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Written by mobati // Monday, June 19th, 2006
Topic: sms, wifi

Ebay has unleached a new service - SMS Alerts. The whole purpose of these alerts are to keep bidders ahead of the pack, and win their desired ebay item.

You are connected to ebay, and your desired product at all times through ebays SMS alerts. The ebay system notifies you by alerts to bid on items. The ebay system notifies you with Outbid and Item Ending Soon alerts. This service is considered a premium SMS message, and could be charged 25cents per message.

Besides Ebay’s SMS notifications, they also have a Phone Call alert program, and an Instant message alert system through AOL, MSN, and Yahoo instant messenger systems.

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Written by mobati // Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
Topic: VoIP, mobile

In an effort to keep up with top Voip company Skype, Yahoo announced its much anticipated paid PC-to-phone VOIP services. The new service is called Phone Out and Phone In.

The new Yahoo service offers Free Worldwide PC-to-PC Calls. The new service launches with a new version 7.5 of of the Yahoo Messenger application.

The new Yahoo Messenger 7.5 with voice is still in beta form, so i guess they are working at ironing out some issues to ensure its polished service.

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Written by mobati // Thursday, March 9th, 2006
Topic: handheld, mobile

GoogleTalk is now available on Blackberry wireless devices. There is no charge for the download that is available on Blackberry’s website.

RIM had expected that GoogleTalk for their devices would not be ready until springtime, but it looks like its out a little earlier!

With the Google Talk for BlackBerry software, users can access all their Google Talk contacts from their BlackBerry devices. They can determine which contacts are available, unavailable, busy, or offline, as well as carry on several instant messaging conversations at once with their friends.

Google Talk is an instant messaging service that Google introduced last year. The PC version of the service includes VoIP capabilities, although the BlackBerry version does not offer that feature.

Besides Google Talk, RIM is offering a free download of Google Local for Mobile software, which offers directions and maps to local locations and businesses.

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Written by mobati // Monday, March 6th, 2006
Topic: handheld

BlackBerry customers get IM for free through Enterprise Instant Messaging. Research In Motion will update its BlackBerry Enterprise Server platform this week with corporate instant messaging. It will have enhanced administration capabilities, and developer tools that make it easier for firms to build their own links between BlackBerry handhelds and enterprise applications.

The Enterprise Instant Messaging service allows for threaded chat sessions and provides presence information. It can also link to existing corporate IM systems such as Lotus Sametime, Novell GroupWise Messenger, and Microsoft’s Live Communications Server or Windows Messenger.

This feature requires a runtime applet on each BlackBerry handheld, but this can be pushed out the device along with the client-side user interface once the application is published to the BlackBerry Server, according to RIM.

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Written by mobati // Monday, March 6th, 2006
Topic: VoIP

TelTel, a Santa Clara-based start-up that hopes to become the SIP-based Skype-type service provider raised $8.8 million in Series A venture capital.

The VoIP software Blue Note Networks of Tewksbury, Massachussets, scored $15 million in series B funding.

Tello has raised $5.5 million.

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Written by mobati // Monday, February 27th, 2006
Topic: handheld, mobati, mobile

CBS Corp. said Monday it would offer a wireless subscription service allowing users to have video-enhanced breaking news and entertainment alerts sent to their mobile phones.

The announcement is an indication of how television networks and studios are trying to adapt to changing viewing habits in an era of handheld video devices, digital video recorders, and other new tools for watching news and entertainment.

Subscribers will get as many as five alerts each day. They can either read text or watch matching pictures and video if their phone is so enabled.

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Written by mobati // Monday, February 27th, 2006
Topic: wifi

The Singaporean government has established a park with wireless Internet connection, the first in the island state.

The Park will comprise of 16 hectares, which was tasked with developing key industrial facilities in the city-state.

Singapore had invested billions of dollars into developing new growth engines for the economy with a strong focus on higher-value, research-intensive industries such as biomedical science to remain competitive.

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