Late last year, Google introduced Mail Goggles for Gmail, a feature that had users solve a simple math problem before allowing them to send a message. The idea was that people who are tired or inebriated might use Gmail to send something they’d come to regret…and Mail Goggles might prevent that from happening.
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First Mail Goggles, Now Gmail Offers Undo Send
- By: Geoff Duncan •
- Published: March 20, 2009 •
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Pinger Rolls Out In 20 Countries
- By: Digital Trends Staff •
- Published: January 29, 2008 •
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Texting is incredibly popular, but it can be a pain. There’s never enough room to say all you need. But what’s the quick alternative? Pinger came up with an answer in 2006, offering a free voice messaging service in the US. It’s proved so popular that the company is nowexpanding the service to a total of 20 countries, Vnunet reports. Users call a local number, give the number or numbers to which the message is to be sent, and can then leave a voicemail of up tofive minutes in length. The recipients receive a text telling them they have a Pinger message waiting, with a local number to call where they can retrieve it. Apart from the calls, the messageis free, and can be used internationally. "Even people who love SMS get frustrated with the small amount of characters per text and the limitations that come from not being able simply touse your voice. You can’t sing Happy Birthday in a text message," Joe Sipher, co-founder of Pinger, told Vnunet."Just as powerful, Pinger provides the ability to send a single voice messageto groups around the world or in your home town." From its US launch, the service has proved especially popular with women. The American version also has a website where users can managecontacts and messages, and it’s expected this will also become available in other countries. Although the service is currently free, Pinger says it might start charging heavy users, andit may also begin carrying revenue-generating ads on its text notifications.
Craigslist Gets Beamed Into Space
“The message? Over one hundred thousand separate postings from craigslist.org, the popular community Web site that includes classified listings for jobs, housing and other goods. The transmission included a date and time stamp, as well as an audio track identifying the message as originating from Earth.
Lewis told SPACE.com that the company is currently in talks with craigslist to broadcast another transmission on to coincide with the planned Discovery launch, NASA’s first post-Columbia shuttle mission.”
Read more at CNN.com
RealNetworks Seeks Alliance With Apple
- By: Digital Trends Staff •
- Published: April 15, 2004 •
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The offer to create a “tactical alliance” was made Friday by Rob Glaser, chief executive of RealNetworks, the Seattle-based Internet music and video service, in an e-mail message to Steve Jobs, Apple’s chairman.
But if an alliance with Apple could not be struck, Glaser strongly hinted in the e-mail message that he might be forced to form a partnership with Microsoft to pursue “very interesting opportunities” because support for Microsoft’s media-playing software seems to be growing.
Read the full story at CNET News.com.
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