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<< Previous | Next >> February 9, 2010Electronic Privacy and the Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court will soon weigh in for the first time on the permissible scope of employer monitoring of employees' electronic communications. Such monitoring activity raises many issues that remain the subject of uncertainty in this developing area of the law. Law.com reports.
Read full article. emily | 8:27 PM | permalink
Text messages in Nigeria urge people to murderText messages that urged people to murder and then burn their victims' bodies helped stoke inter-religious violence in central Nigeria that killed hundreds of people last week, police and rights activists said on Tuesday. iAfrica reports.
Read full article. emily | 4:31 PM | permalink
February 8, 2010Clickatell to Extend Free SMS Services for Relief Efforts in HaitiGlobal text messaging company Clickatell has reportedly announced that with its goal to provide relief to earthquake victims in Haiti, it is going to extend its free SMS service to organizations offering aid there. According to Pieter de Villiers, CEO at Clickatell, people in Haiti are showing tremendous courage and determination and the company is seeing SMS play a significant role in scaling the efforts of the people on the ground and around the world. Villiers noted that Clickatell invites relief agencies to make use of its SMS Gateway into Haiti and offer such services for the remainder of February as a small contribution on behalf of Clickatell and its staff. [via TMCNet] emily | 9:00 PM | permalink
February 7, 2010China. 'Sexting' among acquaintances not targetedAccording to China Daily, an official from the Supreme People's Court clarified Friday that the crackdown on pornography on mobile phones targets those who "sext" to the public, not amorous couples who text each other.
Related: - Chinese government launches crackdown against online and cell phone porn industry emily | 8:09 AM | permalink
February 6, 2010Motorola is back in the (ad) game for Super Bowl
The Chicago Tribune reports that after a four year absence from advertising on the Super Bowl, Motorola - from second largest phone manufacturer in the world, in 2006, to fifth in 2009 - is back in the game.
You can view teaser ad here. Read full article. emily | 7:21 PM | permalink
Expanding the Law: text messages need to be included as sexually explicit materialState Rep. Peter Koutoujian said the House will work quickly to close a legal loophole that led the state’s high court Friday to overturn the conviction of man accused of sending sexually explicit messages to a minor. The Daily News Tribune reports.
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Solar-powered handsets a boon for Haiti
The Telegraph reports that though cell phone networks were up and working within days in earth shaken Haiti, the crucial issue for many was not being unable to communicate, it was being able to keep their phones charged.
Read full article. emily | 5:09 PM | permalink
February 2, 2010AT&T waives wireless charges for Haiti workersAT&T Inc. said Tuesday it will be waiving wireless charges for relief workers who are receiving voice and text messages on their wireless devices while helping Haiti citizens. The relief on charges will be retroactive to Jan. 12, which is the day the earthquake hit, the company said in a statement. [via Dallas Business Journal] emily | 6:11 PM | permalink
Google adds multi-SMS support to Google VoiceGoogle added the ability to send text messages to more than one person (to up to 5 different recipients separated by commas) using its Google Voice software. [via Mobile Burn] emily | 6:07 PM | permalink
February 1, 2010Nokia and Publishing group Pearson offer English to ChinesePublishing group Pearson and phone maker Nokia have formed a joint venture to deliver English-language learning materials to mobile phone users in China, the two companies said on Monday, reports MoneyControl.
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In Denmark, firing by SMS still rampantAccording to the Copenhagen Post Online, though management has been warned against the practice and we haven't seen such headlines in years, more and more companies are firing their employees by text messaging.
Related firing by SMS incidents around the world: -- Home from Dubai for Eid, Indian workers fired by SMS -- Lecturer may sue after SMS sacking -- 23 sport newspaper staffers fired by SMS -- Economics lecturer in Bangladesh suspended by SMS -- Romanian Football manager sacked by SMS -- English Headmaster expells pupil by SMS -- Belgian School Principal Fired by SMS -- South Korean credit card firm sacks staff via SMS -- UK Insurance company fires thousands by SMS -- An Australian traffic controller is fired by SMS emily | 1:30 PM | permalink
January 27, 2010Recharging cell phones in Haiti
A man rents mobile phone chargers by the hour in downtown Port-au-Prince, where twelve days after the earthquake there is no power grid and no landlines. [via MSNBC] emily | 9:41 PM | permalink
January 23, 2010Individual sends $10 Haiti SMS donation using live phones in AT&T storeAccording to PhoneArena, an individual made a gesture to help Haiti by texting HAITI to 90999 and donating $10 not from his own phone, but one of the demo phones in a carrier store. emily | 10:47 AM | permalink
January 21, 2010Egypt's mufti says Koran ringtones inappropriate
[via Reuters] Related: -- India. Fatwa Issued Answering Cell Phone during Aayat - A Muslim organization has issued a fatwa over using verses from the Koran as ringtones, saying that answering the call while the aayat (verses from the Koran) is going on is a sin. -- Saudi Arabia. A Fatwa Against Ringtones - An imam at a Mosque in Saudi Arabia issued a fatwa against mobile phones after one rang during prayers on Saturday, playing Arabic pop music. emily | 10:20 AM | permalink
