Mediaburst blog

Network Upgrades

On Tuesday 9th February we’re going to install new firewalls in our Derby data centre. For a short period of time we will turn off Derby and operate all services through our Manchester site.

While Derby is turned off  we’ll also be upgrading our network and servers to make sure we offer you the best service possible.

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World’s fastest texter

So here’s a roundup of the 2010 Texting Championships held in New York.

Now although this will slot into our fun category in the blog this is no light hearted event. It’s sponsored by LG and offers prize money of US$100,000. There are 26 competitors from 13 different countries competing in teams of two.

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Chip, shop

Today I’ve been working on a job for a new client that involves credit cards, microchips, “over the air” functionality and all manner of crazy hi-tech stuff. continue reading Chip, shop


Formatting contact data for upload into textburst

A common question we get asked is how to format mobile numbers correctly before uploading into our Online SMS product textburst. So to help here is some straight forward instructions. continue reading Formatting contact data for upload into textburst


Mobile Healthcare was my idea.

Hard to escape my notice was the launch of Bill Gates’ new site thegatesnotes. A site dedicated to notes and thoughts he wants to share with the world at large.

So where does mobile come into this, there has to be some relevance to this blog? continue reading Mobile Healthcare was my idea.


My intentions are good…

Well the new mediaburst site is up and active and very good it looks too. It’s a radical departure from what went before and, as a part of the team that created it, I feel a certain swelling of pride to see how it stands up against the competition out there. However, as a copywriter too, here’s where it gets tricky.
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New Year, New Site

As we settle into the New Year and focus on a productive 2010, mediaburst are kicking off with a complete new website and a revamp of our key products. With such significant changes to our branding it’s certainly worth some background to the decisions we’ve made.

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New Year, New Products

As well as launching a new website we’ve also started 2010 with a revamp of our key products. Including textburst, the API, OMS, and email to SMS.

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Clean up the Premium Rate SMS Industry

Despite PhonepayPlus’s (PPP) best efforts to remove the charlatans form the premium rate SMS industry, a quick glance at their recent adjudications shows there are still organisations willing to flout the rules, and there are still suppliers that support them. continue reading Clean up the Premium Rate SMS Industry


Textburst online SMS update

Firstly, Happy New Year to all!

We’ve got an exciting year ahead and we’re getting straight into it. The new website will be live later in January and at the same time textburst will take on a whole new appearance.

There’s a demo available so feel free to click around and let us know what you think?

Don’t be fooled though, it’s a demo, it doesn’t actually send messages.

View the textburst demo continue reading Textburst online SMS update


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