the latest issue of the journal British Journal of Developmental Psychology, texting may very well be helping... |
25 February 2009
10:04 GMT |
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The popularity of cell phones has really taken off in the US since 2001, as SMS services have become readily available, and started to catch on to the general population. While at the time only 1 million messages were sent between mobile phones in America, now more than 75 billion are delivered every month in the cou... |
13 February 2009
06:00 GMT |
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Several Apple Discussions posters are reporting that updating to the latest version of the iPhone firmware (2.2.1) has resolved a widespread glitch with text messaging. Interestingly, Apple did not mention including such a fix with the release of the new software update.By connecting their devices to iTunes, users ar... |
29 January 2009
04:12 GMT |
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Vodafone announced that, starting the 1st of September, it would be offering a new pay as you talk (PAYT) price plan called Text Unlimited and targeted towards UK users who can't live without sending lots of SMS messages everyday. The new price plan can be chosen for free by Vodafone's new and existing... |
29 August 2008
12:38 GMT |
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Mobile users from across the US have recently broken three records when it comes to text messaging. According to a report released by VeriSign, the Mountain View-based communications and Internet company, from the beginning of 2008 to June 30, no less than 95.4 billion SMS messages have been sent among US carrie... |
29 August 2008
09:18 GMT |
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Another useful application iPhone users might / should be interested in is Palringo's free rich messaging service (RMS) application. Palringo integrates with most existing IM services and "patches" the annoying lack of MMS support (picture messages) with Apple's iPhone. Best of all, the App Store-downloadab... |
29 July 2008
16:06 GMT |
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Hands-On Mobile, the famous American wireless entertainment company, has prepared a new and cool service for all the mobile users who like art: mixtART - coming this fall to a handset near you(r pocket). What's mixtART all about? As Hands-On puts it, with mixtART consumers will be able to buy "original works of ... |
25 July 2008
06:25 GMT |
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Tekelec, a US-based network intelligence company, and Mobilink GSM, a leading mobile operator in Pakistan, have announced a new collaboration set to fight "new-age spammers". Following the agreement, Tekelec is using its TekMedia AntiSpam Firewall Solution in order to protect Mobilink's customers against SMS sp... |
24 July 2008
04:05 GMT |
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You think SMS is cheap? Check this out. According to University of Leicester space scientist Dr Nigel Bannister, sending a message via SMS is more expensive than downloading data on the Hubble Space Telescope. To be more exact, it's about four times more expensive to send a text message - which by the way costs ... |
12 May 2008
10:14 GMT |
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Ever since the Sunnyvale-based company announced the availability of Yahoo Messenger for Vista, users out there downloaded and tested the application even if it was only a preview of the upcoming IM client. Unfortunately, this very early version of the program provided a limited number of functions so users couldn�... |
2 May 2008
08:58 GMT |
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Chinese security company Rising has launched what seems to be one of the most innovative consumer-oriented security services ever created: an SMS antivirus solution which allows users who encounter problems with the security of their computers to get professional help in a matter of minutes. All a user has to do is t... |
30 April 2008
17:31 GMT |
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The SMS spam is a different meaning of the term spam and even if it occurs quite rarely, it's extremely difficult to block it. A long time ago, one year or so, there were multiple reports revealing massive SMS attacks which harmed the mobile phone owners from multiple regions of the world. However, the attacks w... |
29 April 2008
06:10 GMT |
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