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Australian Death Threat Text Scam Under Investigation

Thousands of Australians have received a “death threat” text, demanding they pay 5,000 Australian dollars or face being murdered.

Chirp App

Will Chirp Be The Next Sharing Standard for Connected Devices?

It’s like Tweeting, but literal! Online service Chirp transmits an actual chirp and compatible devices will respond by downloading content from the Internet.

Singapore and Brunei agree to reduce roaming charges for each others' telco subscribers.

Singapore and Brunei Agree on Lower Roaming Rates

Subcribers of telco providers in Singapore and Brunei will enjoy lower roaming rates when visiting each other’s country next year.

Internet to SMS services are popular in India. (Photo credit: Shutterstock)

ValueFirst Acquires 160by2 and Way2SMS

Free SMS services are quite popular in India, and the market is consolidating.

Is SMS a dying breed with the popularity of cross-platform mobile messaging services? (Photo: ShutterStock)

5 Companies Killing Text Messages

With the popularity of cross-platform messaging services like WhatsApp and ChatOn, is SMS on its way to becoming obsolete?

RIM's BlackBerry Playbook 2.0 operating system will feature integrated email messaging and calendar, which were conspicuously absent from the 1.0 release (photo :Ubergizmo).

MWC 2012: BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 OS Not Likely to Jumpstart PlayBook Platform’s Popularity

RIM’s BlackBerry Playbook 2.0 operating system will feature integrated email messaging and calendar, which were conspicuously absent from the 1.0 release.

The Let's Greet app for Android lets users send greeting cards which recipients can read via SMS, MMS and the Internet.

Digital Greeting App Let’s Greet Bridges SMS & Internet Messaging

Digital greeting card company “Let’s Greet” lets users send greetings through SMS and the Internet from an Android app.

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