Archive for the ‘Mobile Industry Insider’ Category

Keeping the Focus on ONE Thing

We have had customers try other group SMS services, just to come back to Tatango because we are so simple to use and focus on doing ONE thing really well - providing simple group SMS. Just see the e-mail as an example of this. I'm going to be dissecting the ...

The Problem with Social Networks

Group communication is becoming increasingly difficult with the current mobilization of the world. People are on the move, making it hard to correlate schedules and share information. Several group communication giants have emerged in the form of Facebook, Myspace and Twitter. Facebook is currently the world leader with over 300 ...

iPhone Now MMS Equipped

The long wait is over iPhone lovers - MMS (multimedia messaging) in the U.S. has finally arrived. When sending a text message, you will now see a camera icon to the left of the message box that allows you to attach a photo from your iPhone albums. The update is available ...

Issues With Verizon

Our SMS aggregator provided the following carrier-specific advisory: We are currently experiencing degradation in SMS message traffic on the Verizon network. Customers may notice delays in messages reaching Verizon handsets. OpenMarket is working with the carrier to identify and correct the problem. Thanks in advance for your patience. Updates to come soon...

Tech Whiz Kid Joins Tatango Advisory Board

Today we are proud to announce the addition of Daniel Brusilovsky to our Advisory Board for group SMS business development at Tatango. Daniel, the 16-year-old tech entrepreneur and former Qik Product Manager is exploring his creative side as the Founder of the Teens in Tech Conference, Producer of Apple Universe and ...

Telecoms Face Antitrust Threat

The Department of Justice has begun looking into whether large U.S. telecommunications companies such as AT&T and Verizon are abusing the market power they have amassed in recent years. The review, while in its early stages, is an indication of the Obama administration's aggressive stance on antitrust enforcement. Justice Department antitrust ...

Blackboard makes key acquisition, supports mobile education

Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB), the global leader in education technology, has announced a major step in its efforts to support students' mobile lifestyle with the acquisition of Terriblyclever Design, makers of MobilEdu and other mobile web applications for education. MobilEdu allows educational institutions to deliver a rich set of campus life ...

The Short Code Marketing Opportunity

In August of 2008, Barack Obama's presidential campaign made history when it announced Joe Biden as the Vice Presidential candidate over SMS text message. The magnitude of the Obama campaign's mobile efforts has set the trend not only for political campaigns on all levels, but for each and every form ...

SMS Ignites Mobile Marketing Revolution

Internationally recognized brands, large U.S. brands and even smaller brands all over the world are all cementing the notion that text messaging is an effective marketing platform. SMS is expected to generate close to $200 billion in global services revenues in just three years, according to ABI Research. "If there was ...

The Highly Anticipated LG Watch-Phone Now a Reality

Who hasn’t dreamed of sporting the Dick Tracy watch-phone since they were a kid? Can you imagine having your phone, text messaging, contacts, email, music, etc. all in the palm of err. . around your wrist? Dick can, and now so can the rest of us. The once far-fetched dream ...