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I’m not sure should be categorize this as a good or bad usage of the technology. Maybe the right word is “weird,” you be the judge…
A Spanish mortuary has created a new service to allow mourners to send condolences to grieving relatives by SMS.
Madrid based M30 mortuary is publishing daily lists in local newspapers of those who have died. Each of the deceased has a code number, which must be included along with the text message and a keyword, which can be sent to an automated number. The texts costs 1.20 EUR ($2.10) plus VAT.
The mortuary’s marketing manager (that position exists?), José Salvador, said messages were filtered so that nothing hurtful or tactless reached relatives. “It makes things easier for people who are far away or do not know how to contact the family,” he added.
[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.
