Campaign Manager Updates - New Reseller Features Available February 7, 2010
As part of our ongoing commitment to provide the clients with the best user experience possible, GOMOTEXT is pleased to announce the release of a new feature pack FP2 for Campaign Manager v4.0This pack includes some of the features requested by our resellers over the past few months. These new features need to be activated individually for each account.Below is a summary of the updates included in this feature packAccount Management - The feature pack allows the resellers to add and manage new sub accounts in real time without our support. There is no longer a sub account setup fees …
Email This PostChina cracks down on text messaging in Xinjiang February 3, 2010
Authorities in China’s troubled north-western region of Xinjiang have punished residents for spreading rumours and “splittist” content via text messages, within days of turning services back on, according to local media.Officials cut off the internet and short message services across the region after inter-ethnic violence in the capital, Urumqi, left almost 200 dead and 1,700 injured last July. At least 26 people have since been sentenced to death over the riots.Despite the restoration of text messaging two weeks ago, and the decision to make some internet sites …
Email This PostStudy of cell-phone bans just doesn’t cut it February 1, 2010
A new study out today irresponsibly suggests that laws banning cell phone use while driving have zero effect on the number of crashes on our nation’s roadways.At this early stage in our work against distracted driving, no one should be discouraging strong nationwide efforts to make our roadways safer. When it comes to distracted driving, we are only at the starting gate.
Unfortunately, a study released by the Highway Loss Data Institute casts doubt on the reality of this epidemic. Not explaining likely reasons for the surprising data encourages people to wrongly conclude that talking on cell …
An ‘army of fanatics’ yes Real Madrid has that and uses mobile to monetize January 31, 2010
During the FIFA 2010 conference that was held in London last week apparently there were very impressive presentations but one stood out about mobile and sports fans. Real Madrid the winningest major league football/soccer team in the world. And they have loyal, fanatical fans. So of course, as Spain is one of Europe’s leading mobile markets, there is a Real Madrid fanclub on mobile. It offers all the usual suspects from fan newsletters to game scores and stats to player profiles, fan chat and commentary, sales of team jerseys etc. And the monthly subscription fee - 12 Euros. How many …
Email This PostAllergy text service goes live January 29, 2010
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has set up an email and SMS text service which will directly inform food allergy sufferers of the presence of allergens in inappropriately labelled foods.
People with allergies or parents of children with allergies can subscribe to receive these alerts via the authority’s website www.fsai.ie.
Food allergen alerts will be issued by the authority upon receipt of information that a food product poses a risk to certain consumers’ health, due to missing or incorrect allergen labelling. Food allergen alerts will also be issued to enforcement officers and food businesses. This service went live earlier today.
The Food …
Email This PostAn SMS to remind you of the importance of birth registration January 26, 2010
What can be a better way to remind people of the importance of birth registration than sending a text message and also asking the recipient to spread the message.
Delhi-based NGO Churches Auxilary for Social Action (CASA) and UP-based NGO Vatsalya have together launched an SMS campaign to spread awareness on birth registration across the state. The SMS campaign, which is a part of the “Promote Birth Registration” campaign, will conclude in March and will see a series of three text messages to create awareness about the need of birth registration. The recipients will be selected from the database prepared …
Email This PostTexts, Tweets Saving Haitians From the Rubble January 24, 2010
Relief workers in Haiti received an emergency text message Tuesday about a collapsed school, with children still alive in the rubble. A search-and-rescue team on the scene, however, couldn’t find the right location.
Children who text are best spellers January 20, 2010
Traditionalists may not like it, but it appears that children who text regularly may be better spellers and readers.A study, published today by the British Academy, says teachers and parents should embrace texting as a means of improving their children’s phonological awareness.For instance, a child who texts gr8 to a friend often actually knows how to spell the longer form of the word. Researchers also noted an increasing awareness among texters of which words rhymed with each other.The research, carried out among a sample group of eight to 12-year-olds, found that those who were the most regular texters were unlikely …
Email This PostStudy Suggests There’s a “Texting While Walking” Epidemic Too January 18, 2010
Forget the grisly effects of texting while driving for a moment, if you can. Instead, focus on a new epidemic, one that’s admittedly much sillier than the driving one, but no less dangerous. Ladies and gents, meet texting while walking:
Slightly more than 1,000 pedestrians visited emergency rooms in 2008 because they got distracted and tripped, fell or ran into something while using a cellphone to talk or text. That was twice the number from 2007, which had nearly doubled from 2006, according to a study conducted by Ohio State University, which says it is the first to estimate such …
Email This PostHaiti Donations Through SMS Surpass $10 Million January 17, 2010
We have reported about a couple of big companies who have donated money and their services toward the Haiti Earthquake relief efforts. Just like big companies, individuals across the United States have been helping out the cause by donating money through text messages [SMS]. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced today that the donations to Haiti have surpassed $10 million, and still counting.Unfortunately, it was being reported yesterday that the money donated through SMS wouldn’t be available until after 90 days due to standard practices in the mobile industry. Luckily and thankfully, many companies have pledged to give the …
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