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New York Subpoenas Texting Guru

Messaging coder helped anti-GOP protesters communicate

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 31, 2008 12:20 AM CDT

(Newser) – New York lawyers have asked the creator of a mass text-messaging service for records of texts sent during 2004 Republican Convention protests, the New York Times reports. MIT student Tad Hirsch’s TXTmob service was a communication tool for demonstrators and reporters, providing up-to-the-minute data...   Read full story »

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