Archive for November, 2010

December 3, 2009: A Day That Will Live in Sexting History

Saturday, November 27th, 2010

Three of Tiger Woods’ former mistress are holding an ‘anniversary’ party to mark the late night car crash that led to the sordid revelations of his serial cheating being exposed.  Porn stars Holly Sampson, Joslyn James and nightclub waitress Jamie Jungers are hosting the party at a Los Angeles bar.  The event is on December [...]

Bloomberg’s New Fantasy Football App

Friday, November 26th, 2010

If the words “fantasy football” and “Bloomberg” seem incongruous to you, most people would probably agree with you.  The financial media company, however, is hoping to change your opinion.
As business publications like The Wall Street Journal are beginning to move closer to traditional daily newspapers, Bloomberg is betting and on developing an app for its [...]

Top USA Mobile Phones in Use

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

In past posts on the Text Message Blog, we looked at smartphone ownership by age group and by ethnicity.  One thing remains constant when it comes to Smartphones. Apple continues to be the overwhelming leader in terms of market share for SmartPhones.

Help! Text 911!

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

You soon may be able to send a text message to 911.  And, that certainly makes sense given how young adults and teens can seemingly send a text message with their cell phone firmly entrenched in a pocket. 
“The technological limitations of 9-1-1 can have tragic, real-world consequences,” the FCC said in a press release. “During [...]

Tony Parker Sexting

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

It never seems to end does it?  Seemingly, bright men sending sexting messages that ultimately come back to burn them big time.  Is it ever worth it?
At the Text Message Blog, we never seem to run out of material since we started covering the phenomenon of sexting by superstars.  Most recently, there was the sexting [...]

How Big is Mobile Advertising?

Monday, November 22nd, 2010

Mobile advertising in the United States?  Just how big is it?
I guess it really depends on whom you ask.  Listed below are the statistics from eMarketer on the size of the mobile advertising industry and the studies from several other research firms as well.

US Mobile Ad Spending, 2009-2014 (Display, Search and Message-Based Advertising; $ in [...]

EU5 Mobile Marketing and Use Results

Saturday, November 20th, 2010

Studies from the European Union five countries (United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, France, Italy) show the following results from these five countries in regards to mobile marketing.
Interestingly, over 90% of cell phone users in the United Kingdom have sent a text message to another user.

Americans Ruder than Indians

Saturday, November 20th, 2010

A recent study by Marquette University showed that Americans are ruder when it comes to reading text messages in public and with others.
Researchers found that 52% of Americans read text messages while in public social settings with other people compared with only 5% of Indians who did the same.  Most Indians said that they wait [...]

Role of Mobile Marketing in Today’s World

Friday, November 19th, 2010

Information is never adequate and has no end to it. In this time where every person is trying to maintain tab on the activities about the world, mobile phones are confirming to be a boon that keeps us up to date on the go and at all time of the daytime or night-time. Mobile marketing [...]

Enormous Hope for Marketing

Friday, November 19th, 2010

Mobile marketing is a great innovative age technology that is proving profitable in making more business in all sectors. Mobile marketing proposes a very delicate sort of interactivity for connection building with our forecasts. There are unambiguous opportunities for mobile dealings to rise as clients, in this and previous surveys, specify that they desire to [...]