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Changes for Some SMS Users—Good and Bad News - techmeme.com

Aug 14, 2008
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Changes for Some SMS Users—Good and Bad News — Let's start with the bad news. Beginning today, Twitter is no longer delivering outbound SMS over our UK number. If you have been receiving SMS updates from Twitter via +44 762 480 1423, you'll notice that they've stopped and you may want to explore …

Discussion: Mark Evans, Profy, The Next Web, Webware.com, The Register, The Social Web, webmonkey, ben barren, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, White African, TechCrunch, paidContent, Micro Persuasion, The Equity Kicker, Technology Live, cruel to be kind, Nokia S60 and Guardian Unlimited

MG Siegler / VentureBeat:

Twitter kills SMS service in some countries over costs. Will someone kill SMS already? — I've got some bad news for you if you're addicted to the micro-messaging service Twitter and don't live in the United States, Canada or India: You're about to get shafted.

Discussion: broadstuff and WebProNews

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch UK:
Twitter cuts UK SMS - there goes another business model

Discussion: Inquirer and SarahLacy.com

Foxconn Building 800,000 iPhones A Week

Aug 4, 2008
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Foxconn Building 800,000 iPhones A Week — Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics giant that produces the iPhone 3G for Apple, has ramped up production to 800,000 units per week, says a source close to Apple with direct knowledge of the numbers. This is “above current full capacity” and there may be some concerns with quality control.

Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac, Inquirer, TUAW, Insanely Great Mac, Gizmodo, CrunchGear, Electricpig.co.uk, Cellpassion, Startup Meme, The Next Web and VentureBeat

Interview With Evan Williams: Summize Acquisition, API Issues And Their Revenue Model

Jul 16, 2008
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Interview With Evan Williams: Summize Acquisition, API Issues And Their Revenue Model — I had a chance to sit down with Twitter cofounder Evan Williams at Foo Camp last weekend and talk about the overall state of the company. The first part of the conversation focused on their acquisition of Summize …

Discussion: Enterprise Alley and Valleywag

MG Siegler / VentureBeat:
Twitter has its search, now it's time to embrace mobile

Discussion: Profy.Com

Steve Gillmor / TechCrunchIT:
Back on Track — Now that Twitter has gone public …

Discussion: THINK / Musings

BIZ / Twitter Blog:
Finding A Perfect Match

Confessions: The Meanest Thing Gizmodo Did at CES

Jan 11, 2008
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Adrian Covert / Gizmodo:

Confessions: The Meanest Thing Gizmodo Did at CES — CES has no shortage of displays. And when MAKE offered us some TV-B-Gone clickers to bring to the show, we pretty much couldn't help ourselves. We shut off a TV. And then another. And then a wall of TVs. And we just couldn't stop.

Shel / Global Neighbourhoods:

Gizmodo Prank at CES. Victims may be bloggers — The clever hacks at Gizmodo pulled a prank at CES making all those TV screens go blank all at once, then filming and posting it, I assume very much to their own sophomoric satisfaction. As Webware Rafe Needleman put it:

Discussion: blackrimglasses.com