It is rumored that Linkedin will be shutting off the Tweets application on 31 January 2012, at which stage the application will be removed from all profiles and from the homepage. Any tweets imported from Twitter into the Linkedin network updates stream will however not be affected by this.
I read this article on MyBroadband containing some fascinationg figures which really intrigued me…
*Original article – https://bit.ly/iwDGPW .
Based on the calculations presented within the article, using an average SMS of 140 bytes at a cost of 75 cents, it reflects that sending 1 megabyte of data would cost approximately R5 357. Shocking, isn’t it?
PARIS, FRANCE: Consumers confirm strong interest in using their mobile phone as wallet according to a recent market poll sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent. These findings were uncovered as part of a youth market study exploring the appeal of a mobile wallet service.
The study, conducted by Alcatel-Lucent, over a two week period this summer, with members of its Youth Lab, indicated that 81% showed a strong interest in the service and 89% would be willing to pay a monthly fee.
Multimedia Solutions service of checking active mobile phone numbers before sending out a campaign not only provides companies with a cost saving benefit, but also enables companies to update their customer contact information. Eddie Groenewald, Multimedia Solutions CEO, says companies supply their database of numbers which is then “scrubbed” to check which numbers are active and which numbers are inactive.
