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<< Previous | Next >> October 23, 2009Still No Internet or SMS Allowed in China's Muslim RegionNearly four months after deadly ethnic riots in China's Muslim region led authorities to shut off the Internet there, local residents are still barred from sending text messages and getting online, reports PC World.
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October 20, 2009California watchdogs consider regulating campaigns’ electronic messagesBetween tweeting, YouTube videos and text messaging, the age of the Internet means political candidates now rely on more than snail mail to reach voters, and California's ethics watchdog agency is responding to the changing times. The LA Times Blog reports.
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October 6, 2009Arrested for using SMS to coordinate protesters at G20
[via Times of the Internet. Image from CBCnews.ca] emily | 8:30 AM | permalink
October 5, 2009Philippine Military sets up anti-terrorism text campaignThe Philippino military has launched yesterday an anti-terrorism hotline via text messaging, Major Gen. Benjamin D. Dolorfino, said, to empower the public in the campaign. Business Online reports.
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September 27, 2009SPECIAL REPORT: Efforts to pass a law taxing text messages in the Philippines are not new
Read full article. Related: -- Philippines. Scientist computes the real cost of a text message -- Philippines. House retreats from text-tax bill -- Philippines. SMS is tax goldmine -- Philippines. "No to Text Tax!" campaign -- Online campaign launched vs. text tax in the Philippines -- Philippines. House body OKs tax on text messages -- Related attempts to tax SMS around the world emily | 1:59 PM | permalink
September 24, 2009Philippines. House retreats from text-tax bill
Just over a week after the Philippine politicians approved plans for a tax on text messages, the measure is to be subjected to an investigation following strong public opposition. The measure had been approved by the House of Representatives. [via Cellular News]
Related: - Philippines. SMS is tax goldmine emily | 9:53 AM | permalink
September 18, 2009Philippines. SMS is tax goldmine
Related: -- Philippines. "No to Text Tax!" campaign -- Online campaign launched vs. text tax in the Philippines -- Philippines. House body OKs tax on text messages -- Related attempts to tax SMS around the world emily | 8:17 AM | permalink
September 15, 2009Ghana to launch people's SMS to governmentThe Deputy Information Minister of Ghana will soon launch an SMS service to enable Ghanaians across the country to send text messages on concerns or information they want immediate action on to the government. GhanaDot News reports.
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September 14, 2009Philippines. "No to Text Tax!" campaignOverseas Filipino workers (OFW) have started an online protest against the plan to impose a 5-centavo tax on every text message, reports Philstar.
Related - Online campaign launched vs. text tax in the Philippines emily | 6:18 PM | permalink
September 10, 2009Clickatell recepient of MOBI award
Last week, MOBI announced its top picks for its prestigious awards to honor those companies making history advancing mobile, marketing and advertising with innovative campaigns. Clickatell was nominated in the "Best Mobile Direct Response" category for its industry-first SMS campaign working with the US State Department, which sent 'live' text messages to global citizens during President Obama's Cairo and Ghana speeches this past summer. Creating a "Mobile Town Hall Without Borders," this mobile text campaign reached the masses of people who might not traditionally have a 'voice' during these events. View a video of the white house administration talking about the success of the Ghana event,. Actual SMS responses from the speeches can still be viewed on America.gov. [via Internet ITBusiness] Previously: -- More than 5000 Africans text message Obama -- Obama’s speech from Cairo by SMS - how it happened emily | 9:11 AM | permalink
September 9, 2009Philippines. House body OKs tax on text messagesThe Inquirer reports that a committee of the House of Representatives approved Tuesday a bill seeking to impose a five-centavo excise tax on every text, picture, and video and audio clip sent through mobile phones. The proposed tax is expected to generate between P20 billion and P36 billion (between $414million and $745million I think) a year for the government. Nearly 70 million prepaid subscribers nationwide send on the average at least 10 text messages a day. For years the issue of taxing SMS has been brought up by the Philippines and other countries: -- Related attemps to tax SMS around the world -- Sacramento voters to decide whether to tax text messages emily | 7:49 AM | permalink
September 4, 2009Italian Ministry Offers Free SMS Information Service
The users of the entirely free of charge service will regularly receive, on their mobile phone, text messages with the Ministry’s latest news as well as relevant notifications, reminders, invitations to events and much more. [via The Gov Monitor] emily | 8:47 AM | permalink
August 23, 2009Cellphones spread Kenyans' messages of hate
Read full article. Image from flickr. emily | 4:08 PM | permalink
August 19, 2009Cell phones flared riots in Kandhmal
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August 17, 2009Radio, cell phones to help US in Afghanistan?
