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stephen at melbpc.org.au
stephen at melbpc.org.au
Tue Feb 1 21:28:34 AEDT 2011
Egypt protesters use voice tweets
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12332850 1st February 2011
Google and Twitter have launched a service which circumvents the ban on
net services in Egypt.
The so-called "speak-to-tweet" system allows people caught up in the
unrest to post messages without any need to use an internet connection.
The service, which is already live, allows people to dial an
international telephone number and leave a voicemail message.
The message is then sent out as a tweet with the hashtag #egypt.
People can listen to messages by dialling the same phone numbers
(+16504194196 , +390662207294, +97316199855) or going to a special
Twitter page. http://twitter.com/speak2tweet
Last ISP
Google said its engineers worked with Twitter and its newly acquired
voice technology company SayNow over the weekend to set the service up.
"Like many people we've been glued to the news unfolding in Egypt and
thinking of what we could do to help people on the ground," said SayNow
co-founder Ujjwal Singh on the official Google blog.
Net access in Egypt has dropped almost to zero "We hope this will go some
way to helping people in Egypt stay connected at this very difficult
time," he added.
The last of Egypt's main internet service providers, the Noor Group,
became unreachable on Monday, according to reports.
The ISP had managed to stay online after Egypt other big four net
providers stopped sending and receiving traffic on Friday.
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Cheers,
Stephen
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