Google Providing Voice-to-Tweet Service for Egypt

From the article: “Over the weekend we came up with the idea of a speak-to-tweet service – the ability for anyone to tweet using just a voice connection. … [A]nyone can tweet by simply leaving a voicemail on one of these international phone numbers (+16504194196 or +390662207294 or +97316199855) and the service will instantly tweet the message using the [...]

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Posted: Feb 01 2011
Tags: global, mobile, news, social media, telecommunications, Twitter
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HD Voice technology from Orange (UK)

Orange have launched a number of phones that go back to basics and improved the often maligned audio quality of today’s communications. HD Voice aims to sort this out, offering better voice reproduction and ambient noise cancellation. Martin Stan...

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Posted: Jan 27 2011
Tags: global, news, technology, telecommunications, trends
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Henkell iPad giveaway

Get in quick to win an iPad and a six-month subscription to Grazia when you buy a bottle of Henkell sparking wine and enter your details via SMS or online. We just read the Ts & Cs and realised that…

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Posted: Oct 27 2010
Tags: competitions, Nomad, retail, SMS, telecommunications
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Wearable video camera with mobile integration

The deconstruction of mobile phones is one of the biggest opportunities for future development in the industry. It means that the physical functions of the mobile phone like screen, camera and processor will be liberated allowing more intuitive and simplified human interaction.

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Posted: Oct 12 2010
Tags: apps, global, mobile development, news, smartphone, telecommunications, trends
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Australian Mobile Phone Lifestyle Index

Nomad attended the Australian Mobile Phone Lifestyle Index report presentation today to get up to speed with the current behaviours and attitudes of Australian mobile users today. If you missed out, here are some of the more interesting findings. And…

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Posted: Oct 07 2010
Tags: AIMIA, AMPLI, app development, Apple, apps, events, gaming, smartphone, telecommunications, trends
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1 million Gmail phone calls in 24 hours

Since Gmail this week introduced the ability for US & Canadian users to make free telephone calls directly from their inboxes, they have reported that one million calls were made in a 24 hour period. The option for “Call phone”…

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Posted: Sep 03 2010
Tags: Gmail, Google, telecommunications, trends
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Texting Infographic

Text messaging is ubiquitously popular – developing countries use it because it doesn’t require a computer or internet connection, First World teens exploit the unlimited texting plans of many carriers, pro-Golfers use it to sent erotic poetry to their mistresses…

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Posted: Aug 27 2010
Tags: global, infographic, news, SMS, telecommunications, trends
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