Tag: SMS

  • EU Plans to slash SMS roaming fees

    EU Plans to slash SMS roaming fees

    A shot in the arm for SMS junkies, the European Commission is proposing caps on the charges for sending text messages across European borders. This move could bring down costs of sending cross-border SMS by almost 70%. Apparently the commission “is proposing to limit retail roaming charges for text messages to 11 to 15 euro…

  • “Untitled (UFO)” with 3,000 LEDs sparkles via SMS

    “Untitled (UFO)” with 3,000 LEDs sparkles via SMS

    New York artist Peter Coffin along with London-based Cinimod Studio have come toget and crafted a phenomenon, the “Untitled (UFO)”. This amazingly cool flying object sports around 3000 LEDs and was a part of the Gdansk Festival of Stars (4th July) and was sighted there first. The overall UFO structure is 7 meters in diameter…

  • 82% mobile users rarely text message

    82% mobile users rarely text message

    Have a nice snappy mobile phone but don’t really use all its features, when it comes to add-ons the wishes truly are endless. However, most users in the US are not using the now indispensible mobile phone for anything other than phone calls. This is a slap in the face of mobile phone makers and…

  • Cheapster’s Guide to Free iPhone Messaging

    Cheapster’s Guide to Free iPhone Messaging

    How to free, yes, FREE, gawd! I said… rather typed FREE; SMS from an iPhone! At the present moment iPhone contracts with AT&T offer 200 free text messages monthly, but with the new 3G iPhone, you will need to spend another $5 monthly for 200 SMSs.

  • Texting is four times more expensive than email from space

    Texting is four times more expensive than email from space

    Dr Nigel Bannister’s calculations are some what legend, because of his ability to rate TV shows. Yes this is another math nerds dream comparison of costs between the humble text message and the costs involved in outer space data transfer rates. The maximum size for a text message is 160 characters, which takes 140 bytes…

  • WaSnake a shelf that displays SMS and News

    WaSnake a shelf that displays SMS and News

    Made from wood and elastomer WaSnake is a shelf whose topology can be reconfigured to suit any specific space or whim. Developed by Jean Louis Frechin and showcased at the International Milan furniture show it is also a luminous digital object and a device for relaying discreet information in the home – comments, addresses, the…

  • National SMS threat alert system being implemented

    National SMS threat alert system being implemented

    The homeland security teams are not happy with the effectiveness of the color-coded panic inducing system, so they have now come up with the ultimate threat alert system, namely SMS. The plan stems from the Warning Alert and Response Network Act, a 2006 federal law that requires upgrades to the nation’s emergency alert system. The…

  • Sweden is in a text message debt trap

    Sweden is in a text message debt trap

    The SMS loan is a new lending system, which has enabled people usually barred from receiving loans, like teenagers and other low- and no-income groups, to borrow cash in no time flat. Fire off a simple text message, wait 15 minutes and presto, 300 Euros land in your account; the simplicity of obtaining SMS loans…

  • Texting Leads while walking makes you bump into Lamp Posts

    Texting Leads while walking makes you bump into Lamp Posts

    Like a scene out of a Laural and Hardy movie, imagine that you are walking down the street and texting a message to a friend at the same time. Come to think of it, it actually happens in real life too. Apparently a street in London is to experiment with applying protective padding to lampposts,…

  • College kids should enroll for text-alerts

    College kids should enroll for text-alerts

    Means of communication is of utmost importance during a crisis situation. Scenes like the Virginia Tech shootout are a reality and regrettably happen. Getting messages across via text messages during crisis situations can be vital in saving lives. With services like Omnilert that offer an emergency alert system called e2Campus to more than 500 campuses,…