Google Outflanks the Egyptian Firewall: Allows Twitter By Phone

All you have to do is call certain numbers and leave a voicemail message that instantly turns into a Tweet.

"Over the weekend we came up with the idea of a speak-to-tweet service -- the ability for anyone to tweet using just a voice connection," they said.

Voice mail messages left at +16504194196; +390662207294 or +97316199855 will instantly be converted into text messages, referred to as tweets, and posted at Twitter with an identifying "hashtag" of #egypt.

Twitter hashtags are intended as search terms so people can more easily find comments related to particular topics or events.

I wonder how long it will be until the Egyptian Authorities block those numbers? I guess you can use call forwarding to get around it but it is an ingenious service. Too bad people can't switch their phones to some kind of satellite feed to get around the Egyptian Authorities blocking cell service.