Google Lets Egyptians Tweet Without an Internet Connection
Capital of Nasty, an Electronic Magazine - ISSN 1482-0471
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at 12:00 (4912/10)
Categories:
Google World Domination, Twitter
Google has developed a "speak-to-tweet" service that will allow people in Egypt to post Twitter messages without an internet connection. By simply calling an international number and leaving a voicemail, the message is then sent out as a tweet with the hashtag #egypt.
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