Internet related News · 2018-01-23

Good Morning messages are slowing down phones

Google was perplexed. More specifically, it’s engineers. This team was trying to figure out why so many smartphones were freezing up in far away India. 1 in 3 smartphone users in India run out of space on their phones daily.

According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, Google discovered the answer soon enough. Two words. “Good Morning!” The glitch, Google discovered, was an overabundance of sun-dappled flowers, adorable toddlers, birds and sunsets sent along with a cheery message.


The Internet Is Filling Up Because Indians Are Sending Millions of ‘Good Morning!’ Texts – Wall Street Journal

http://news.google.com Jan 22, 2018 

Google researchers in Silicon Valley were trying to figure out why so many smartphones were freezing up half a world away. O …

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Good morning messages: Google says one in three phones in India … – Scroll.in

http://news.google.com  Jan 23, 2018 

Google researchers who discovered this came up with a new app – Files Go – to help users delete unnecessary content on their mobiles.WhatsApp, Facebook fill up with …

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India’s love for ‘good morning’ messages is filling up the internet … – Business Standard

http://news.google.com Jan 23, 2018 

Read more about India’s love for ‘good morning’ messages is filling up the internet on Business Standard. Some people complain that all these gre …

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