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Donate your text messages to science: Texto4Science project

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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

A Université de Montréal researcher has a special request for Canadian texters: "Everyone young and old, students and workers, artists and business people, no matter who you are, send me your text messages," ...


An Indian man talks on his mobile phone next to a Bharti Airtel sign in New Delhi

Twitter partners with Indian firm for SMS tweets

Technology / Internet

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter announced a deal with India's top mobile company Bharti Airtel on Wednesday that will allow users of the hot micro-blogging service to send "tweets" at standard SMS message rates and receive them for ...


Google unveils SMS service for Africa

Google unveils SMS service for Africa

Technology / Internet

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Google on Monday unveiled a new service designed to provide information via SMS text message to mobile phone users in Africa, where cell phones are prevalent but Internet penetration is low.


Bangladeshi villagers rebuild an embankment in Padmapukir on the outskirts of Satkhira

Bangladesh introduces SMS cyclone alert system

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bangladesh is trialling a text message service to warn people of natural disasters, including floods and cyclones, a government official said Wednesday.


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Security Alert: Beware of SMS Messages That Can Take Control of Your Phone

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (8) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- Trust Digital has proven that an attacker with the right knowledge and toolkits can remotely hijack a phone by sending an SMS message to it. The attack would be most effective if it took place ...