GOOGLE AND TWITTER $AVE THE DAY IN EGYPT

February 1, 2011 at 14:13 (Censorship, Corrupt Politics, DesertPeace Editorial, Egypt)

OR ….. HOW CAN THESE TWO GIANTS CONTINUE MAKING MONEY DESPITE AN INTERNET SHUTDOWN

One might think that they actually care about the people of Egypt, but if anyone knows who controls the two mighty giants they would know it’s all about a possible loss in revenue.

You can get a pretty good picture of who Google is by reading THIS post from the archives.

Twitter has a close working relationship with Google, hence the cooperation.

So, as was said above, it’s all about money, not supporting progress. Read the following two reports….

Google, Twitter build Speak to Tweet for Egyptians

Even if the Internet is down, people in Egypt can still use Twitter through a new service from Google and Twitter.

 

(Credit: Screenshot by Tom Krazit/CNET)

Google, in combination with Twitter and its recently acquired SayNow engineers, has released a service for tweeting without an Internet connection.

Designed specifically for those on the ground in Egypt unable to communicate via the Internet with the outside world, Speak to Tweet allows anyone with a voice connection to dial three international numbers and have their voice messages sent out as tweets with the #egypt hash tag added to those links. “We hope that this will go some way to helping people in Egypt stay connected at this very difficult time,” wrote Ujjwal Singh, co-founder of SayNow and AbdelKarim Mardini, product manager, Middle East & North Africa at Google, in a blog post.

The numbers are +16504194196 or +390662207294 or +97316199855 and no Internet connection is required. There are already dozens of messages on the Twitter profile.

The only remaining Internet service provider in Egypt, The Noor Group, was taken offline Monday, according to reports.

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Speak-to-tweet service aims to circumvent Egyptian Twitter ban

Google and Twitter have joined forces in a bid to beat a tweet ban imposed by Egyptian telecoms operators after their engineers enabled a Voice to Twitter service that allows protestors to tweet direct from the streets.

Rather than deliberate upon 140 characters to sum up the latest rumour, confrontation or meeting people will be able to dial one of three international numbers to leave a voicemail.

Their contents will subsequently be converted into tweets complete with the #egypt hashtag.

Instead of resorting to the News of the World outside listeners will also be able to listen direct to the messages, simply by dialing in.

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