SMS Weblogs / Textually / 2003 / 09 / 23

Nextel Communications asked a federal judge Tuesday to block advertising by rival Verizon Wireless that claims it offers superior walkie-talkie service on its mobile phones which launched last month, according to SiliconValle

Modifications to Symantec's DeepSight will give customers an early warning of computer viruses with the ability to track the outbreaks on the Interne

In its eighth annual online survey of people's sex lives - more than 150,000 people aged 16 to 55 in 49 countries participated - condom manufacturer Durex, confirmed "virtual sex", either by telephone, SMS messaging or email as a global emerging trend, according to The Herald Su

The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association – which includes Telstra, Optus and Vodafone – has actually issued guidelines for the use of phones in schools, aimed at minimising mobile phone disruption and SMS bullying, according to The Advertise

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Visa EU is extending its online authentication application «Verified by Visa» to the latest release of Nokia's virtual wallet for mobile handset

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Another school system, this time in New South Wales, Australia will be sending out exam results (for the Higher School Certificate) to students by SMS, according to sm

While there's still plenty of debate over the question of micropayments being used for online content they certainly seem to be catching on in the mobile phone world

Paris has yet to compile a final death toll from the heat wave, which pummeled France and much of Europe with temperatures up to 10

There were an estimated 6,700 new newspaper subscriptions via mobile phones from August 1999 through July 2003, reports Steve Outing in E-Media Tidbits: "At least some newspapers finally seem to be getting the message that they have to adapt to the behavior of their readers -- if not of their current ones, then at least their future readers (if they want to have any) -- and try some really new ideas

In a perfect example of a business application for text messaging, McDonald's New Zealand has provided cell phones to it's employees as the company communication channel with text messaging as the backbone, and will offer incentive competitions through SMS as well, according to The New Zealand Herald via Smart MobsSpam and Text Messaging

The annual number of "spam" text messages sent to mobile phone users in Britain has doubled in the last two years to two billion claims a report in the Sunday Mirro