Back in 1984, sitting in a pizzeria in Copenhagen, Matti Makkonen created the SMS message. He was attending a telecoms conference when the inspiration hit. Last month, Makkonen passed away from an illness. But his legacy will live on...
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But could text messaging really be considered beautiful? You might argue that it depends on the messages you get! That’s a valid approach, but I recently found a description of mobile messaging that made me believe it is indeed beautiful, so I thought I’d share it with you.
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Mo Farah is in the spotlight again, but not for winning. I’m not here to offer commentary on what he may or may not have done – or even what his coach may have done. Instead, I wanted to talk about the issue of his missed drug tests from a different perspective, and offer a solution that could have helped him and other athletes that miss their appointments, but didn’t have intent to infringe on the anti-doping regulations.
Everyone wants a steady job with great pay and benefits right? Not so much for millennials. At least according to some research done in the last few years. It’s not that they want bad pay and poor benefits, just that those things aren’t necessarily the most important. But knowing what is important to them, just might make your SMS recruitment messages more successful.
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Whether natural or man-made, major disasters are times when mobile networks are put to the test. And in those times there just isn’t enough capacity available when everyone tries to call their friends and loved ones. But SMS messages will get through.
