Hundreds of people arrested in Xinjiang for spreading rumours through texts February 27, 2010
Beijing, Feb. 26 (ANI): Chinese authorities have punished hundreds of people in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region for spreading rumours and separatist content through text messages during the Spring Festival holiday.Two persons were detained on Feb 20, while the rest received administrative punishments for sending illegal text messages, according to a statement released by the regional police.More than half of those punished are students and self-employed people. A number of people who sent the messages meant them as jokes, China Daily reports.Text messaging services were suspended in the provincial capital of Urumqi last year because it was said to be …
Email This PostThe Bank in your pocket February 24, 2010
Mobile money applications are emerging as potent financial tools in rural and remote areas of the globe, allowing people with no bank accounts to get paid, send remittances or settle their bill.
At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Gavin Krugel, the director of mobile banking strategy at GSM Association said “We see it as a very big oppurtunity” and “one billion consumers in the world have a mobile phone but no access to a bank account,”.
Today, 40 million people worldwide use mobile money, and the industry is growing, according to the GSMA. “Africa and Asia are the most active …
Email This PostCustomizable Private Label Text Messaging Software For Direct Marketing Companies February 21, 2010
GOMOTEXT.COM, a leading provider of mobile messaging and marketing solutions, today announced the release of new feature packs for their Mobile Marketing Campaign Manager Software.
“GOMOTEXT will soon be releasing its iPhone App, that will allow users to manage all their campaigns using the iPhone. This release will make Campaign Manager, one of the only Mobile Marketing platform offering this feature. In addition, as part of our ongoing commitment to provide our clients with the best user experience possible, we have made It possible to launch Mobile Marketing Campaigns without the clients having to spend the time and money in developing …
Email This PostLearning English through SMS. February 17, 2010
How many of us had thought of this before—learning a language through sms! The BBC World Service Trust, an international charity arm of the broadcaster is running this service in Bangladesh one of Asia’s poorest nations. Mobile phone services began in Bangladesh just over a decade ago and there are more than 50.4million users.
The service offers 250 audio and SMS lessons at different levels. Each lesson is a three-minute phone call, costing about 3 taka. Basic lessons involve listening to and repeating simple dialogue like: “What do you do?” “I work in IT, what about you?” “I’m a student.” “That’s …
SMS- The tip of the Spear February 15, 2010
So, for any of you who had doubts about the future of SMS, given the rise of Facebook/Myspace/Twitter and most recently Buzz, these are the hard core facts as shared by Clickatell.Today, there are roughly 4 mobile phone users world wide for every 1 computer user. When looking at the numbers, it is clear that SMS is still the widest reaching communications tool available today:– 4 billion mobile SMS users, globally– 10 million iPhones shipped, globally, in ‘08– 3 billion Nokia phones shipped, globally, in ‘08– 150 million Facebook users– 45 million LinkedIn usersIn predicting the 2010 US mobile messaging …
Email This PostTeens Text 10 Times per Hour: Nielsen February 13, 2010
American teenagers send an average of 10 text messages per hour they are not in school or sleeping, according to research by The Nielsen Company.By analyzing more than 40,000 monthly U.S. mobile bills, Nielsen determined American teens sent an average of 3,146 texts a month each during Q3 2009. Their tween counterparts (ages 9-12) sent an average of 1,146 monthly texts each, or four per hour not spent asleep or in school. In comparison, the average number of monthly texts sent by all mobile users combined was a little more than 500, writes Marketing Charts.In Q4 2009, 9-12s …
Email This PostThe world of texting world and new moms. February 10, 2010
Being a mother you can imagine the excitement when I came across http://text4baby.org/. A free site, where moms and moms to be get FREE messages each week on their cell phone. Registration is easy and can be done online by texting the word BABY (or BEBE for Spanish) to 511411. Enter your baby’s due date or baby’s birthday and your zip code and you will receive free messages with tips for your pregnancy and caring for your baby. The topics covered in the messages are pertaining to different topics critical to maternal and child health like: immunization, seasonal flu, prenatal …
Email This PostCampaign 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 …
