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And…We’re Back!
After an outage over the weekend, I have QwikTxt back up and running today! Thank you everyone for your patience, and now you can get back to QwikTxting!
WordPress 3.0 Upgrade Problem
We just upgraded the site to the latest version of WordPress. Unfortunately, something in our code has temporarily disabled the QwikTxt form. We hope to have things working again here shortly.
We’ll keep you updated.
Centennial Wireless Added – Txt subscribers in the US, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
Today we’re happy to announce the addition of Centennial Wireless to our list of carriers you can reach via QwikTxt. In addition to providing wireless service in the United States, Centennial Wireless also provides coverage in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.
Send a QwikTxt to a Centennial Wireless subscriber today!
Texting Loop Mobile subscribers in India? Now you can with QwikTxt
Today I’m pleased to add Loop Mobile to QwikTxt. Loop Mobile provides GSM cellular phone coverage in the Mumbai area of India. Now, if you know someone in Mumbai on Loop Mobile, you can use QwikTxt to send them a text message.
QwikTxt WordPress.com SMS Comment Notification 1.1
Today I made a slight modification to the QwikTxt WordPress.com SMS Comment Notifcation webhook. In the first release of this webhook, I wasn’t checking to see if comments had been marked as “spam” by Akismet. With this new release of the webhook, I’ve corrected this oversight.
To enable this new feature, edit your webhook, and add [...]
Get Comment Notifications on your WordPress.com Blog via a QwikTxt SMS
Yesterday, WordPress.com announced the availability of their new webhooks feature. Without going into a lot of detail, webhooks are tools that developers like me can use to do cool things with WordPress.
In the post I just linked to, Joseph Scott gives an example of using a webhook to notify you via SMS any time a comment is [...]
Now Supporting Alaska Communication Systems
Yesterday, I added Alaska Communication Systems (ACS) to our list of QwikTxt wireless providers. Headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska, ACS is a full service wireless provider. Know someone with a phone on the ACS network? Now you can send them a QwikTxt!
Text mobile phones on the Alaska Communications Systems network.
A Little Bit of a Layout Change
Last night I rolled out a change to the layout here at QwikTxt. I added a second sidebar on the left side of the site that features our list of wireless providers that you can text via our text messaging form.
Along with this post, I’m also including a screenshot of the new layout. If the [...]
T-Mobile Around the World – We’ve Got You Covered
While looking through our list of wireless providers, I noticed that although we have T-Mobile Germany and T-Mobile USA, we were missing some of the other T-Mobile outlets. So, starting today, you can also QwikTxt phones on the following T-Mobile networks:
T-Mobile Austria
T-Mobile Netherlands
T-Mobile UK
If you have friends on any of these networks, send them a [...]
QwikTxt is on Facebook
QwikTxt now has a fan page on Facebook. If you like us and have a Facebook account, you know the drill: Fan us on Facebook!
