Text Messaging news and trends

Disrupting Wellness DTC With Text Messaging
Retail // September 06, 2019

The power of marketing to persuade is an interesting phenomenon in the age of Instagram because, stated simply, some ideas look better in pictures than they sound by description. For example, most consumers offered a lemonade spiced with charcoal and salt and served in a...

Spirit Airlines To Roll Out WhatsApp Bookings
Mobile Commerce // August 26, 2019

Starting next month, customers looking for flights on Spirit Airlines in the U.S., the Caribbean and Latin America will be able to make reservations over text message. Travelers will be able to buy flights and change reservations through Facebook’s WhatsApp starting Sept. 1 in both...

Tapping The Power Of Text Messaging To Empower Customers
Retail // February 20, 2018

SMS text messaging is a little over 20 years old. For a human, that’s young. For a digital technology, on the other hand, it’s ancient. And in a world where Amazon Alexa and Google Home Assistant are duking it out to be the future of...

Deutsche Bank Bans Text Messaging, Messaging Apps On Company Phones
Banking // January 16, 2017

Deutsche Bank has begun banning the ability for employees to text message and use apps like WhatsApp on phones the company issues. According to a Bloomberg report, which cited a staff memo issued Friday (Jan. 13) by Chief Regulatory Officer Sylvie Matherat and Chief Operating Officer...

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SpaceX and T-Mobile to Test Satellite-to-Cell Service this Year

March 13, 2023
SpaceX and T-Mobile will start testing satellite-to-cell service this year. So said SpaceX Vice President of Starlink Commercial Sales Jonathan Hofeller Monday (March 13) during a Satellite 2023 conference in Washington, D.C., Seeking Alpha reported Monday. With satellite-to-cell service, users will be able to send text messages and images from areas that are currently in traditional networks’ dead zones, SpaceX Chief Engineer Elon Musk […]

Spirit Airlines To Roll Out WhatsApp Bookings

August 26, 2019
Starting next month, customers looking for flights on Spirit Airlines in the U.S., the Caribbean and Latin America will be able to make reservations over text message. Travelers will be...

Deutsche Bank Bans Text Messaging, Messaging Apps On Company Phones

January 16, 2017
Deutsche Bank has begun banning the ability for employees to text message and use apps like WhatsApp on phones the company issues. According to a Bloomberg report, which cited a staff...