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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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Playboy Mobile just announced the inaugural edition of Miss Playboy Mobile, a contest that invites sexy women to register and create a profile on a specially designed website. Mobile users that visit the site will get the chance to see lots of hot girls and vote for their favorite via SMS. The girl to be crowned Miss... |
27 February 2008
10:26 GMT |
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Nokia, via its Beta Labs website, announced the release of Nokia Text Messenger for Windows Vista, a gadget that enables users to view their latest SMS messages and send new ones from the Vista sidebar. This means that Nokia owners who also have PCs with Vista on them will have from now on a quick and convenient way ... |
21 February 2008
03:49 GMT |
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With the growing popularity of the Internet after the mid 90's, postcards were mainly replaced by e-cards, which provided and still provide an easier, faster and cheaper way to send greeting cards to friends or family. However, classic post cards have their own charm, and I'm sure they will never be complet... |
15 February 2008
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The Japanese police recently took into custody a group of junior and senior high school girls from Tokyo and Saitama, a neighboring city, who used coded messages to sell sex. Real sex, not just virtual sex. Apparently, potential customers received text messages similar to this: IkebLURV1800Yukichi2JC1, which l... |
2 February 2008
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ChaCha - this is not a name that everybody knows. No, not like Google. But like Google or Yahoo!, ChaCha is a search engine. It uses the same working mechanism as the others, meaning the user will enter a search term to find what he / she is looking for and then click the "ChaCha Search" button. Like any other search... |
3 January 2008
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Gamevil is one of the biggest global mobile games publishers, with headquarters both in Los Angeles and in Seoul (Korea). Today, they've made the big announcement that informs us that the company is launching the Big Trouble on Little Earth game.Now that we know the game is out, you can take your mobile phone an... |
20 December 2007
10:30 GMT |
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Ladies, fasten your seat belts, close your mouth and check this out! The fellows from Gearlog have come across this nicely crafted high-tech vibrating item. The Houdini trick is the fact that when connected to any kind of Bluetooth-enabled phone, the phallic device sends its owner a pleasurable vibe with an "unlimit... |
3 December 2007
15:21 GMT |
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A new research showed that people in the UK send more than 1 billion text messages every week. That means 4,000 messages sent every second and huge revenues for operators.These recent surveys reveal the oddest things. UK's Mobile Data Association (MDA) reached the result of 1.2 billion text messages per week. Th... |
6 November 2007
04:01 GMT |
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Google fans in India are now able to use a new technology powered by the Mountain View company which allows them to get information from Google wherever they are. The Google SMS technology enables consumers to get business listings and other details provided by the search products straight on their mobile devices by ... |
10 October 2007
16:06 GMT |
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Talking while driving is one thing that some would classify as dangerous, while others will state it is safe if using Bluetooth headsets. Text messages, on the other hand, are an entirely different story. Nobody could say that sending them while behind the wheel could be safe under any circumstances. And, still, it c... |
9 October 2007
10:37 GMT |
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Is there anybody who thinks Yahoo is not focused on Yahoo Messenger? Because this would be at least silly since the Sunnyvale company updates all the flavors of the instant messenger client, even if it is the web-based service or the downloadable solution. Today, a new version of Yahoo Messenger hits the market: the ... |
25 September 2007
04:45 GMT |
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A recent research showed that young voters who were sent text message reminders voted in a higher number, on the eve of the USA's Election Day 2006. Could it be all about forgetfulness?Young people nowadays live in a completely different environment than years before. The fact that they can be reached through so... |
13 September 2007
09:06 GMT |
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The fact that mobile phones and driving don't mix so well is clear from the fact that talking on the handset while on the wheel is forbidden. The same thing will go for text messaging too from now on in the UK. Several accidents have been caused by drivers whose attention was distracted by trying to send an SMS ... |
12 September 2007
02:23 GMT |
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Yahoo recently rolled out the new version of Yahoo Mail, a special flavor of the technology which was first released in September 2005. Since then, all the users were able to test it but the Sunnyvale company was finally prepared to officially publish the final version. Because it is built in AJAX, the new Yahoo Mail... |
5 September 2007
03:09 GMT |
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The rumors concerning a potential Google Phone are continuously spreading on the Internet and today, they are somehow becoming reality. As I have said, somehow, because the Mountain View company granted a new patent that reveals a SMS technology but it's not quite clear if Google wants to implement it into a han... |
3 September 2007
06:34 GMT |
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The problem that Nokia has been experiencing with a specific battery model has led to a huge complication at a large scale because of people looking to find out whether the ones they own are faulty or not. This has given the matter an even larger importance, making it difficult for the company to handle.After several... |
23 August 2007
08:45 GMT |
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CellTrust Corporation announced the availability of FlightAssist, a mobile alerting service that can be used by travelers to receive flight-related information on their cell phones via SMS. FlightAssist provides mobile phone owners with an easy and convenient way to track important flight information, such as flight ... |
9 August 2007
09:35 GMT |
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ClearSMS is a recently released web-based SMS service that allows you to send bulk SMS messages to anyone. The service is developed and maintained by Amyntor Limited, an English company from London that has offices in US and Canada too. With ClearSMS you can easily send mass text messages with important notices to em... |
7 August 2007
09:21 GMT |
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CW Multimedia announced it has partnered with Vibes Media, a provider of interactive text message and mobile content marketing programs, to launch a service that will enable boxing fans to interact with real-time televised matches. The new Fight Text service will allow viewers to send in their own round scores to the... |
2 August 2007
10:38 GMT |
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RPM Communications announced the launch of a new service that allows phone owners in the U.S. to engage in conference calls with other users regardless of the mobile phone and the carrier network used. FoonzMobile is available free of charge and costs only the minutes used for a regular phone call. To use the service... |
31 July 2007
10:20 GMT |
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A recent study reveals the fact that mobile email is looking for a considerable expansion and even heading towards becoming the most frequently used text messaging service. That is sad news for solutions which are at this time leading in the area, such as SMS.The SMS text messaging solution has recently scored 15 yea... |
30 July 2007
11:33 GMT |
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The mobile phone industry has recently celebrated the 15th birthday of the Short Message Service Centre (SMSC). This is the principal application behind text messaging and has been first used by Acision in 1992.The SMSC infrastructure makes it possible to manage up to 16,000 messages per second, although 15 years ago... |
27 July 2007
05:09 GMT |
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If you ever wanted to control your favorite web solutions straight from your mobile devices, now's your chance to do this with the latest function implemented into Google Calendar. First of all, you're able to add a new event using a simple SMS sent to "GVENT" (48368) in which you must specify the time and ... |
10 July 2007
02:30 GMT |
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If you didn't know, in 2006 and 2007 Samsung was rated as one of the top global electronics brands in various reports, which is not a surprise, given the company's latest achievements. Recently, Samsung launched a new digital music service, especially designed to work with the company's portable digita... |
6 July 2007
03:12 GMT |
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The way mobile phones and Vodka relate has nothing to do with drinking and then calling the ex-girlfriend just to hang up on her. Now, a service in Russia enables people to check how authentic their bottle of Vodka is through a mere SMS message.Russians will only have to send the serial number written on the back of ... |
5 July 2007
11:16 GMT |
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