I just heard about ZapTXT (a Microsoft employee dropped by the cafeteria where I’m sitting and told me about it). It lets you point it at a specific RSS feed and it will send you an SMS. Gotta try that out, but my cell phone already has RSS on it, so not sure what the utility is. They give a few scenarios that sound interesting, though.
ZapTXT sends RSS to your phone via SMS
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robert, i get rss via aim (instant message) on everyone of my phones:
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/12/search_all_of_make_with_instan.html
it’s awesome, we made this for MAKE.
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robert, i get rss via aim (instant message) on everyone of my phones:
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2005/12/search_all_of_make_with_instan.html
it’s awesome, we made this for MAKE.
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Robert, I get the R|Mail for RSS. Both SMS/SMTP work on the same RFC. its the same.
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Robert, I get the R|Mail for RSS. Both SMS/SMTP work on the same RFC. its the same.
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Those of us with plain ole cell phones appreciate it. 🙂
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Those of us with plain ole cell phones appreciate it. 🙂
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Sounds Nice, I better check it out later. Great Blog BTW Dude!
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Sounds Nice, I better check it out later. Great Blog BTW Dude!
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Robert you HAVE to read this:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_02/b3966001.htm
long read, but man over the past few days (especially since the AOL-Google thing happened), I have a feeling that MS is being too complacent in a lot of areas…and things are looking bleak ahead…
some of the highlights:
– eventually ViiV boxes will be shipped without any MS OS
– the “close” relationship of Jobs and Otellini…
– Google and Intel developing stronger ties…
hmmm…any comments? u guys got things in control? i guess, we’ll see what’s up after CES and MacWorld are over…don’t take it the wrong way; I’m a well-wisher 🙂
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Robert you HAVE to read this:
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_02/b3966001.htm
long read, but man over the past few days (especially since the AOL-Google thing happened), I have a feeling that MS is being too complacent in a lot of areas…and things are looking bleak ahead…
some of the highlights:
– eventually ViiV boxes will be shipped without any MS OS
– the “close” relationship of Jobs and Otellini…
– Google and Intel developing stronger ties…
hmmm…any comments? u guys got things in control? i guess, we’ll see what’s up after CES and MacWorld are over…don’t take it the wrong way; I’m a well-wisher 🙂
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another interesting post:
http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20051228/2791/
I especially like: “Microsoft isn’t going anywhere of course, but if they want to be a player they need to be on the court, not in the dressing room.”
that’s become my perception as well…too many coming soons…
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another interesting post:
http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20051228/2791/
I especially like: “Microsoft isn’t going anywhere of course, but if they want to be a player they need to be on the court, not in the dressing room.”
that’s become my perception as well…too many coming soons…
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There is also a service called Squeet that will deliver RSS to Email – it’s called Squeet: http://www.squeet.com
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There is also a service called Squeet that will deliver RSS to Email – it’s called Squeet: http://www.squeet.com
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Hi Robert,
Yes, if you have RSS on your cell, our service may be redundant. On the other hand, we have features such as only receiving alerts during certain times of the day and filtering by keywords that might improve the user experience.
We’re also connecting to some enterprise apps – salesforce.com right now – that have API based access rather than RSS.
Thanks for the mention, and we’d be pleased to get some more feedback as folks have a chance to check http://www.zaptxt.com out.
Rem Hoffmann
ZapTXT
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Hi Robert,
Yes, if you have RSS on your cell, our service may be redundant. On the other hand, we have features such as only receiving alerts during certain times of the day and filtering by keywords that might improve the user experience.
We’re also connecting to some enterprise apps – salesforce.com right now – that have API based access rather than RSS.
Thanks for the mention, and we’d be pleased to get some more feedback as folks have a chance to check http://www.zaptxt.com out.
Rem Hoffmann
ZapTXT
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Hi– Yean ZapTXT is a really great service, we love it! We’re also working on a complimentary service called immedi.at (http://immedi.at). It allows you to receive updates in your IM client when rss feeds are updated. It’s sort of the other side of the coin. We support ICQ, AIM, MSN, and Jabber with Yahoo! support to be added soon.
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Hi– Yean ZapTXT is a really great service, we love it! We’re also working on a complimentary service called immedi.at (http://immedi.at). It allows you to receive updates in your IM client when rss feeds are updated. It’s sort of the other side of the coin. We support ICQ, AIM, MSN, and Jabber with Yahoo! support to be added soon.
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Can anyone recommend me?
I need an free sms service for my homepage.
I am seeking one with the option to change the design(for a bit).
Thanks a million!
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Can anyone recommend me?
I need an free sms service for my homepage.
I am seeking one with the option to change the design(for a bit).
Thanks a million!
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