Tag Archives: sms

01/11/2011 Posted in Business 2 Comments

On Corporate IT–All That Is Bad

By Ben Kepes

I’m a volunteer firefighter here in New Zealand. As well as doing all the operational firefighting stuff, I have some responsibility for administration within the brigade and externally. As part of this role I have to utilize Fire Service systems and email. Which is where the trouble begins. Being an

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18/03/2011 Posted in Business 2 Comments

Twitter, 140 Characters, or More?

By Ben Kepes

Recently TweetDeck introduced support for Deck.ly, a feature that allows users to post messages longer than the 140 character twitter limit. The move was something of an experiment in monetization as the link to the expanded tweet takes users to a specific web page which TweetDeck is then able to

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14/08/2008 Posted in Business, Design, IT, SaaS, Strategy, Web x.0 3 Comments

Could this be a way for Twitter to monetise?

By Ben Kepes

Twitter has just switched off SMS notification of messages to users outside the US, India and Canada, citing concerns about the costs involved in providing the service. The Twitterverse has gone mad with complaints – especially in the UK where they tend to whine assert their perspective more readily. I’ve

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09/07/2008 Posted in Business, Collaboration, Design, Efficiency, IT 1 Comment

The prognosis for email…

By Ben Kepes

Over on RWW, Alex Iskold posted about email, asking whether or not it is in danger. Alex pointed out that there are some threats to email, in the form of Twitter, Instant messaging and SMS. Alex came up with a diagram to illustrate the areas that email has traditionally been

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Ben Kepes is an analyst, an entrepreneur, a commentator and a business adviser. His business interests include a diverse range of industries from manufacturing to property to technology. As a technology commentator he has a broad presence both in the traditional media and extensively online. Ben covers the convergance of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users. More on Ben

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