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Obama Plans Massive Text Message Blast "Democratic leaders plan to use Barack Obama 's acceptance speech Thursday evening as the spearhead of a high-tech effort to reach out simultaneously to millions of voters," CQ Politics reports. "The planned effort -- which will include asking all 75,000 or so people in the audience t Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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CNN Forced Obama to Send Early Text Message Sen. Barack Obama planned to name Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate by text message at 8 a.m. ET Saturday morning, but was forced to move up the announcement when CNN broke the story after midnight. The message instead went out just after 3 a.m. ET.Said senior Obama aide Rob Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Groups push for FCC to act on text-message blocking The U.S. Federal Communications Commission needs to prohibit mobile phone carriers from blocking text messages from competitors, a group of advocacy groups said Monday.Mobile carriers continue to block text mess Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Obama Text Message Will Be In Morning The AP reports several Obama aides "said the text message announcement would be distributed Saturday morning, a few hours before a scheduled rally at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., where the Democratic ticket would appear for the first time." Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Just in: Obama picks Joe Biden as VP, text msg reveals - Los Angeles Times Baltimore SunJust in: Obama picks Joe Biden as VP, text msg revealsLos Angeles Times - 1 hour agoIn case you're one of the thousands of people interested in the Barack Obama Democratic presidential campaign who signed up to be the first to learn his vice presidential p Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Early Reactions to Obama's Pick Just as news broke early this morning of Sen. Barack Obama's choice of Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate, Sen. John McCain's campaign sent out a prepared attack ad using a quote from Biden saying that Obama was not "ready" to be president. It was predictable given that the two men were primary oppo Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Lore Sjöberg's Alt Text: Earth to Aliens -- We're a Bunch of Dorks Humans have been attempting to send messages to the stars since ... I'm going to say the early '70s. I mean, theoretically some caveman could have yelled, "Hey! Stars! You suck!" a hundred thousand years ago, but he was an idiot. But of all the messages sent into space, which ones Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Lore Sjöberg's Alt Text: Earth to Aliens -- We're a Bunch of Dorks Humans have been attempting to send messages to the stars since ... I'm going to say the early '70s. I mean, theoretically some caveman could have yelled, "Hey! Stars! You suck!" a hundred thousand years ago, but he was an idiot. But of all the messages sent into space, which ones Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Europe to cap prices for roaming text messages and data European telecommunications ministers gave their backing on Thursday to a plan to cap retail prices for sending SMS (Short Message Service) text messages and browsing the Internet using mobile phones while abroad. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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EU's Reding plans to slash cost of text roaming BRUSSELS (Reuters) - "Rip off" mobile phone operators will be forced to slash by roughly two-thirds the cost of sending a text message while traveling between European Union countries, the bloc's executive arm said on Tuesday. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Reuter |
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Obama to Choose Veep Within Days Sen. Barack Obama "is expected to choose his running mate this week in a key decision about the direction and narrative of his bid for the White House," according to Politico. "A person familiar with the campaign's planning noted that Obama's schedule at the end of this week is open Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Verizon Wireless Plans to Charge Companies Sending Text Messages Verizon told companies that send out text messages that starting Nov. 1 it will impose a fee of 3 cents for each message it delivers to the phones of its subscribers. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > NY Time |
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McCain, Obama pitch economic plans to Hispanics - The Associated Press Boston GlobeMcCain, Obama pitch economic plans to HispanicsThe Associated Press - 1 hour agoWASHINGTON (AP) - Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama sought Tuesday to send the same message to a critical constituency: they understand that Hispanics share the sa Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Kenya's Elephants Send Text Messages to Rangers The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms. The huge bull elephant had a long history of raiding villagers' crops during the harvest, sometimes wiping out six months of income at a time. But this time a mobile phone card ins Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Kenya's Elephants Send Text Messages to Rangers The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms. The huge bull elephant had a long history of raiding villagers' crops during the harvest, sometimes wiping out six months of income at a time. But this time a mobile phone card ins Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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NRA Plans Blitz Against Obama The National Rifle Association "plans to spend about $40 million on this year's presidential campaign, with $15 million of that devoted to portraying Sen. Barack Obama as a threat to the Second Amendment rights upheld last week by the Supreme Court," according to Politico."The politica Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Obama's Text Message From: 622-62 Barack has chosen Senator Joe Biden to be our VP nominee. Watch the first Obama-Biden rally live at 3pm ET on www.BarackObama.com. Spread the word!August 23, 3:29 AM Home > Rss Directory > General > Political Wire |
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Bits: Advice for Mobile Marketers, Courtesy of Obama The tizzy over the Obama campaign’s plan to text-message supporters with his running mate decision offers lessons for mobile advertisers. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > NY Time |
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Timberland pays out to settle text spam lawsuit Timberland has agreed to reimburse people who received unauthorized text messages advertising its products in one of the first nationwide settlements of its kind, according to a law firm involved in the case.Tim Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Google-enabled government starts with Obama's CTO President-elect Barack Obama's plan to build a Google -enabled government began modestly this week with its new Change.gov Web site , which includes the means to apply for a job in the new administration.One of Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |