December 1, 2007 - 0 Comment(s)
Today, Informa Telecoms and Media has estimated that “worldwide mobile penetration will hit 50 per cent - or around 3.3 billion subscriptions”. This is one of those stats that makes you say, “wow”, even though we all know they can’t confirm this statistic. Regardless, it demonstrates the amazing growth and penetration of the mobile phone across the globe
Mobile pone penetration is an amazing thing. You have to take a step back to realize the effect - it strikes me as similar to axons and dendrites (think back to your Biology 101 days) connecting to each other to form the human brain. By itself, a mobile phone isn’t so amazing…but connected to others, it forms an expansive human network like never before. Seems like the world is becoming one giant brain. I just hope we start using more of our collective intelligence over time.
The next time you look at your mobile phone, think about how, in the palm of your hand, you have the power to instantly connect with others all across the world. It’s actually pretty darn amazing.
August 15, 2007 - 0 Comment(s)
clearTXT is growing and we’re looking for some great people to join our team. Are you an entrepreneurial, business oriented, and motivated superstar (or superstar-to-be) who is looking for a long-term fit with a dynamic, high growth company? If so, you might be exactly the person we’re looking for.
Current positions include Sales Associate, Account Manager, Support Representative, and Engineer. To receive more information or send a resume, email us at HR@clearTXT.com
April 16, 2007 - 0 Comment(s)
In case you missed the announcement on the company blog, clearTXT will be Blackboard’s exclusive partner and provider of mobile alerts for Bb Word ’07 in July. This is the best way for attendees to get reminders when presentations are getting ready to start, when schedule or room changes occur, and everything else happening at the conference.
We’re really excited to provide the service for a second time, and also that Blackboard is putting some muscle behind the service this year. The first time we offered the service was the 2005 Bb User Conference in Baltimore, MD. Blackboard was excited about us providing the service, but left most of the marketing and promotion up to us. We had a lot of people sign up, but Blackboard’s marketing efforts will probably result in many more subscribers this year. Blackboard’s a great partner and certainly knows how to market, so this should be a great event.
We received a lot of feedback in 2005, almost all of it positive. In general, people liked the reminders and the schedule updates the most. Reminders were sent to people 5 minutes prior to events starting with the event information, such as room location, title of the event, etc. With so much happening during the conference it’s easy to get distracted and lose track of time. The reminders ensured that people didn’t miss the events they were most interested in attending.
The schedule changes have obvious value - you certainly want to know if a presentation you’re on your way to see has been moved to a different location, the time has changed, etc. This year, we hope to add some other types of messages and make this a truly valuable service to attendees.
We’ll have more information, as well as the signup page, available soon. I hope everyone will sign up.
