This is enough to make you paranoid: Google has acknowledged a bug in Android’s default text messaging app that sends texts to the wrong person. Equally disturbing is that the problem’s been going on since March,… Read more »
Can One Man Communicate Solely Through Social Media for a Month?
As @SilentClark, Clark Harris is communicating solely through social media channels during the month of May to raise money and awareness for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Harris started the experiment as a tribute to his mother, Ruth Harris, whose 10-year battle with cancer ended last February. Thinking back to a more traditional fundraising campaign [...] Read more »
10% of Under 25s Think It’s Okay to Text During Sex
Oh dear. From the “there’s never been a better time to worry about the future of civilization” department comes the disturbing news that one in ten young people under the age of 25 deem it perfectly okay to send SMS messages during sex. It certainly gives new meaning to the term “sexting.” A recent survey [...] Read more »
Hack: iPad 3G Runs on T-Mobile, Sends Texts [VIDEO]
The 3G version of Apple’s iPad hit store shelves on Friday, and it’s already been hacked to run on a U.S. carrier that’s not AT&T: T-Mobile. Better still, it’s possible to send SMS text messages from the iPad on T-Mobile’s network. A few iPad 3G owners have been able to access T-Mobile’s EDGE data network [...] Read more »
Unlock In-Game Weapons for Splinter Cell Conviction via Text Message
Ubisoft, developer and publisher of the popular Xbox 360 game Splinter Cell Conviction, has developed a text messaging campaign that rewards mobile marketing subscribers with a unique in-game weapon. The company used Twitter, Facebook and e-mail lists to promote the campaign, promising the in-game weapon to players who would text “WEAPON” to 44144*. When a [...] Read more »
U.S. to Allow Export of Web Services to Iran and Cuba
According to The New York Times, the United States Treasury Department will tomorrow give Internet services license to export consumer-aimed services like instant messaging and photo sharing to countries with which trade has previously been restricted, including Iran, Cuba and Sudan. The United States defines these nations as “closed societies” because their governments sometimes try [...] Read more »