PUBLIC MARKS with tag sms

SMS-based mobile payments, rather than new technologies like NFC

RapidSMS is a free and open-source framework for dynamic data collection, logistics coordination and communication, leveraging basic short message service (SMS) mobile phone technology.

And that’s it! Provided you have your keyword configured to point at your script, and the script living at an accessible address, you’ll get an e-mail whenever your SMS doorbell is rung and the person who sent the message will get back a cute response confirming their action.

* _ SMS. _ When you send and receive SMS messages to or from Google Talk, we collect and maintain information associated with those messages, such as the phone number, the wireless carrier associated with the phone number, the content of the message, and the date and time of the transaction.

9/11 tragedy pager intercepts.

The following are national US pager intercepts that cover the September 11 tragedy from 3am on the same day (Tuesday) until 3am the following day.

Due to popular demand we provide a new block of pager data every 5 minutes, synchronized to the actual time of day the message was sent.

This way the world has a chance to objectively see how the tragedy progressed.

A full archive containing all the messages will be released on Thursday November 26 at the conclusion.