Monday, December 31, 2007

Texting delays expected for New Years Eve

Engadget is reporting that a lot of people are expecting delays in receiving text messages on New Years Eve due to the large expected amount of traffic. According to the article, Verizon alone expects 300 million texts between 12am and 4am on their network. Wow.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Raise $1 for Toys for Tots by SMS

Disney is running a campaign to help raise money for Toys for Tots between December 3rd and December 17th. For every person that texts "heart" to the short code "27138", Disney will donate $1. They'll also enroll you in a sweepstakes to win some Disney stuff.

Monday, December 3, 2007

Track your menstrual cycle with SMS

Just ran across a service called LadyTimer, which helps all you ladies out there track your menstrual cycle. Looks like you supply your last period date and they'll send you an SMS shortly before your most fertile days. Pretty creative, and free.