SMS Weblogs / Textually / 2004 / 06 / 17

Emergency alerts for everything from tornadoes to missing children and terror warnings will get out to the public through an expanded weather radio network, the government announced Thursday, according to USA Toda

Mobipay payment system via mobile phone will be extended to Spanish public transport before the end of 2004, reports near near future "Users will be able to pay for their bus, metro or tram ticket via their handset, a confirmation message will be displayed on their screen and serve as e-ticke

A service that locates lost cell phones has launched in Korea, reports Telecoms Kore

Soon cellphone owners will be able to play games with realistic three-dimensional graphics rivaling those on PC's and game consoles, reports the NY Times via The Mobile Technology Blo

With father's Day approaching, Verizon is running a campaign in the USA to get sons and daughters to teach their dads how to send an SMS, according to 160character

Former South African president Nelson Mandela is leading the field in an SMS and Internet poll to find the greatest South African ever, reports Tracy Burrows on ITWeb via E-Media Tidbit

In Leicestershire mobile phone users can send a text message containing a six-digit code unique to their bus stop to a local bus compan

Increasingly local councils are seeing the benefits of mobile technology as a way of improving services and cutting red tape, reports The BB