| What would we do without Google SMS? I find | | | | Firetext let an audience at a concert display |
| myself using it whenever I am traveling in an | | | | messages on the stage while the concert is going on. |
| unfamiliar area, and this free service always provides | | | | Just about every major service is releasing texting |
| me with the right directions. Whether I need to call a | | | | features to their users, including Twitter, Facebook, |
| boat club in Sarasota or find the nearest fast food | | | | and eBay. |
| place, free answers are just a text away. | | | | For the audience concerned about getting the best |
| Google’s text service offers much more then | | | | deals on local products and services, Text-Savings |
| directions, however. You can also ask for weather | | | | provides a free service that allows the user to ask |
| forecasts, airline flight times, dictionary definitions, and | | | | for the best price on anything in their area. For |
| translations. I have noticed that the translation engine | | | | example, a customer looking for a good deal on pizza |
| needs some improvement, but it is still better than | | | | in Tampa should text “cheap pizza 33630” to |
| anything else out there. | | | | 52771. In addition to the texting service, also has a |
| There are many other free and paid text services | | | | very easy to use online platform similar to other |
| being promoted across the U.S. ChaCha and KGB are | | | | comparison shopping websites, but on a local level. |
| two popular question-answering services that have | | | | SMS is one of the fastest growing methods of |
| answered hundreds of millions of questions combined. | | | | communication in the world, but from a service |
| SMS has also been an innovative new way for | | | | standpoint is still underdeveloped and not being |
| non-profit organizations to fundraise for natural | | | | utilized properly. Services like Google SMS and |
| disasters, presidential elections, and other causes. This | | | | Text-Savings are paving the way for people to |
| has recently been publicized after the latest | | | | freely take advantage of this technology. |
| earthquake in Haiti. Cool text to screen services like | | | | |