Jackson death was twittered, texted and Facebooked June 27, 2009
NEW YORK - “Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Jackson has just died,” the woman called out breathlessly upon boarding a Manhattan bus, moments after the news had broken. Not a word was spoken in response. But nearly every passenger reached for a BlackBerry, a cell phone, whatever device was at hand.”People are already texting about it, putting it up on Facebook, remembering his greatest moments,” noted Delmar Dualeh, sitting in the back. At 17, he confessed, the news didn’t really move him emotionally. He was too young to recall the 50-year-old entertainer in his prime. But he was fully engaged in …
Email This PostText-message fees recommended for antitrust scrutiny June 23, 2009
Reporting from Washington — The chairman of a Senate panel on antitrust issues on Tuesday called on the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department to scrutinize competitiveness in the cellphone industry, pointing to a 100% increase in some text messaging charges by four companies that control most of the market.Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wisconsin) said that from 2006 to 2008, the price charged by the four biggest carriers for sending and receiving such messages rose from 10 cents to 20 cents.And the increases seemed to occur in “lock step” — first from 10 cents to 15 cents and then from …
Email This PostMaking Millions via Twitter: @DellOutlet Surpasses $2 Million in Sales June 18, 2009
@DellOutlet has been one of the biggest success stories amongst big companies using social media. For those unaware, @DellOutlet is a Twitter () account owned by Dell that tweets out major discounts for Dell computers and products. All of the deals on @DellOutlet are Twitter-exclusive.It has gained quite a following (620,000+ followers) and sold a lot of computers – at the end of last year, they surpassed $1 million in revenue, after about a year and a half’s worth of tweeting.Well throw those numbers out the window, because Twitter’s phenomenal growth and …
Email This PostAir Writing: Next Big Thing in Cell Phones? June 16, 2009
Forget fumbling with tiny cell phone keys. A prototype of a new application allows cell phone users to write short notes in the air and send them automatically to an e-mail address.
This represents just one possible step toward allowing people to naturally merge the real world with the information power of the Internet. Travelers and other mobile users could air-write notes to themselves rather than have to text on the run.
“By holding the phone like a pen, you can write short messages or draw simple diagrams in the air,” said Sandip Agrawal, an electrical and computer engineering student …
SMS messages rise to 110 million a day amid presidential campaigns June 13, 2009
Davoud Zareian, director of the Public Relations department in Iran’s Telecommunication Company, has said the number of SMS text messages has increased to 110 million a day as news of the presidential campaigns have been heating up.
This figure was between 55 to 65 million a day before the official presidential campaigns started, he added.Qom Seminary Teachers Society: Next president must represent all peopleIn a statement released on Wednesday the Qom Seminary Teachers Society called on people to take part massively in the Friday’s presidential elections.The statement said according to the Constitution, president, as the chairman of the …
Juniper: Real ROI Will Propel Mobile Ad Spend To $5.7B Within Five Years June 8, 2009
Good news for mobile marketing service providers: Spending on mobile advertising will see strong growth even while other channels suffer during the global recession, according to Juniper Research.Mobile ad spend will grow to $5.7 billion by the year 2014, Juniper forecasts in a report released this week. According to a press release, the firm surmises that according to its research, “The need for engagement with the consumer, and a quantifiable ROI, meant that mobile was increasingly being perceived as a key medium through which to pursue this strategy.”Other findings from Juniper’s new report:- Mobile Internet will become the most popular …
Email This PostHolographic Text Messages June 3, 2009
Holographic Text Messages will rock your world. With 1.5 million views in just a couple weeks, this viral video proves it. The video, by Inha Luke Yoo describes the concept as HoloText Messaging.The kicker of course, is that this sort of technology isn’t yet available. But this concept video does a great job of showing you what holographic text messages will be like.These characters aren’t the first to showcase holographic text messages. Another example was posted in February, although it received far less views. Perhaps the second video didn’t catch on due to the horrible elevator music (which apparently people …
Email This PostRecord-breaking text messaging through AT&T by American Idol fans June 1, 2009
AT&T revealed that more than 178 million text messages went through its network as votes by followers of the country’s leading TV show American Idol. The company claims this year’s figure to be more than double of last year’s in addition to being the highest scorer amongst all seasons until now. There were 78 million messages by fans last year..The mentioned figures don’t wholly include text votes but also other ways using text to interact with the show. It includes answering weekly trivia questions, submitting questions and opting in to receive voting number reminders. Fans that opted for voting number …
