USA Today - Delivering the latest news via SMS
Posted by: tjchan on Jun 14 2007
According to Experience Mobility, USA Today is joining up with 4INFO Inc. to provide an SMS news alert service for mobile users. Funded by advertising, this new service can provide the masses with text messages with stock quotes, sports results, and of course - the daily news! This is all accomplished by sending "44636 + keyword" of the desired topic you want to read about. This is all accomplished by sending an SMS message addressed to 4436 with the keyword of what you wish to receive.
Kristen McMullen says:
In the message you just type the keyword, such as "weather" plus your zip code, or a ticker symbol, or "yankees", and you get a text message back with the information you need.
It is unclear whether or not the "44636 + keyword" works across all carriers - and I don’t have a text plan to test it…anyone want to give it a shot? It has been reported also that this does work for nearly all carriers - so give it a shot today!
Thanks to Kristen McMullen of 4INFO for clarifying everything!
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