Nelson Mandela’s charitable organisations have launched an international SMS service to allow millions of people to donate money by texting a 90th birthday message to the former South African president. continue reading Happy Birthday Nelson Mandela
Publishes best-practice guide to text promotions, appoints compliance officer
continue reading Bringing about a Culture of Compliance
More cash and better planning are urgently needed to stop future floods wreaking the type of devastation seen across the UK last summer, a report has warned. Sir Michael Pitt, the man asked to assess the response to last summer’s floods has finally published his long-awaited report – and he says many lessons need to be learned. continue reading ‘Act Now To Prevent Flood Catastrophe’
The home of the Scottish parliament, the Holyrood building, is planning to spend up to £50,000 to boost indoor mobile phone reception, according to the The Scotsman. continue reading Holyrood £50K network upgrade
Local Authorities compiling electoral rolls with Dsi’s new SMS-enhanced software
Mobile marketing company Mediaburst today announces that its secure and robust text services are being integrated into a bespoke online electoral roll system for local authorities. For the first time, voters will be able to register to vote by simply texting a unique ID and Pin to their local authority. continue reading Now it’s Text to Vote in Local Elections
I read with interest recent articles in New Media Age about the use of Mobile Internet and picked out a few headlines and comments. continue reading Mobile Internet
So the new iphone 3G is due out in July I’ve been watching with interest the development of facebook and wondering when users will get bored and move back to traditional social networking i.e. meeting your friends in a physical sense, just as they did once they had contacted all their old school friends on Friends Reunited and once they had collected a few hundred musician mates on Myspace. continue reading Mobile Networking
After Emirates, Continental Airlines and Qantas have decided to introduce an in-flight SMS service, it looks like New Zealand is next in line. continue reading Air New Zealand goes for in flight SMS
New MD intends to consolidate progress and extend Mediaburst’s business with marketing and advertising agencies
continue reading Gary Bury Appointed Managing Director
The number of SMS and MMS sent continues to rise. New Media Age (NMA) reports that subscribers to the 4 main UK networks sent 15.7bn SMS and MMS during the last quarter of 2007, a jump of 13%. continue reading It’s up again!