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In The Wall Street Journal’s new article, “The Rise of Power Jeans”, Tatango’s view on jeans in the tech industry and beyond is voiced, among the likes of Steve Jobs and Barack Obama. Andrew Dumont, VP of our group SMS service, not only believes in jeans in the workplace, he sees it as today’s norm:

We have Steve Jobs to thank for today’s power jeans. His uniform of Levi’s 501s and a black turtleneck was synonymous with innovation in the ’90s; now, in the tech world, dressy pants can be viewed with suspicion. “When someone shows up to an interview or meeting in anything other than jeans, it shows inexperience and a lack of confidence,” says Andrew Dumont, vice president of marketing for text-messaging company Tatango.

What do you guys think about wearing jeans to work? We’d love to hear your opinion on the current casual trend of dress at work! If Obama can pull it off, can’t anyone?

Just a quick update on yesterday’s outage that took place.

The AC went down at our data center which required an emergency shut down to prevent the servers from over heating.

That being said, the site is now back up and running properly. If you run into any bugs or issues with the service, please contact us at support@tatango.com.

Thanks for all of your patience yesterday!

For months, we’ve been receiving requests for a video tutorial of how the Tatango bulk SMS system works - and finally, it’s here. Embedded below is what we like to call “Tatango 101″, a video tutorial that walks you through the basic functionality of Tatango. From creating your first group, to adding members to a group, to sending a message from your mobile phone, it’s covered.

So sit back, grab a bucket of popcorn and enjoy! Simply, efficient group text messaging is finally here.

Who is more likely to start a business: a college student or an already successful businessperson? You guessed it - the worker with decades of experience.

It turns out that twice as many tech entrepreneurs create ventures in their 50s than those in their early 20s. So not only are young entrepreneurs navigating the toughest economy many of us have ever lived through, they’re also vastly outnumbered by older, more experienced competitors with more contacts and capital. This provides more reason to give all young entrepreneurs the proper encouragement and respect.

This summer, BusinessWeek set out on its annual search to find the country’s most promising young entrepreneurs. After asking readers to nominate their favorite candidates (age 25 and under running their own companies), the BusinessWeek staff sifted through the batch of a record-breaking 600 nominations and selected their 25 most impressive businesses.

Check out Tatango’s Group SMS service, along with Derek Johnson, highlighted in the America’s Best Young Entrepreneurs slideshow here. Give Tatango a vote for “business with the most promise” right here! The top vote-getters will be announced on November 9th.

The long wait is over iPhone lovers - MMS (multimedia messaging) in the U.S. has finally arrived. When sending a text message, you will now see a camera icon to the left of the message box that allows you to attach a photo from your iPhone albums.

The update is available via iTunes for AT&T customers. Just install the update, reboot your phone, and the highly anticipated photo/video swapping is at your fingertips. Apple has stepped up their game once again!

You’re watching the first video profile of the How iMac Project - awesome things that businesses are doing with their Macs. See why it is that a team in the Group SMS industry loves to Mac!

Our SMS aggregator provided the following carrier-specific advisory:

We are currently experiencing degradation in SMS message traffic on the Verizon network. Customers may notice delays in messages reaching Verizon handsets. OpenMarket is working with the carrier to identify and correct the problem.

Thanks in advance for your patience. Updates to come soon…

North Forest ISD school district in Houston, TX launches program to reach out to high school dropouts. They are using Tatango group SMS to bring back a staggering 59% of students in the district who do not graduate four years after beginning their Freshmen year. We have high hopes that this appropriate platform will be effective in helping students reach high school graduation.

Today we are proud to announce the addition of Daniel Brusilovsky to our Advisory Board for group SMS business development at Tatango.

Daniel, the 16-year-old tech entrepreneur and former Qik Product Manager is exploring his creative side as the Founder of the Teens in Tech Conference, Producer of Apple Universe and Writer/Business Developer at TechCrunch. As a tremendous asset to our company over the past two years (including a visit to Bellingham), and a key contact for tech/startup development, we would like to raise our glasses to Daniel and welcome him to the Advisory Board.

Andrew Dumont, VP of Marketing at Tatango had this to say about the new addition:

“Daniel has had such a positive impact on our organization from day one. With his unconventional knowledge set and young mind, he has been a perfect fit with the culture of Tatango. We look to gain from Daniel’s experience in the web 2.0 space and passion for all things tech.”

Welcome to the team, D-Bru.