The company Google Inc. has developed a program that allows you to continue sending short messages to Twitter application from Egypt even though the government of Hosni Mubarak has announced the cut of mobile and Internet services across the country Tuesday, the day expected that a large demonstration by opponents to his government to take the streets of the capital, Cairo.
In these three phone numbers: +16504194196, +390662207294, +97316199855 may leave a voice message is immediately transformed into 140-character messages in the network that will appear with the keyword # egypt. Moreover, according to the company's blog, you can also hear the messages posted to Twitter by checking the same numbers or the twitter website.
com/speak2tweet. "Like many people, have been glued to the news about Egypt and thinking how we could help people who are there on the spot," said the statement released by Google on his blog. "We hope that this somehow helps people in Egypt stay connected in this difficult time. 
In these three phone numbers: +16504194196, +390662207294, +97316199855 may leave a voice message is immediately transformed into 140-character messages in the network that will appear with the keyword # egypt. Moreover, according to the company's blog, you can also hear the messages posted to Twitter by checking the same numbers or the twitter website.
com/speak2tweet. "Like many people, have been glued to the news about Egypt and thinking how we could help people who are there on the spot," said the statement released by Google on his blog. "We hope that this somehow helps people in Egypt stay connected in this difficult time.
- Internet in Egypt offline (28/01/2011)
- Google launches Twitter workaround for Egypt (31/01/2011)
- Hit and Miss: Last Internet Provider in Egypt Shuts Off, Google Provides Speak-to-Tweet (01/02/2011)
- Google vs. Egyptian Censorship (31/01/2011)
- Google's Speak-To-Tweet Hopes To Help Egyptians Get The Word Out (31/01/2011)
No comments:
Post a Comment