Day: 26 April 2010

Twitter sends 1bn sms a month and buys the company sending them

Twitter has bought out its SMS partner Cloudhopper for an undisclosed amount. The start up has been working with Twitter to build Twitter’s SMS messaging service and as of Friday April 23 it is now part of the messaging community. Cloudhopper, a messaging infrastructure company has enabled Twitter to connect directly to mobile carrier networks…

Blockbuster launches mobile promotional scheme

Creaking video chain Blockbuster has dragged some of its hulk into the 21st century with a mobile promotional voucher. The solution produced by Commidea and Eagle Eye Solutions allows the video rental company to send text messages to its customers containing unique codes and information about its Night In promotional offer. Customers on T-Mobile can…