A feature already built-in to most cellphones could be used to alert every mobile phone user in a specific region to impending disasters, such as the tsunami that devastated south east Asia on December 26th.
The combination of a tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean and the ability to broadcast text messages to every mobile [...]
How many Americans have sent a text message?
According to a study by M:Metrics, for the three month period ending January 31, 2006, 62.4 million Americans are on the text message bandwagon, or 34.1% of the cell phone penetration. 19 million have retrieved news and information on their cell phone and 18 million have purchased [...]
Consider this. Residents of Ecuador have a per capita GDP of $4,300.
Now consider this. Residents of Ecuador send four times more text messages than Americans.
Why the difference? In other countries, pay as you go cell phone plans drive the use of text messages. Also, in other countries, fewer people own personal computers on which instant [...]
Philadelphia, PA – TrakRunnas Music® is a new music production company that primarily serves artists in the hip-hop industry. It wanted to reach new and emerging artists in the Philadelphia area to encourage them to use its new production studio.
With a limited budget, TrakRunnas Music® could not afford advertisements in hip-hop trade magazines. Trade magazine [...]
LONDON (AFP) - A company has defended its decision to sack one of its staff by text message, claiming it was keeping in touch with youth culture.
Katy Tanner, a 21-year-old sales assistant, received the message while she was off work with a migraine, the South Wales Echo newspaper said Friday.
The text message said: “We will [...]
A recent study by ComScore Media Metrix shows teen usage of e-mail DECLINED by 8% last year. Today’s instant generation has turned to text messaging instead.
This trend is news to the ears of mobile carriers who raked in $70 billion in text message revenues worldwide last year, according to Gartner. This trend could mean big [...]
