SMS/Text Message News from the BBC
Below is the SMS/Text Message news from the BBC. In addition to the IPI news feed we also supply the latest property news directly from BBC News.
Missiles greet Gaza at new year
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 17:24:13 GMT
A BBC correspondent living in Gaza describes the situation as new year broke on the sixth day of Israeli air raids. Read more...
Christmas messages from far away
Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:58:49 GMT
People in remote locations, across the world, can use technology to get their Christmas messages back home to Britain. Read more...
Dialling for information and news
Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:04:23 GMT
A new information service is being trialled in Zimbabwe to deliver news and public-interest information via land, mobile and internet phones. Read more...
Web tool maps Congo conflict
Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:35:39 GMT
A web-based reporting tool is allowing Africans caught up in political unrest to report incidents of killing, violence and displacement. Read more...
How do you pay a pirate's ransom?
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:50:10 GMT
BBC's Robyn Hunter investigates how you negotiate and deliver a pirate ransom in the 21st Century. Read more...
What is Twitter?
Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:31:21 GMT
Panorama is using the online service Twitter to send out simple text alerts about items you might not want to miss. Read more...
Uganda rebel 'threatened on deal'
Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:12:46 GMT
Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony has not signed a long-awaited peace deal because of threats to his life, a politician says. Read more...
Get BBC News on your mobile
Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:45:19 GMT
Get the BBC News website on your mobile phone. Read more...
Get US election coverage on mobiles
Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:15:20 GMT
Follow our US election coverage wherever you are, using your mobile phone. Read more...
Is that cellphone kosher?
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:58:21 GMT
The BBC's Erica Chernofsky looks at how Israel's highly traditional ultra-Orthodox Jewish community is tackling the challenges and opportunities of new communications technologies. Read more...
Awakening fears for Iraq's future
Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:34:18 GMT
Hugh Sykes in Baghdad meets leaders of the Awakening Councils, former insurgents who have turned al-Qaeda extremists. Read more...
SA's Mbeki resigns: Your views
Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:55:48 GMT
South Africans share their views about Thabo Mbeki's resignation as president of the republic. Read more...
Pressure and prayers over marriage
Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:58:59 GMT
Nigerian writer Olushola Dada tells what it is like to be single, ambitious and female in Africa. Read more...
Angola's hi-tech election
Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:44:23 GMT
The BBC's Louise Redvers explains that no expense has been spared to prepare for Friday's parliamentary elections - the first since 1992, following years of conflict. Read more...
Scots pupils receive exam results
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:46:44 GMT
Higher and Standard Grade exam pass rates in Scotland reach their highest level since the system was revamped. Read more...
Italians dial up best food price
Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:27:08 GMT
A new mobile phone texting service is helping Italians pick the best prices on the High Street. Read more...
Mobile development rings true
Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:49:46 GMT
Anthropologist and technology expert Ken Banks on how mobile phones can transform not-for-profit development efforts. Read more...
Zimbabwe new media evades censors
Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:16:55 GMT
Zimbabwe's government has cracked down on independent media, but digital media have proved to be largely beyond their reach. <br> <br> Read more...
Save our SOS
Fri, 13 Jun 2008 09:33:58 GMT
It's 100 years since SOS came into force across the world as the standard signal for ships in distress. But times have changed in the rescue business. Read more...
Facebook users warned about ads
Mon, 12 May 2008 07:33:41 GMT
Credit companies are using the Facebook networking site to target young people, a debt charity warns. Read more...