Related: -- Once media-shy Taliban go hi-tech in propaganda war -- British Intelligence bomb Taliban with SMS in psychological warfare -- SMS text messages urge rebels to surrender in exchange for a fair trial -- Lebanon. Psychological warfare on phone -- Israel steps up "psy-ops" in Lebanon emily | 8:02 AM | permalink
July 27, 2009Iran: Regime uses SMS messages to threaten people
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July 20, 200914-year jail or deportation for SMS joke on Pakistani presidentPakistan's interior minister Rehman Malik
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July 12, 2009More than 5000 Africans text message Obama
On America.gov you can read over 500 selected remarks and questions about the President's visit and speech. Click here for a transcript of Obama's speech in Ghana Like Obama's speech from the University of Cairo, the US Department of State worked with Clickatell, a global mobile messaging provider, to reach citizens around the world. In addition to online enrollment, African citizens interested in receiving President Obama's Ghana speech highlights via SMS were able enroll directly through their mobile phone by entering a specified mobile service code number, depending on their African country of origin. Related: Obama’s speech from Cairo by SMS - how it happened emily | 10:07 AM | permalink
July 10, 2009Africa texts Obama before visit
Previously -- Feel free to text message Obama - US President Barack Obama has invited Kenyans to send comments and questions via short message service (SMS) ahead of his speech in Ghana on Saturday, reports Kenya's Daily Nation. emily | 8:34 AM | permalink
July 8, 2009Feel free to text message ObamaUS President Barack Obama has invited Kenyans to send comments and questions via short message service (SMS) ahead of his speech in Ghana on Saturday, reports Kenya's Daily Nation.
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July 3, 2009Iran 'lifts block on SMS texting'Reports from Iran say that SMS text messaging services have been unblocked for the first time since disputed presidential elections. The BBC reports.
Read full article. emily | 8:22 AM | permalink
June 12, 2009SMS system down in Iran just hours before election
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June 10, 2009Obama’s speech from Cairo by SMS - how it happened
The US State Department’s initiative to connect people abroad during President Obama’s speech from Cairo was a huge success and they used Clickatell (this blog's favorite sponsor) to make it happen. According to their press release:
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May 27, 2009Insight. The man behind Obama's Digital CampaignFascinating insight from Revolution Magazine on Scott Goodstein, the man widely recognised as President Barack Obama's digital guru, responsible for the biggest mobile and social media campaign in history. My favorite part:
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SMS, internet campaigns prove controversial in Iran election
Young, urban mobile phone users in Iran are being bombarded with this and similar text messages in run-up to the poll on June 12 when hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will seek a second term. Reuters reports.
Read full article. emily | 8:22 PM | permalink
May 25, 2009North Korea launches Internet mobile phone service
North Korea has begun a limited State Internet service for mobile phone users, a state website reported Friday, five months after the secretive communist state launched a third-generation network. Information available is news from the official Korean Central News Agency and other content. [via Yahoo Tech. Image from Radio Free Asia] emily | 2:14 PM | permalink
May 21, 2009Tigers of Tamil Ealam send out SMS saying leader is not dead
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April 21, 2009"Vote for God, vote for BJP" SMS causes furore in KanpurNo politician has used SMS in an election campaign quite this way. In India, an SMS with the text 'vote for BJP, vote for God' doing the rounds in the Lok Sabha constituency has caused a furor, with Congress threatening to complain to the Election Commision, reports the Business Standard.
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April 7, 2009Pro-democracy activists in Egypt call to strike by SMSPolice in Egypt have been deployed in large numbers to prevent a national strike by pro-democracy activists, reports the BBC.
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March 20, 2009Indonesia to broadcast general election information via SMS
Indonesia's governments has used text messaging on a massive scale before, In 2005, Indonesia's health ministry launched a hotline to let the public report disease outbreaks and lodge complaints about health care using mobile phone text messages. emily | 11:56 AM | permalink
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