Google launches Twitter workaround for Egypt (Reuters)
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc launched a special assist to earmark grouping in Egypt to send Twitter messages by dialing a sound sort and leaving a voicemail, as cyberspace access continues to be revilement soured in the land amid anti-government protests.
"Like some grouping we've been glued to the news evolution in Egypt and thinking of what we could do to support grouping on the ground," feature a place on Google's authorised corporate journal on Monday.
The service, which Google said was matured with engineers from Twitter, allows grouping to dial a ring sort and yield a voicemail. The voicemail is automatically translated into a message that is sent on Twitter using the identifying tag #egypt, Google said.
Google said in the journal post, named "Some weekend impact that will (hopefully) enable more Egyptians to be heard," that no cyberspace unification is required to ingest the service. Google traded threesome sound numbers for grouping to call to ingest the service.
Internet social networking services same Twitter and Facebook hit been important tools of subject for protesters in Egypt.
(Reporting by Alexei Oreskovic; Editing by Bill Trott)
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