China Moves to Stop Spam Texts
Over this past weekend, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) release...
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Chinese People Are Sending Fewer Text Messages Than They Used To
Chinese people on average sent fewer text messages in 2012 than they did in 2011, according to stati...
Fonetwish Handles a Billion Facebook Interactions Per Month
Readers may recall a few months back when we featured Fonetwish, a mobile solution that allows users...
Google+ Targets Emerging Markets with SMS Functionality
There’s good news for Google+ users around the world today, particularly for those in emerging...
Sina Weibo Allows ‘Real Name’ Registration Via SMS, Can Be Cheated
China’s top microblog services, such as Sina Weibo, are just two days away from enacting new &...
In Beijing, You’ll Be Able to Send Text Messages to Find the Toilet (Someday)
Public toilets seem few and far between in some areas of China’s capital, which can be a real ...
Indian Smartphone Users Move Towards Data, Games and Content, Away From SMS
A new report by Nielsen India reveals that a seismic shift is happening in mobile usage in the count...
How To Block SMS Spam
SMS spam is a common problem. And in my own travel experience, spam is severe in countries like Indi...
China Sends 1.1 Billion Holiday Greeting Texts, But Texting is Losing Ground to WeChat
We already saw that Sina Weibo had a bang-up morning this past holiday weekend, with over 34,000 pos...
Why SetechViet is My Favorite Vietnamese Startup
When people ask me about my favorite startups in Vietnam, SetechViet is at the top of my list. They&...
Telunjuk Adds SMS Inquiry Feature to its Service
Telunjuk — a startup that provides a one-stop service price comparison for laptops, tablets, m...
Fonetwish Allows Users To Access Facebook on Mobiles Without a Data Plan, Reaches 300 Million Users
Fonetwish is a solution for users to access Facebook without a mobile data plan. It uses a “USSD-b...
Will Weibo and Group-Messaging Apps Replace SMS During Chinese New Year?
For some watershed moments, you know what’s coming but just can’t pin down when exactly ...
China’s 3 Mobile Telcos Embrace Group-Messaging Apps, for Free SMS
The upcoming launch of a group-messaging service by China Telecom (NYSE:CHA) next week means that al...
SMS GupShup, India’s Twitter-like Service, Raises $10 Million in Funding
SMS GupShup, India’s Twitter-like SMS service, has raised Rs 50 crores ($10 million) from a series...
SMSGyan: SMS Search Engine From India Has 1.5 Million Users on Airtel
SMSGyan is an SMS-based search engine which provides on-demand instant information on any mobile pho...
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