Posts Tagged ‘ sms alert ’

MobileWeb supports 11.11.11 through SMS campaign

MobileWeb and the mobile partners KPN Group Belgium, Mobistar, Proximus and Telenet join forces and open a short SMS number to collect money for 11.11.11. Clients can send a message to 4666 and donate €1 for the campaign. This year’s action wants to draw attention on climate change and the impact of it on the [ READ MORE ]

Innovative SMS campaign replaces recruitement letter

MobileWeb creates platform for interim agencies to connect faster and easier with job candidates. The classic letter of application seems to be outdated. T-Interim is the first agency that uses sms to recruit candidates. It’s a fast and easy way for companies to connect with the right profiles. Volvo Cars is currently enrolling the system [ READ MORE ]

1 out of 4 Americans gets news via mobile

26% of American adults now reads news on their mobile handsets, says a new survey by the Pew Research Center. Of all the users using the mobile internet for information, there is - 72% checking for weather forecasts - 68% checking news headlines and current events - 44% checking sport results and news - 35% [ READ MORE ]

Medicines send sms reminder to patient

Swiss pharma group Novartis is testing a system, developped by Proteus Biomedical, which inserts a chip in the shoulder of the patient and a micro-sized chip in the pills that patient has to take.  if the meds aren’t taken according to the prescription, the patient receives a reminder by SMS, triggered by the chip.  The [ READ MORE ]

Pregnant cows send SMS

Pregnant cows informing the farmer by SMS when they’re about to give birth – how sweet! The device that can make this happen, was introduced at a farmers convention in the French Rennes.  A week before the scheduled birth, a thermometer should be inserted into the cow’s vagina.  This thermometer is attached through sensors to [ READ MORE ]

Belgian elections: still no mobile marketing, no social media

I blogged several times on the successful use of mobile marketing in Obama’s election campaign.  In fact, it’s been praised as a great example of the possibilities of mobile marketing on many international sites and blogs. One would think many would follow his example, right?  After all, Obama proved the many advantages of using SMS [ READ MORE ]

Adidas mobile app tracks marathon runners

Adidas has launched a cool mobile application which allows people to track their friends as they run the London Marathon. The Runner Tracker service, developed by British agency Marvellous, sends subscribers SMS updates about the location of a runner on the 26.4 mile course.  Visitors to the Adidas website are encouraged to download an app [ READ MORE ]

MobileWeb builds SMS Flits service for Touring Mobilis

Touring Mobilis introduces the Flits Alarm, a new mobile service allowing consumers to receive the location of traffic radars by SMS. After sending a SMS with the keyword FLITS and his postal code to the shortcode 9180, the user receives a message back, containing all traffic radars in a 50 kilometer radius. It’s also possible [ READ MORE ]

Stop your stolen car by SMS

A month ago, we were driving our car with an iPhone, so why not stop a car by SMS? Students engineering at the University of Saskatchewan , Canada have worked out a system that can be very useful if your car got stolen.  Basically, you send a SMS to the board computer of your car [ READ MORE ]

City of Waterloo introduces new SMS service

The city of Waterloo isn’t new to SMS services.  In the past, it was already possible to receive cultural tips by SMS, but the supplier of that service went bankrupt. Now Waterloo has collaborated with Systemat – an applications developer, active on the MobileWeb.be platform – for a new SMS service.  The city will have [ READ MORE ]

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