OneLeap, a UK-based company, enables any user to send a message to any other user within the OneLeap system for a fee.
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When the worm infects a computer it sends out the "lol" message to the user's contact list.
Once the fake applications were downloaded, the virus sent a text message without the user's knowledge to a premium-rate number he had set up.
In a text message to the user's device, drivers will get the location and severity of accidents or new road construction causing areas of heavy congestion.
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As Apple is using the reply-to address of a message's User Data Header to identify the origin rather than the raw source, receiving iPhone owners risk being fooled by a phishing attack (or just a dishonest acquaintance) that poses as a contact or a company.
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When the handset nears the limit set by the user a message appears on screen, and if the limit is reached the data function disables itself for the rest of the 30 day period.
An anonymous user on an Irish message board reported Wednesday his Samsung Galaxy S III caught fire, creating a public relations headache for Samsung as it prepares to launch its flagship smartphone in the United States.
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Mobile users can also be duped through so-called "smishing" -- a combination of the words SMS and phishing -- where a user receives a text message asking for personal information like a credit card number, e-mail address or social security number.
This does not necessarily warrant increased advertising spending, but rather effective communication of a targeted message in order to increase consumption per user.
For example, Gorman reports, if a user wants to send an email to a contact, Assistant will prompt him to find out if the user wants to send a message to a personal or work email address.
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Twitter user Michelle Muirhead posted a text message Vodafone had sent her advising against downloading the latest iOS update.
The second, developed with the help of Sid Stamm, a programmer, sends a special message with every page request asking that the user not be tracked.
One man claims to have had some fun with the tool at a New York Starbucks recently, looking at what a fellow WiFi user ordered on Amazon and then sending him a message about it from his own Facebook account.
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Also this month, Google extended to 30 seconds the amount of time a user, using Google Labs, has to recall a message that was sent accidentally.
Often the design, the user interface, the linked services and even the marketing message seem to be conflicting, thus blurring the usability and desirability of any new concept.
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If the user enters a phone number, he or she receives a text message asking for a reply with a registration code.
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Effectively, the machine is checking for news of an incoming call or message briefly once every 15 milliseconds before powering back down, rather than keeping connections to the user's peers constantly open.
When a user sends a snap to multiple friends, the recipients receive a snap indistinguishable from an individualized message.
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