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As Web communication shrinks, so do links

Technology / Internet

created May 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- On the short-messaging service Twitter, space is at a premium: You've got 140 characters to make your point, and you probably don't want to waste half of it on a super-sized link to your latest YouTube obsession.





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In Brief: SK Telecom's new SMS tops 1 million users

Technology / Telecom

created May 02, 2006 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

SK Telecom's Emoticon SMS (short messaging service) has grown to more than 1 million subscribers in the 10 months since its launch.


T-Mobile says phone service outage resolved (Update)

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created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Wireless provider T-Mobile USA Inc. says it has cleared up service problems that were interfering with calls and text messaging for about 5 percent of its customers.


Indosat trials GSM/CDMA messaging

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created Apr 03, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Indosat said Monday it had launched a trial of the world's first voice SMS service that will work on both GMS and CDMA wireless networks.


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Mobile multimedia revenues tipped to dethrone text

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Multimedia services will surpass text messaging this year as the main source of mobile operators' non-voice revenue in the Asia-Pacific region, industry analyst IDC said Monday.


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AT&T says iPhone to get picture messaging Sept. 25

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created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- AT&T says the latest iPhone models will finally get the ability to send picture and video messages to other phones on Sept. 25.


Google Voice service blocks fewer than 100 numbers

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created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Google Inc. says its free messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to fewer than 100 phone numbers likely to be adult chat lines and free conference call services.


Research finds that chatspeak has no impact on children's spelling ability

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created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Parents, get ready to say OMG and watch your teens roflol.


Vodafone and Orange join messaging forces

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created Feb 24, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

United Kingdom-based cellular providers Vodafone and Orange will soon provide their customers with instant messaging interoperability. The companies unveiled the move at last week's 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona.


Interoperability overdue for instant messaging

Technology / Software

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

You would think it was crazy if your cell phone could call only people with phones on the same network. But we put up with that absurd situation when it comes to instant messaging -- and have for years. Worse, there's little ...


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Facebook buys social media aggregator FriendFeed

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created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Facebook is buying a Web service called FriendFeed that gives users a view of what their friends are doing on all sorts of social media sites, including Facebook's rivals.



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