Ina Fried in Dive Into Mobile on May 22, 2013 at 3:15 pm PT
Try texting, not email. That’s just one of many things the “chief old person” at DoSomething.org has learned about how to reach the next generation.
Mike Isaac in Social on December 4, 2012 at 6:45 am PT
A new Facebook update for its Messenger app brings texting to Android users without Facebook accounts.
News Byte
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 18, 2012 at 3:00 am PT
Palo Alto-based
m-Via has raised $17 million to fund the development of its mobile money services, which allow the “unbanked” to send money using text messages instead of expensive wire transfers. The company, which is also changing its name to Boom Financial, will use the funds to expand in the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean. Digicel Group led the round, with RRE Ventures and MATT.org also participating. The company has raised more than $30 million to date.
Voices
Scott Denne, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 12, 2012 at 1:15 pm PT
Spam is still a nuisance, but controlling unwanted email messages represents one of the few success stories in the security industry these days. A more sophisticated form of that threat has been gaining ground on mobile phones, however.
Ina Fried in Mobile on August 29, 2011 at 6:03 pm PT
The first version Samsung’s IM service will support Android and Bada; by year’s end it should work on all major devices.
Ina Fried in Mobile on August 29, 2011 at 6:37 am PT
Following Apple and Research In Motion, Samsung says that it, too, will offer a dedicated messaging service available for Samsung device owners to easily message one another.
Liz Gannes in Social on April 5, 2011 at 12:28 am PT
Txteagle, which conducts surveys via text message in emerging markets, has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding from Spark Capital and seed investors RBC Venture Partners, Flywheel Ventures, and Qualcomm Ventures.
Ina Fried in Mobile on March 16, 2011 at 5:05 pm PT
Pinger struck out with its first idea–a way to make voicemail more like email–but the team appears to have found its niche with its TextFree line of apps which offer free texting and even calling from the iPhone and Android phones. The service also works on devices such as the iPod Touch that don’t normally support calling.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 3, 2011 at 7:30 am PT
The U.K.-based wireless carrier says the government hasn’t allowed text messaging to be turned back on, and that it has been forced to send pro-government messages to customers. Plus, more updates from Abdulla in Cairo.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 2, 2011 at 6:01 pm PT
Some major benefits of the new Verizon iPhone service include crisp, clear calls with relatively few drops. But AT&T offers faster data downloads.