Beyond the Mobile Hype In Election ‘08 September 4, 2008
Following the hoopla about the “first ever VP announcement by SMS” launched by the Democratic party, here’s an interesting and thoughtful article by Justin Oberman for techPresident reminding us how mobile phones have been used politically before with a far greater viral reach and, in the end, impact.
Oberman begins with text book case of “the Second People Power Revolution” that occurred in the Philippines in 2001 - whereby the people’s text messaging toppled a a government - and follows up with other examples from around the world. And you can find even more examples in this blog’s ” …
Email This PostPhone a friend in exams August 21, 2008
A Sydney girls’ school is redefining the concept of cheating by allowing students to “phone a friend” and use the internet and i-Pods during exams.
Presbyterian Ladies’ College at Croydon is giving the assessment method a trial run with year 9 English students and plans to expand it to all subjects by the end of the year.
An English teacher, Dierdre Coleman, who is dean of students in years 7 to 9, is co-ordinating the pilot which she believes has the potential to change the way the Higher School Certificate examinations are run.
The Board of Studies is looking at ways it could …
Email This PostSMS Costs Clip Twitter´s Wings August 18, 2008
Twitter abruptly turns off SMS alerts to users outside USA, Canada and India, reports 160characters.org.
The costs of sending free SMS to subscribers without an obvious business model has finally taken its toll on Twitter and it has turned off text message alerts to everyone outside USA, Canada and India.
Changes for Some SMS Users—Good and Bad News - Twitter Blog
Twitter abruptly turns off SMS alerts to users outside USA, Canada and India, reports 160characters.org.
The costs of sending free SMS to subscribers without an obvious business model has finally taken its toll on Twitter and it has …
Email This PostTexting and data dominate phone use August 8, 2008
It seems that using a mobile phone no longer means making a phone call, as users increasingly turn to texting, photos and video for communication.
The latest data on mobile phone use has revealed a huge spike in text messaging and data-based communications, often at the expense of the conventional phone calls.
Nearly 1.5 billion (1,492,400,769) text messages (SMS) were sent per week between January and May, 2008, according to the Mobile Data Association (MDA). Year-on-year growth for May 2007 to May 2008 was 30 per cent.
“SMS has established itself as a true social connecting tool and continues to have mass …
Email This PostDMA: Text message campaigns most successful August 6, 2008
Text message promotions are the most successful mobile marketing campaigns, found the Direct Marketing Association in its first ever quantitative research into the medium.
It’s good to talk, but the second most popular activity on a mobile phone is text messaging. It also happens to be the most successful mobile advertising medium, according to a recently released report by the DMA. Of the 800 U.S. mobile phone users surveyed, 70% said they had responded to a marketing text message whereas just 41% had responded to a survey and 30% to email offers.
Why might this be? Perhaps because marketing messages aren’t competing …
Email This PostEasing Flight Delay Frustrations with SMS August 1, 2008
Frustration among airline passengers at flight delays and missing luggage could be eased by updates being sent to their mobile phones, according to aviation technology researchers. News.scotsman.com reports
“Text messages could keep travellers abreast of disruption and alert them to mislaid bags, saving needless waiting at baggage carousels.
A report by SITA, How Mobile Technology Will Enhance Passenger Travel, stated: “Surveys indicate passengers are highly concerned about delays and cancellations, but particularly in times of disruption it has been difficult to get accurate information to passengers quickly. “Rapid dissemination of information via mobile devices can reduce frustration.”
The report said …
Email This PostGet iPhone availability updates every 15 minutes July 30, 2008
Can’t find an iPhone 3G? Well, TopMuffin has created a site that checks Apple’s store inventory every 15 minutes. According to the site, Apple updates the inventory throughout the day. TopMuffin’s site parses the feed (feed link) and shows iPhone 3G availability by Apple Store.
TopMuffin doesn’t just post availability info, they also do some statistics to find the percent available. When we checked the page, Apple had 45% availability for 8GB black iPhones, 53% availability for 16GB black iPhones, and 41% availability for 16GB white iPhones.
This site does not list availability for AT&T stores, and only …
Email This PostBoom times ahead for mobile web July 28, 2008
The world of mobile internet devices is set to explode in the next four years says chip maker Intel.
Research carried out for the company suggests portable net-enabled devices will grow to 1.2 billion by 2012 as the need to be connected increases.
Intel’s predictions were unveiled as it launched a series of chips designed for portable web-browsing gadgets.
“The demand is there and the need is there and our technology can meet those needs,” said Intel’s Gadi Singer.
Big future
Alongside an explosion in mobile web-using devices, Intel estimated that 100 million households will also be watching IPTV by 2011.
“The fact that people …
Email This PostNow, SMS to power justice July 21, 2008
CHANDIGARH: Hail SMS, the latest and the fastest way to dissemnate information. Companies are increasingly using this facility to the hilt for providing data in accordance with the wishes of the clients or customers. The Punjab and Haryana high court does not want to be found lagging on this aspect and has ventured into the arena of SMS.
In a first-of-its-kind in the country that will bring cheers to scores of jaded litigants and lawyers of the region, the high court is all poised to harness the power of SMS to disseminate info regarding case status.
Its computerization committee, headed by justice …
Email This Post‘UFO’ Controlled Remotely by SMS July 16, 2008
New York artist Peter Coffin teamed with London interactive architect Dominic Harris to launch a “UFO” of their own design earlier this month. The airborne mystery pod produced shock and awe among citizens of a small town last week when it hovered, lights aglow, in Gdansk, Poland.
Dubbed Peter Coffin’s UFO Project, the 23-foot aluminum sauce can be remotely controlled by text messaging.
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