Archive for July, 2009

Telecoms Face Antitrust Threat

Monday, July 27th, 2009

The Department of Justice has begun looking into whether large U.S. telecommunications companies such as AT&T and Verizon are abusing the market power they have amassed in recent years. The review, while in its early stages, is an indication of the Obama administration's aggressive stance on antitrust enforcement. Justice Department antitrust ...

Blackboard makes key acquisition, supports mobile education

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB), the global leader in education technology, has announced a major step in its efforts to support students' mobile lifestyle with the acquisition of Terriblyclever Design, makers of MobilEdu and other mobile web applications for education. MobilEdu allows educational institutions to deliver a rich set of campus life ...

The Short Code Marketing Opportunity

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

In August of 2008, Barack Obama's presidential campaign made history when it announced Joe Biden as the Vice Presidential candidate over SMS text message. The magnitude of the Obama campaign's mobile efforts has set the trend not only for political campaigns on all levels, but for each and every form ...

SMTP vs SMPP - What’s the Difference?

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Did you know that not all text messages are created equal? In fact, there is such a disparity between the two types of text messaging available to groups and organizations, that we thought it best to write an entire post about the differences. Hopefully this will help to not only ...

Under the Hood: Bluetooth & Microsoft

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Watch the Tatango team explore innovative Bluetooth technologies at Bluetooth SIG and Microsoft Auto in the Bellevue/Redmond, WA area. In the second of six total Ford Fiesta Movement missions to be accomplished, Derek and the crew learn about the rapid evolution of Bluetooth, and dive into new features of Microsoft ...

SMS Ignites Mobile Marketing Revolution

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Internationally recognized brands, large U.S. brands and even smaller brands all over the world are all cementing the notion that text messaging is an effective marketing platform. SMS is expected to generate close to $200 billion in global services revenues in just three years, according to ABI Research. "If there was ...