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UK mobile operator Vodafone has announced its latest endeavour to change the way its customers pay for servicesby introducinga new SMS payment system that will allow its customers to pay for their taxi journeys. The service, launching in London, will provide customers with an alternate payment option, giving Vodafone customers the option to send a message including the cab’s license number to a dedicated shortcode which will then deduct the full fare from their mobile account....

Vodafone Egypt’sFacebook pagewas hacked earlier this evening, then briefly restored, after which the page disappeared entirely off of the social network. The image placed as Vodafone Egypt’s profile picture read, in Arabic,”Destructive hurricane is behind the hacking.” A message left by the hackers on the page received 458 comments and 467 likes before the page disappeared. The 💜 of EU tech The latest rumblings from the EU tech scene, a story from our wise ol' founder Boris, and some questionable AI art....

Vodafone hasannouncedthat it has been forced to send pro-government messages to its subscribers in Egypt. In a short statement today, the network says that Egyptian authorities have been using emergency powers to instruct mobile networks Mobinil, Etisalat and Vodafone to send messages to the people of the troubled country since the protests began early last week. These messages, published in translated form over atLiberal Conspiracy, include statements like: “The Armed Forces asks Egypt’s honest and loyal men to confront the traitors and criminals and protect our people and honor and our precious Egypt....

With less than 36 hours until Apple takes to its Cupertino stage and showcases its next-generation iPhone devices, Vodafone Germany has seemingly jumped the gun andstarted to add optionsto some of its iPhone accessory pages, detailing new iPhone 4S models and a new 8GB iPhone 4. Numerous reports have suggested that Apple will not debut the long-awaited teardrop-shaped iPhone 5 in October, instead unveiling a low-cost iPhone 4 model and new iPhone 4S models, available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB variations....

Vodafone India, whichhad suedto one of its customers, Dhaval Valia over his ‘defamatory’ posts on Facebook earlier this month, has now retracted its legal notice, according toEconomic Times. For those of you who aren’t familiar with this case, here is a quick refresher. Vodafone India sued Dhaval Valia, a business journalist, over his Facebook status regarding Vodafone’s disputed poor 3G service, which was considered ‘defamatory’ by the company. It said he had sent unwarranted text messages to Vodafone’s top management, had a heated argument with a female officer and had posted their numbers and contact details on Facebook....