Internet retail giant Amazon.com announced the introduction of Text Alerts for Daily Deals, a mobile alert program enabling shoppers to purchase the site's Gold Box Deal of the Day item via wireless device. According to Amazon.com, customers who sign up for the daily SMS alerts may either reply-to-buy with the text command "buygb" or follow the link in the text message to the company's m...

Yeah, we’ve taken our sweet time getting into Twitter, one of the most popular mobile social networks out there, but we’re now all hooked into the twittosphere, with a little help from twitterfeed. By following us on Twitter, you’ll be able to get SMS alerts of IntoMobile’s latest headlines, complete with link to the article,

Elevating the ability for marketers to establish intimate relationships between brands and consumers, ChaCha today announced its game-changing Rich SMS Advertising solution. Through initial campaigns with Coca-Cola, McDonald's and others, ChaCha delivers response rates of more than five percent, a dramatic improvement over other mobile advertising solutions like SMS alerts and WAP banners.

ChaCha today is now offering a Rich SMS Advertising solution. Through initial campaigns with Coca-Cola, McDonald's and others, ChaCha delivers response rates of more than five percent, a dramatic improvement over other mobile advertising solutions like SMS alerts and WAP banners. ChaCha's Rich SMS Advertising solution enables brand marketers to implement targeted, interactive advertising campaigns...

I wish we didn't need to have pollution alerts in London, but sending them straight to your mobile via text message seems like a very sensible solution. And what's more, this isn't a premium rate service, it's just a service, and it's free. The website is pretty thorough too - worth a look. Technorati Tags: text message,sms marketing,sms

Visa has announced a partnership with 8 major banks to offer SMS alerts for activity on Visa cardholders' account. Read the full story here.

Today Visa and eight financial institution partners announced a new pilot program whereby Visa cardholders can receive SMS alerts directly on their phones whenever there is activity on their account. Most transaction types can be tracked, and the notifications ...

Twitter abruptly turns off SMS alerts to users outside USA, Canada and India, reports 160characters.org. The costs of sending free SMS to subscribers without an obvious business model has finally taken its toll on Twitter and it has turned off...

Text blogging specialist Twitter has been forced to suspend its SMS alerts in the UK. Mobile Entertainment is the leading community site for all professionals working within the international mobile content industry. We bring you the latest news, views and analysis from this fast moving entertainment sector, complementing our flagship monthly printed magazine and specialist events.

The micro-blogging company, Twitter has been forced to suspend SMS alerts to most countries, citing high costs for delivering the SMS messages to handsets.