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If you happen to have a friend who lives/works in Sri Lanka, forget about sending him/her a text message during the country’s independence day. The message should arrive, but with a delay…
As part of security measures for the independence day celebrations, Sri Lanka’s telecom networks blocked SMS for 12 hours.
According to the country’s official telecom regulator, the move comes out of fear that Tamil Tiger rebels could use SMS to scare people into staying away from celebrations. And the government, it seems, wants people to party… 
[Via: textually.org]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
