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Most of us know SMS as a simple communication tool to quickly send messages, but as we’ve covered in the past few weeks, SMS is more than just an easy way to chat. Many businesses rely on SMS to operate creatively and effectively in application-to-person (A2P) SMS, where an app delivers messages to a mobile subscriber. This allows companies to deliver SMS en masse to their customers or target market. So who are the people utilizing this route, and why? Here are several types of companies and their SMS use cases. Social networks Social networks, like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and…
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The future of drones is amazing. The French quadcopter fan who built a Millennium Falcon replica last month is back, as promised, with an amazing replica of a TIE interceptor. It’s pretty incredible to see the TIE interceptor in action at night, since you can’t see the rotor blades it looks like it’s floating in space. You can follow along the builder, who goes by the name of Oliver-FR on Reddit, and his details on how the entire thing was built step by step, in case you want to create your own too. He says it took just 15 hours to build which is…
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If you played Tangram as a child, constructing objects from various shapes may bring back a familiar creative urge. That’s what seems to have happened to French artist, Manoou, who was inspired by the concept of the ancient Chinese game and applied its technique to an extensive series of brilliant animal portraits. The images are intricate, lifelike and playful and can being framed as art prints or used to decorate anything from T-Shirts and mugs to iPhone cases, pillows and watch faces. They’ve been known to inspire tattoos as well. fox cercle Deer Birds tea time! raccoon nerd mr wolf orange cat Manoou has created…
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New Zealanders and Australians, rejoice! Netflix is finally coming downunder, beginning on March 24. The company announced the news today alongside a number of partnerships with internet providers that will allow customers to watch without fear of exceeding their data caps. Many in these parts of the world currently use services that circumvent Netflix’s geo-locks so they can access the US service, due to a lack of well developed alternatives. Startups like Quickflix and Lightbox have recently bolstered efforts to get a wide range of streaming content, with some even holding the exclusive rights to shows on the US version of…
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