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100 texts a day limit? India tries to combat mobile phone spam

Sep

2011

New spam regulations, introduced in India, limit the users of mobile phones to sending only 100 texts per day. The reason? To stop the growing problem of SMS text spam. Cellphone usage is huge in India, with more than 700 million subscribers. But with that popularity comes the problem of users being constantly plagued with […]

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Survey says 70% don’t password-protect mobiles: download free Mobile Toolkit

Aug

2011

Have you ever lost your mobile phone? I have. Four times last year. And I am not alone. According to a recent Sophos survey, 22% of people admitted to losing theirs. Thank God my devices were all encrypted and can be remotely wiped of data. Maybe because I lose stuff all the time, I was […]

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Emergency alerts from President Obama on your mobile phone?

May

2011

Mobile phone users could soon find themselves receiving emergency text messages warning them of terrorist attacks and natural disasters, under plans announced in the United States yesterday.The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have announced the “Personal Localized Alerting Network” (PLAN) which will see new handheld devices fitted with special chips […]

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100 texts a day limit? India tries to combat mobile phone spam

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Emergency alerts from President Obama on your mobile phone?

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