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Desktop SMS Closes Doors, Opens Office Windows
openPR (press release)
Palo Alto, CA, February 03, 2012 -- Over nine years ago, Red Oxygen developed Desktop SMS, a platform for Swisscom customers to send text messages from Microsoft Outlook. The Desktop SMS platform supported over 155000 users and volumes over 500000 SMS ...

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GRTU director asks court to ban publication of SMS messages
MaltaToday
In the previous sitting, SMS messages presented by the defence showed that Farrugia was in contact with a third party, asking him to influence Malta Independent columnist Daphne Caruana Galizia in a bid to undermine his Chetcuti in her blog.

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Keep connected while you're abroad
Ottawa Citizen
It's available for Android, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and SMS-enabled phones. What it does: The app uses Wi-Fi to allow you to call the US and Canada from abroad or send an SMS message worldwide. Cost: From free to $4.99 with no ads; different prices ...

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Gizmodo UK
The Best SMS Replacement App
Gizmodo UK
Even the traditional SMS fest on Christmas Day was down from 2010 — too busy tweeting “Mum and aunty Beatrice are arguing about the gravy again,” were we? There are now many apps and services that will let you send short, near-instant messages to your ...

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Nokia fined $55000 for text spam
Sydney Morning Herald
Nokia also accepted an enforceable undertaking from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to fix the problems linked with the marketing of its short-message-service (SMS) and complying with spam laws. The regulator started an ...
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Nokia fined for spam texts in AustraliaReuters
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ITProPortal
Nokia fined for spamming customers via SMS
Dynamic Business
... follows rules set out by the Spam Act. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) began investigating Nokia after customers complained they couldn't unsubscribe from SMS messages containing 'tips' from the mobile phone manufacturer.
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VimpelCom to Boost Service at Rally
The Moscow Times
24, leaving many protesters and reporters unable to make calls, send SMS messages or access mobile Internet services for hours at a time. But only one of the major networks contacted by The Moscow Times said it would be taking extra measures to ensure ...