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                    [Title] => Textra SMS
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Delicious Inc.'s "Textra SMS" is a features-driven SMS/MMP app that's good in both function and looks.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-01 09:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1794253 [AuthorName] => Yasunari Ramon Suarez Taguchi [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1505814 [Title] => Text scam numbers disconnected [Summary] =>

Close to 30,000 prepaid numbers have been disconnected by Globe Telecom Inc. for being consistent sources of spam and scam text messages.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-30 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1473425 [AuthorName] => Louella Desiderio [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/business-main/20150913/texting-sms-4.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1505520 [Title] => Truemessenger - SMS Block Spam [Summary] =>

Though the country's leading mobile service providers are doing what they can to forestall the prevalence of "text scams" and the like, the popularity of applications like "Truemessenger - SMS Block Spam" proves that there's no reason why you can't proactively block questionable texts from muddling your inbox.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-29 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1794253 [AuthorName] => Yasunari Ramon Suarez Taguchi [SectionName] => Freeman Cebu Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => cebu-lifestyle [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1408399 [Title] => Regulation of spam messages sought [Summary] =>

A lawmaker wants to give the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) the power to impose fines or revoke the franchises of telecommunications firms and service providers that fail to stop the flurry of spam messages in cell phones and other gadgets.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805432 [AuthorName] => Paolo Romero [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1407383 [Title] => Spam messages inirereklamo [Summary] =>

Para matugunan ang reklamo ng mga spam messages ay nais padagdagan ng kapangyarihan ni Quezon City Rep. Winston Garcia  ang National  Telecommunications Commission (NTC).

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1334962 [AuthorName] => Gemma Amargo-Garcia [SectionName] => Police Metro [SectionUrl] => police-metro [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1403670 [Title] => Ashanti 'disgusted' by convicted fan's tweets [Summary] =>

Ashanti says she was "disgusted" and "absolutely scared" when she learned in July 2013 that a fan who had been convicted of stalking her had since been tweeting her X-rated messages and posed for a photo with her sister.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-17 08:26:37 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Music [SectionUrl] => music [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/entertainment/20141217/People-Ashanti_Guti.jpg ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1375139 [Title] => Gov’t mulls tax on text messages anew [Summary] =>

The government may attempt to revive plans to impose a tax on text messages as it searches for other ways to raise revenue amid a looming passage of a bill raising the tax exemption cap for 13th month bonuses.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804021 [AuthorName] => Zinnia B. Dela Peña [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1360553 [Title] => Globe launches filtering mechanism vs spam, scam messages [Summary] =>

In a bid to stamp out spammers and scammers from its network, Globe Telecom announced its implementation of a filtering mechanism that would protect its customers from the annoying and unwanted messages.

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-22 17:32:49 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20140628/texting-sms-4.jpg ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1321050 [Title] => NTC: Telcos to refund P7B to subscribers [Summary] =>

Telecommunication companies would have to refund over P7 billion to subscribers for failing to roll back the cost of text messages, the National Telecommunication Commission (NTC) said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-05-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097197 [AuthorName] => Lawrence Agcaoili [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1307847 [Title] => Wrong send [Summary] =>

BREAKUP. A professor of behavioral sciences said in an informal talk with some parents in a graduation party that many young and old relationships have been broken because of the cellular phone.

[DatePublished] => 2014-04-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135969 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-freeman/opinion/20140402/freeman.jpg ) ) )
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