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It was through these innovations that Kiripi Katembo Siku, an art student from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was able to create a film that portrayed street life in the Congo’s capital, Kinshasa.

It was SMS that offered many of the real-time updates found on Twitter and other social networking sites during the recent Iranian and Lebanese elections that captured global attention.

In 2005, Greenpeace Argentina,

he campaign enrolled more than 4,500 activists to receive text alerts during critical legislative battles and encouraged them to text or call their representatives in a show of support for the zero-waste policy.

using solar power for mass texting by mobile phone someday.

During President Obama’s June 14 visit to Cairo, Egypt, and his July 11 visit to Ghana, subscribers in places where Internet or television might not be accessible received SMS texts with updates of his speeches. In response, subscribers were able to send in questions for President Obama to answer in a podcast.