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10 Ways to Optimize Your Text Message Marketing Campaigns

Introduction Text message marketing, or SMS marketing has become more and more popular over the years. With rising costs of other marketing tactics, many small businesses and even some large corporations are relying on text message marketing campaigns to get their message out to their prospective clients. Here is a list of the top 10…

28 December 202111 January 2024 Chris Price Business tips

The Constant Evolution of Mobile Devices and How We Use Them

When cellphones first gained widespread popularity in the 1990s, it was impossible to imagine that the technology would reach the stage it is at now. With an ever-growing number of applications available, how have some of the most popular uses for these devices changed over time to make it easier and more convenient to carry out…

12 August 202130 August 2022 Tech Digest Correspondent Smartphones

Think Apple’s sending SMS via a computer is new? Think again.

Over the last few days thousands, if not millions of people will have been discovering for the first time the joy of being able to send text messages through their computer. This was made possible by Apple's iMessage service, has been around for a couple of years - but it is only with the latest…

22 October 201423 October 2014 James O'Malley Apple, Mobile phones

Vodafone make SMS charity donations easy with JustTextGiving

Vodafone have teamed up with JustGiving to launch JustTextGiving, a new service that makes donating to charity via text messages more hassle-free than ever. A free text donation service, JustTextGiving lets charities set up a 6 digit VIC code which…

9 May 201129 May 2020 Gerald Lynch Mobile phones, Tech Digest news

Couples "three times more likely" to text I LOVE YOU this Valentine's than say it

Got that loving feeling? Well these days you're 3 times more likely to open your heart via text than just opening your mouth and saying it. A poll of 2,137 people aged over 18 in the UK showed that 61%…

9 February 201122 December 2015 Gerald Lynch Mobile phones, Tech Digest news

Cash-guzzling Android SMS Trojan on the prowl

Security specialists Kapersky Labs have uncovered a new mobile phone virus that could potentially cost Android users a lot of money. The SMS Trojan is found disguised within an unnamed media player app. The questionable file, Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a, then sends out…

11 August 2010 Gerald Lynch Android apps, Mobile phones, Tech Digest news

Swiftkey Android messaging app learns your lingo

If, like me, you find the Android factory messaging keys a bit hit or miss, you may find this new app very interesting indeed. Swiftkey is a messaging application exclusive to Android handsets that can be used as an alternative…

14 July 201022 December 2015 Gerald Lynch Android apps, Tech Digest news

Twitter buy Cloudhopper SMS start-up

Twitter has bought the start-up company Cloudhopper, bagging their SMS infrastructure and specialists. The move will be a boon for Twitter's text messaging service. Twitter has always worn it's SMS roots on its sleeve, with the 140 character limit a…

26 April 20103 April 2017 Gerald Lynch Tech Digest news, Twitter

Farmville headed to the iPad and to Android handsets?

Farmville is thought to be heading to a whole load of mobile platforms, after a string of telling web domains were recently bought up. Domain names farmvilleandroid.com, farmvilleipad.com, farmvilleiphone.com and farmvillesms.com have been discovered by website Superannuation. The domains seem…

20 April 2010 Gerald Lynch Android apps, Facebook, Gaming, iPad apps, iPhone apps, Tech Digest news

Nokia unveil the C6 messaging phone

Nokia have revealed their C6 messaging phone at this morning's Everyone Connect event. It may not be the Nokia N8 Symbian ^3 handset that many believed yesterday's cryptic countdown would unveil, but this QWERTY slider will certainly be worth a…

13 April 20107 April 2017 Gerald Lynch Mobile phones, Tech Digest news

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