Saudi girl, 13, sentenced to 90 lashes for taking a camera phone to schoolThe Daily Mail reports that a 13 year-old Saudi school girl is to be given 90 lashes in front of her classmates after she was caught with a mobile camera phone and assaulted her teacher when she caught her with the phone. Read full article. Related: -- Saudi Arabia. Stiff punishments awat camphone misusers -- Kuwait's approves Bluetooth sanctions -- UAE - Police sound warning over obscene SMS -- Saudi jails three for filming rape with mobiles -- Saudi to punish "immoral" use of 3G phones -- Female Students With Mobile Phones Face Campus Ban, Fines- Saudi -- Will Saudi Arabia lift ban on cam-equipped mobiles? -- Religious edict bars camera phones in Saudi Arabia -- Saudi women beaten for mobile phone snapping -- Mobile pictures spark violence -- Footage of an assault in Saudi Arabia through cameraphones -- Woman fired over mobile snapshots -- Saudi Arabia enforces ban on camera phones -- Banned Camera Phones Selling Like Hot Cakes in Jeddah's Black Market Also - Kuwait: Three years jail proposed for misuse of Bluetooth emily | 8:48 AM | permalink
Lost and found: a lorikeet that imitates ringtones
[via ABCNet.au] Related: -- Birds Mimic Ringtones - Birds have learnt to imitate the ring tones of the omnipresent mobile phones, say German ornithologists, backing up a Danish gentleman's similar claim a few years ago (in 2001, the sparrows in his garden were chirping the Nokia classic tone). -- Mockingbird Sings Ringtones - Combining tunes from other birds along with the disparate notes from doorbells and cell phones, the mockingbird can render up to 200 unique harmonies. It can also mimic the songs of 36 different songbirds. emily | 8:44 AM | permalink
January 19, 2010China. Text messaging suspended if any "illegal or unhealthy" content foundAccording to China Daily, cell phone users in Beijing and Shanghai will not be able to send text messages if they are found to have sent "illegal or unhealthy" content.
Read full article. emily | 6:07 PM | permalink
January 17, 2010Text messaging services resume in Xinjiang six months after riotText messaging services have been "gradually" restored since midnight Sunday for mobile phone users in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, six months after the July 5 riot in the regional capital of Urumqi, when services were cut down to prevent further violence. [via China View] emily | 8:53 PM | permalink
South Korean team wins text messaging world cup
Links related to "fastest texter competitions" here and here. emily | 2:39 PM | permalink
January 14, 2010Woman trapped under Haiti rubble sends SMSA Canadian woman trapped under rubble after the recent earthquake in Haiti managed to send out a text message to the Foreign Affairs Department in Ottawa, a place nearly 3,000 miles away. And it saved her life, reports Gizmodo.
[via Techeblog] emily | 2:05 PM | permalink
January 13, 2010China Mobile to ban users from text messaging if found with illegal contentToday China's state media told the press that China will begin to ban its citizens from sending or receiving SMS texts if they are using their phones to distribute pornography or other content deemed illegal by the Chinese government. [via MobileBurn] emily | 5:06 PM | permalink
Parts of Darkness: The other side of CES
To the whole engadget team and Gizmodo, thanks for the coverage. emily | 8:06 AM | permalink
January 12, 2010UK Vicar Blesses mobile phones and laptops
Related: - Japanese Shrine Blesses our Gadgets emily | 8:38 AM | permalink
BMI sues T-Mobile USA over ringbacksPerforming rights organization BMI has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against T-Mobile USA, alleging the operator sold ringback tones without the necessary licensing agreements in place. FierceMobile Content reports.
Read full article. Related: -- Court Approves Ringtone Lawsuit Settlement -- Links to ringtones and lawsuits emily | 8:17 AM | permalink
January 10, 2010Apparatgeist: Mobile-phone cultureA very lengthy but disapointing article from The Economist on mobile phones. Usage, facts, figures... Everything but the kitchen sink. Too much yet too little. emily | 9:09 AM | permalink
January 8, 2010Estate of fiction writer Philip K Dick to sue Google over Nexus phone name
Read full article. emily | 3:03 PM | permalink
January 6, 2010Google's online store, and what it means for the US wireless industry.
According to arstechnica, the most significant part of Google's Nexus One announcement, is their online store.
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January 3, 2010engadget exclusive: hands on Nexus One
engadget got their hands on Google's Nexus One Android powered phone. Read on for hands-on first impressions and view video and photos. emily | 10:09 AM | permalink
December 31, 2009Text can help save lives with meningitis alertsPeople are being urged to be on their guard against meningitis and septicaemia with the help of text messages, reports lep.co.uk. As early recognition and treatment provide the best chances of recovery, UK National charity Meningitis Research Foundation has launched a text messaging short code to receive symptoms by SMS. Users simply text "MRF" to 82088. emily | 9:51 AM | permalink
Naked conference callsBusinessmen and women take part in telephone conference calls wearing pyjamas, underwear - or nothing at all, according to a new study conducted by BT. [via Ananova] emily | 8:27 AM | permalink
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