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“Google SMS (Short Message Service) enables you to easily get precise answers to specialized queries from your mobile phone or device. Send your query as a text message and get phone book listings, dictionary definitions, product prices and more. Just text. No links. No web pages. Simply the answers you’re looking to find.” [Link to …
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From Government Computer News: According to the Senate’s CIO, “Were implementing what we need to accomplish the vision of giving senators, staffs and committees the ability to do their job anytime, anywhere and under any circumstances…”
“First Lawsuit Over Cell Phone Spam – Legal ambiguity doesn’t stop Verizon Wireless from slapping text-message spammers with unprecedented litigation.” [Link via Slashdot] Copy of complaint (PDF, 26 pages)
“Airlines, airports battle over Wi-Fi spectrum oversight.” [Link] For reference, see the March 17, 2004 ITA Petition in Support of Airline Rights to Use Wi-Fi and Other Unlicensed Wireless Systems, and the FCC’s Wireless Broadband Access Task Force website.
As a follow-up to my recent posting, Baltimore Circuit Ct. Institutes WiFi Access, this news from “across the pond” of WiFi hotspots now available at the Royal Courts of Justice (UK).
Baltimore courthouses join wireless age. See also this press release, which states “the Baltimore City State’s Attorneys Office has joined with the Baltimore City Circuit Court to provide a wireless Internet subscription service to attorneys and courthouse visitors.”
Google may be heading deep into Microsoft’s territory“…Google intends to extend information-searching in many directions: Mobile applications for wireless gadgets, more effective online shopping and social networking are all obvious applications of its technology.”
PIP Data Memo: The rise of wireless connectivity and our latest findings: From the memo’s highlights: “17% of Internet users have logged on using a wireless device….73% of U.S. adults say they use a computer at work, at school, at home, or some other place. This is the highest reading ever found by the Pew …
“The Wi-Fi-FreeSpot Directory is a listing of Wi-Fi locations that offer Free Wireless Internet Access – Wi-Fi – utilizing 802.11 technology. The locations listed…are business locations like cafes, restaurants, coffeeshops, hotels, airports, downtown business districts, malls, retail stores, etc.” [Link via Ex Libris]
Reps. Markey, Pitts Introduce Wireless 411 Privacy Bill to Protect Consumers: Press Release, November 20, 2003 Statement of Introduction, November 20, 2003 Bill Text, November 20, 2003 The following text is quoted from the press release and specifies provisions of the Act: “Opt In” for Existing Users – wireless carriers must have clear preauthorization from …
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