O2 today announces an agreement with Twitter which will allow O2 customers to receive SMS alerts from Twitter for free from August. The Twitter deal allows O2 customers to receive tweets from chosen friends, @mentions, and direct messages via SMS. They can also send and reply to tweets by text which will come from their bundle or be charged at ... continued »

Are you very good in text messaging? LG has kicked off its annual LG MOBILE WORLDCUP to look for fastest texter. The annual festival kicks off with the first national competition in Indonesia that will culminate in the World Championship in the U.S. in November to find the world’s fastest texter. continued »

Bell and Twitter today announced that Bell Mobility will offer Canadians full SMS (Short Messaging Service, or mobile text messaging) support for interacting with Twitter. Twitter is a communication network that enables users to send and receive text based posts of up to 140 characters (known as "tweets"). Updates are displayed on a users profile page at Twitter.com and delivered in ... continued »

kwiry has enhanced its text messages service with a Shortcuts platform which include the ability to schedule a TV show recording on a TiVo DVR.  kwiry launched its Shortcuts service in August with Netflix and Amazon integrations. continued »

On December 19, at team of 10 skydivers attempted to set the Guinness World Record for fastest test messaging while skydiving. The team used five different Samsung Mobile messaging phones with full QWERTY keyboards. The challange was captured in the air with two aerial videographers plus two more cameras on the ground.The entire team took two jumps and landed safely. ... continued »

SMS still rocks! Anam Mobile and TR2 Communications announced the results from a recent survey highlighted that user preferred sending money or adding credit to their phone, by sending a simple SMS (short message service). continued »

Governments in the European Union are set to regulate the costs on roaming charges of data usage and text messages. According to Mobile Industry Review, by citing Reuters, the EU Telecoms Commissioner has outlined the cost should be at 11 Euros cents for a roaming text message, compared with the existing average rate of 29. continued »

Lenovo today announced plans to bring customers a new security defense against unauthorized data access on Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks. The Lenovo Constant Secure Remote Disable feature lets users send a simple text message command via a cell phone to render their PC useless to unauthorized users when the notebook is lost or stolen. Lenovo's Remote Disable feature will be available on ... continued »

PayPal today announced a new way for members to add even more security to their PayPal accounts using their mobile phones. Customers can now choose to receive a unique six-digit security code via text message to their mobile phones prior to logging in to their accounts. continued »

Okay, short message service (SMS) is still being  a killer service around the world.  GoMobi! has selected mobile messaging operator TynTec to provide international SMS sending capabilities. The company will use TynTec’s high-quality SMS to send ‘WAP push’ links to its new subscribers. continued »