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12 Amazing Facts about SMS and Cell Phones

A week ago 20 years back, on 3rd December 1992 the First Ever SMS Text Message was sent by a 22-year-old test engineer known as Neil Papworth for Sema Group in the UK, sent through a personal computer to send the message “Merry Christmas” to the phone of Richard Jarvis via the Vodafone network.

It is a long way back but SMS Technology has exploded into one of the most dynamic, popular and reliable platforms in the world. Below are some unbelievable facts that will blow your mind away! Neil who refused to take credit for the exponential growth of SMS was recently quoted as saying, “I didn’t invent SMS, I just sent the 1st. So kudos to all those GSM guys who worked hard to produce the standards we used for the implementation…”

12 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT SMS and cellphones

It actually takes 26 hours for the average person to report a lost wallet. While it ONLY It takes MERELY 68 minutes for the average person to report a LOST PHONE.

There are 6.8 billion people on the planet 5.1 Billion of them own a CELL PHONE, but did you know ONLY 4.2 billion OWN a toothbrush.

It takes 90 minutes for the average person to respond to an email. It takes 90 seconds for the average person to respond to a text message.

Mobile users across the globe sent a total of 6,100,000,000,000 text messages last year – that works out to an average of 200,000 text messages every second.

5. 91% of all U.S. citizens have their mobile device within reach 24/7.

On June 12th, Whatsappnew hit a new daily record of 27 Billion Messages in a single day, yes that is a BILLION in just 24 hrs! With 10B+ msgs sent (inbound) and 17B+ msgs received (outbound).

With Four billion mobile phones out there, 86% of mobile users said that they receive or send at least one text message per week, though often it is much more.

There are actually more mobile phones on the planet than there are TVs in the world today.

In some countries, there are more mobile subscriptions than there are people., well you could be wondering how could this be? Well some people have more than one phone.

Microsoft Crosses the Rubicon

Microsoft has finally crossed the Rubicon with its Windows 8 Operating system and there is no turning back. This is the first time Microsoft has made a touch-screen control the top priority, though the system can still be switched into the familiar desktop mode that allows for control by keyboard and mouse. Microsoft is attempting to wrestle the strangle hold Apple Corp. has on the software and gadgets market with its iPhone 5 smartphone. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer stated that,

“We are trying to re-imagine the world from the ground up with Windows 8,” Ballmer told The Seattle Times.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer better be right about the revolutionary operating system in this do or die moment for Microsoft, as the stakes could not be any higher for this yesteryear technology giant, or Microsoft may never recover from a poor performance in this new age of tablets, smartphones and other mobile devices.

“This is going to be his defining moment,” said technology industry analyst Patrick Moorhead of Moor Insights & Strategy. Ballmer’s “legacy will be looked at as what he did or didn’t do with Windows 8. If Windows 8 is not a success, a lot of people will be looking for Microsoft to make a change at the CEO level.”

Windows 8 which has been launched hot on the heels of the iPhone 5 has been designed for use on mobile phones, tablets and PCs with the purpose of providing a common look and feel.The strategy could either be a success across the board for all its Windows 8 platforms or a catastrophic failure, that in the course of time cast doubt in the fortunes of once the most valued technological giants of all time, only time will tell.

Teen Sells an App to Yahoo for Kshs.2.4 Billion!

Teen Sells an App to Yahoo for Kshs.2.4 Billion!

Nick d’Aloisio, a 17 year old teen prodigy has sold a mobile app to Yahoo, the search giant. The mobile news app which has been very popular for the past one year is reported to have cloacked up to one million sales, works by condesing content from around the web and is very handy for mobile phone users.

“To me, Yahoo is the best company to be joining right now because it’s one of these classic Internet companies,” D’Aloisio said in an interview. “With new leadership from Marissa Mayer, Yahoo has a strong focus on mobile and product, and that’s the perfect fit for Summly.”

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Cognizant and Monitise Form a Strategic Alliance

Cognizant and Monitise Form a Strategic Alliance

Cognizant and Monitise have today announced a mobile money alliance that will enable financial institutions be able to exploit mobile money opportunities around the globe, as they leverage on this platform, consequently lowering the total cost of ownership, utilize sophisticated mobile money commerce solutions and innovative mobile money payment solutions.

“Mobile is, without question, the channel of the future,” said Alastair Lukies, Chief Executive of Monitise Group. “Our strategy involves extending our Monitise Enterprise Platform to the world’s leading banks and payment companies to help them improve and expand their customer relationships. As money becomes increasingly digitized amid exploding demand in the highly-competitive mobile money space, we look forward to collaborating closely with Cognizant to support financial institutions across the world in developing strategic, effective, and timely mobile services.” “Mobile technology has the potential to significantly change consumer-facing industries,” said Mahesh Venkateswaran, Managing Director, Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud at Cognizant. ”

Cognizant’s expertise in financial services coupled with Monitise’s leading mobile money platform, the alliance is expected to aid financial institutions around the globe to fully exploit the mobile money opportunities within the mobile money market, by leveraging on the sophisticated and highly intelligent platform.

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Securing Mobile Communications

Securing Mobile Communications

Reports of a bug in the Windows Phone occupied the minds of mobile commentators recently. Transmitted via SMS or chat message, the bug has the effect of causing an auto-reboot of the phone, in the process disabling the message hub.

At the time of writing the only solution appears to be a hard reset of the Windows Phone although Microsoft are believed to be working on a fix. The Windows Phone is not the only one to have been beset by problems in its early stages. As with any technology which is pushing the boundaries, the initial identification of bugs is only as good as the imagination of the designer.

In effect, releasing the new technology to general use allows the device to be secondary tested by the wider public. Designers can be too close to their own creations, expecting them to be used in a certain way and for set paths to be followed. Once loosed on the general public, we use technology in ways undreamed of and that is when the bugs become apparent.

Whilst for some, bugs are annoying, for others they can cause extreme disruption. The pace of technology is such that we use mobile devices more and more for business. Whilst bugs are out of our hands, the security of telephones and telephone systems is very much under our control.

The best line of defense though is the awareness of security issues. Regularly briefing employees on security matters will help to raise awareness as will including security protocols within contracts. Tales of “this breach happened to X company” can be used to galvanize employees into coming up with ways in which the breach won’t occur in your own business, especially if linked to a reward system. Whilst nothing can be done about bugs, keeping communication systems secure can be a company-wide exercise and one which is well worth adding