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Video tutorial that explains step by step setting up the TAP interface in PageGate

With the overwhelming number of communication channels available to businesses, figuring out the best way to reach clients can be tricky. While you want to make sure your customers get the message, you also do not want to annoy them with too much contact.

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iPhone owners are reportedly finding that they no longer receive text messages  after switching to an Android or other device. This is due to an old bug in Apples iMessage service. The problem is caused by the way Apples iMessage has been developed. It is a separate messaging system unlike any other SMS app and Apple uses end-to-end encryption, which means it is totally secure. When a user signs up for iMessage, their number is stored in a separate database that is accessed when another iDevice wants to ping them with a message. So your contacts device knows the other person is using iMessage and does not send an SMS but an iMessage IM. For numbers not in the database, an SMS is sent, which would entail carrier charges.

However, the problem arises when switching to another device. When your contacts with iMessage send you a message, it keeps looking for your Apple device ID, as it had been registered in the past. So it keeps trying to send you an iMessage IM instead of an SMS. The SMS is never delivered and naturally, the iMessage is not either.

This has led to a new class action lawsuit in Federal District initiated by Adrienne Moore who switched from an iPhone to a new Samsung Galaxy S5. Moores suit sought class action status for all users who may be in a similar situation, which could end up running into thousands of potential victims. It asks for Apple to fix iMessage so that users can exit the ecosystem without any issues and has asked for punitive damages to the affected class members.

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Step by step video tutorial for setting up SNPP, TAP, and WCTP Recipients.

Huge list of settings for SNPP Carriers

Video tutorial that explains how to setup an SNPP Carrier in PageGate

A Maryland group home that received state funding closed last week, its workers notified via text message.

The Temple Hills group home closed about a week ago. Its workers were told via text message, after investigating today I found out the company went under. I had all the residents removed immediately.

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Have you ever wondered what your text messages reveal about the relationships in your life?

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Step by step how to setup SMTP recipients in PageGate software.

PageGate SMTP Recipients Setup

SMS trojans are starting to appear in more and more countries, and for the first time, researchers have detected an active SMS trojan in the US.

Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakeInst.ef actually targets users in 66 countries, but has finally landed on US shores. According to Kaspersky, FakeInst disguises itself as an application for watching porn videos, and is capable of sending messages to premium-rate numbers. Once installed on the phone, the trojan can intercept incoming messages and then perform various actions, including steal messages, delete them or even respond to them.

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Here is how it works: You go to the website and impregnate a friends phone by entering their name and cell number. Then, for 14 hours the next day, you and your friend will receive demanding but adorable texts from virtual babies.

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Teachers have struggled for years to get students off their cell phones, but that logic is being turned on its head across sub-Saharan Africa as educators look to mobile technology to reach a population scrambling to prepare for economic growth in a region plagued by poor funding and infrastructure.

Now a growing group of entrepreneurs are capitalizing on the fact that the vast majority of people in sub-Saharan Africa don’t own a laptop or computer, but do have a phone, and know how to use it.

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A woman who thought she had successfully dodged police in a high-speed car chase admitted defeat after receiving a text message from the officers that urged her to hand herself in.

St Kilda police texted the 22-year-old Reservoir woman after she failed to stop during a car chase on St Kilda Road just after 1am on Tuesday.

The chase was called off after the woman allegedly drove through a red light, but the officers were not willing to give up.

The woman has since been charged with reckless conduct endangering persons, evading police, driving in a dangerous manner and at dangerous speed, and other traffic offences.

One careless text message ended up costing a Buffalo, NY-area man $53,000, the Buffalo News reported earlier this week. Louis J. Billittier Jr. dumped his fiancee with a terse text message, breaking off their engagement. Apparently trying to calm down the situation, he then sent a fateful text: Plus you get a $50,000 parting ring. Enough for a down payment on a house. Each of those 90 characters ended up having a price tag of roughly $600.

New York state law usually sides with men, giving them the right to demand back an engagement ring if a wedding never takes place. But the man’s text message using the term parting ring seemed to indicate that his former fiancee was entitled to keep the 2.97-carat diamond ring.

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A couple years back, Bills fans signed up to receive text messages featuring news and offers from the team. The fine print said they'd receive no more than five a week. This guy Jerry Wojcik got six! And then, a few weeks later, seven! So he sued. And now the Bills have agreed to cough up more than $3 million to settle the thing.

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Honesty, we are constantly told, is the bedrock of a solid romantic relationship. And yet, people lie to their romantic partners all the time - to sidestep arguments, avoid hurt feelings, or cover up problematic behavior.

Now, a research team has discovered a new medium where mendacity is the norm: sexting.

In a sample of 155 college students, nearly half of those who had ever sent a sexually explicit text admitted that at least some of the messages they sent to their significant others were lies.

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Russian citizen got the chance to send text messages to the International Space Station as part of a unique action launched by the countrys space agency to coincide with Cosmonauts Day last April 12.

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Step by step instructions in a video tutorial to setup the SMTP Carriers.

PageGate SMTP Carrier Setup Video Tutorial

Apple has patented a system that would lock drivers out of their smartphones while on the move, in a bid to cut down on accidents caused by texting and other distracting features.

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State senators hope to ban unsolicited text messages from telemarketers.  They recently passed a multi-part bill that adds texts to the Do Not Call list.

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Merged conversations, the biggest feature the update is bringing and one that has long been requested combines SMS and Hangout conversations with the same recipient. Users can choose to send a message via Hangouts or SMS just by flipping a switch on the app. Google has also made it easy for users to tell between SMS and Hangout messages by adding a via SMS label below messages received via SMS while sent messages will be differentiated by color - green for Hangouts messages and white for SMS messages.

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An Android Trojan app that sends SMS messages to premium-rate numbers has expanded globally over the past year, racking up bills for users in over 60 countries including the U.S., malware researchers from Kaspersky Lab said.

The malware program, which Kaspersky products detect as Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakeInst.ef, dates back to February 2013 and was originally designed to operate in Russia.

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