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News Additionally, messages can be directed by head office managers to particular stores to do specific tasks. These messages are fired directly into the store manager's diary and require them to acknowledge receipt of the message and allow them to...
[14 May 2008]
News Blyk - a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) which piggybacks on the Orange network and gives users 217 free texts and 43 free voice minutes per month in exchange for receiving no more than six targeted ad texts/picture messages per day - has...
[25 Apr 2008]
News According to Sophos, only one in 2,500 email messages contained malware - 40 per cent fewer than 2007, where one in 909 email messages were infected. Released Wednesday, Sophos said in its Security Threat Report that an average of more than 15,000...
[24 Apr 2008]
News This is reflected in the fact technology users often come up with new applications for the tech they adopt - such as mobile pre-pay, which is used as an alternative currency in some parts of the world, or text messages being used as a dumping tool...
[23 Apr 2008]
News The software giant has launched an update to its Windows Mobile OS - version 6.1 - which includes a new home-screen user interface, threaded SMS messages for at-a-glance text conversations and an updated Internet Explorer that enables users to...
[02 Apr 2008]
News Facebook for BlackBerry - which is free to download and launched on 24 October last year - allows users to perform a variety of tasks including sending and viewing messages, making Wall posts and 'poking' other Facebook users.
[02 Apr 2008]
News The service also allows text messages to be sent and received. Emirates airline has launched the world's first commercial in-flight mobile telephone service and will spend $27m to kit out its entire fleet with the technology.
[25 Mar 2008]
News The one month virtual world pilot will start on 26 March allowing users to make 10 free calls (of up to one hour each) and send 10 SMS messages to almost anywhere in the world. Avatalk uses BT's global IP platform, Web21C, to carry calls and...
[20 Mar 2008]
News In December, Facebook added the ability to create custom groups of friends, but aside from sending out group messages, there's not much that can currently be done with them. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more.
[19 Mar 2008]
News Oxfordshire County Council is rolling out a mobile text alert system to warn residents across the county if their homes are at risk from flood water following heavy rain. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more…
[26 Feb 2008]
News The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is sending out fake scam SMS messages to young people to help raise awareness around text scams. People aged between 18 and 24 receive a text reading: "Urgent! U may have won £1k cash with '2 Good 2 B True'.
[15 Feb 2008]
News From wrongly addressed emails, users hitting reply when they meant forward - and adding derogatory comments about the accidental recipient, saucy text messages to an ex-girlfriend or wife, which were intended for the new girl in the sender's life...
[11 Feb 2008]
News Google is billing the tech as something that can also help companies respond to compliance issues - for example, filtering outbound messages to avoid sensitive information leaving corporate firewalls.
[05 Feb 2008]
News They can also add gadgets such as a radio to store their favourite UK Top 40 songs, a mobile phone to store messages from friends who have visited and a calendar to keep track of friends' birthdays. The BBC is launching an online community for six...
[29 Jan 2008]
News That message could then be broadcast to anyone subscribed to his messages, including aid workers at Unicef or InStedd's headquarters, which could show his location and note on a Google Earth map. Google.org's technology project to help save lives...
[17 Jan 2008]
News Granger has always been quick to head off any criticism of the NHS IT programme by reeling off statistics about the number of systems delivered - in June last year there were 355,754 registered users of the Spine, more than 23 million prescription...
[15 Jan 2008]
News The filtering software Commerzbank is installing will check messages against official watch-lists to identify potentially suspicious transactions and flag them before they are completed. Commerzbank is using filtering technology to flag up...
[15 Jan 2008]
News He said: "If customers can understand what they are being told, they can act sensibly to important messages about their accounts. Financial services heavyweight Norwich Union has implemented a document automation project to make its communications...
[14 Jan 2008]
News Email might seem like a private conversation - but the reality is if you are sending messages from a work email account there are a number of people inside your organisation, and potentially many more outside, that are legally entitled to take a...
[30 Nov 2007]
News On 17 October spammers used attached MP3 music files to try to "sneak messages past spam filters", said MessageLabs. Email security company MessageLabs has warned that spammers are already modifying their tactics when it comes to the emerging trend...
[30 Oct 2007]
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