Archive for April, 2008

SMS another car driver

Every week, I spend – like many of us – hours in traffic jams. The driving style of others can be a real cause of frustration. So often I wished I could tell the driver in the car next to me to turn off his signal light when going straight forward. Or to turn it [ READ MORE ]

Verizon, Vodafone team for live Madonna simulcast

Verizon Wireless and Vodafone announced they will team to deliver a live global mobile simulcast spotlighting performances from Madonna‘s April 30 show at New York City’s Roseland Ballroom. The simulcast, which expands Vodafone’s exclusive mobile content distribution and promotion deal with Warner Music International in support of the new Madonna album Hard Candy, will feature [ READ MORE ]

New mobile phone…

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What do you think of our new blog?

A few weeks ago, we moved the blog to the WordPress platform.  Apart from the brand new lay-out, there are now a bunch of new functionalities. To name a few: - Search function: find any article you need by just typing a keyword - Extra pages: In the top navigation you find some pages about [ READ MORE ]

SMS opens church door

Visiting a church even though it’s not officially open. That’s now possible in the Dutch town of Bornwind (Friesland) by sending a simple SMS message. When the door is locked, anyone who wants to visit the house of God can send a premium SMS at 1,50 euro. In return, he then receives an access code [ READ MORE ]

Watch out for ‘walking & texting’ wounds

Has it happened to you yet?  You’re walking in the street, concentrated on writing that text message and  your lovely distracted head bangs into a lantern pole? Well, seems it happens to 1 out of 10 people in the UK! There they call it ‘walking & texting’ wounds. So bad even that in Brick Lane, [ READ MORE ]

Mobile social networks – when can we expect the boom?

These days it rains announcements of social networking sites that are starting to build their mobile offer. Both MySpace and Facebook have created adapted versions for the mobile phone. With OneConnect, Yahoo! offers a specific application with the ambition to integrate all mobile social networks. For professionals, LinkedIn has prepared a mobile version. In our [ READ MORE ]

Flair mobile campaign for diet

Another mobile campaign by Sanoma and MobileWeb.be is the SMS Coach, a service given to readers of the woman magazine Flair. Women who want to loose some pounds and need some support during their diet, can send the keyword COACH by SMS to the shortcode 3037 (0,75 euro/sms sent and received). They will then receive [ READ MORE ]

Libelle mobile campaign for Mother’s Day

Sanoma has worked with MobileWeb.be to set up a mobile campaign for Mother’s Day. They’ve chosen to advertise this campaign through their magazine Libelle. The objective was to let people send a nice message for Mother’s Day by SMS. All messages will appear on the Libelle website and a selection in the May 8th issue of [ READ MORE ]

AP announces Mobile News Network

Press agency Associated Press has announced a new service that brings news headlines, information, photos and video to smartphones. “The Mobile News Network will provide a national platform for smart phone users to access local content from brands they trust,” CEO Tom Curley said. “Members can participate by providing local news that will appear alongside [ READ MORE ]

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