Showing posts with label SMS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SMS. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Barack Obama to Be Able to Text Terror Warnings to All US Phones

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: President Barack Obama will be able to send any mobile phone in the United States a text message warning of imminent danger, from a terror attack to a natural disaster, under plans announced on Tuesday.

From next year, new phones and other hand-held devices will be required to be fitted with special chips to receive the alerts, which will also be sent by state and local authorities. Users will be able to opt out of every type of alert except those from the president, said the Federal Communications Commission.

The system will include alerts about missing children and will supersede all other phone traffic to avoid delays. » | Alex Spillius, Washington | Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Iran will Protestaufrufe per SMS bestrafen: Schwester von Nobelpreisträgerin Ebadi freigelassen

NZZ ONLINE: Die iranischen Behörden wollen künftig mit drastischen Strafen gegen Protestaufrufe der Opposition über E-Mail und SMS vorgehen. Auf Druck der Öffentlichkeit wurde dagegen die Schwester von Nobelpreisträgerin Ebadi freigelassen.

Polizeichef Ismail Ahmadi Moghaddam sagte am Freitag, Mobilfunk und Internet würden vollständig überwacht. «Diese Individuen sollten nicht davon ausgehen, dass sie ihre Identität verbergen können», wurde der General von der halbamtlichen Nachrichtenagentur ISNA zitiert. >>> ddp | Freitag, 15. Januar 2010

Thursday, April 09, 2009

Saudi Jihadi Divorces Wife by Text Message

THE TELEGRAPH: A Saudi man has set a legal precedent by divorcing his wife by text message.

The man was in Iraq when he sent the SMS informing her she was no longer his spouse. Saudi Man Divorces Wife by Text Message >>> | Thursday, April 9, 2009