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[ NNSquad ] Users concerned about sudden shutdown of Google SMS Search
Users concerned about sudden shutdown of Google SMS Search
"Google shuts down SMS Search, users express outrage"
http://j.mp/13tkrYe (Fierce Mobile Content)
"Many users expressed frustration and disappointment over Google's
decision. 'Google's decision to shut down the SMS search service
only serves to widen the information divide between the haves and
have-nots ...'"
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I've received considerable concerned queries about this. Obviously
only Google knows to what extent SMS Search was utilized, and it's a
safe bet that it was a very small relative amount. However, it also
seems reasonable to assume that for those users who used it the
service was indeed important to them. What's especially perplexing is
that there was reportedly no prior warning of this shutdown, and there
certainly were various channels through which that could have been
accomplished.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info
- Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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