Thin-film display coatings on the exterior could show messages.
Those connect to Android phones and iPhones, and show messages, calendar details and run some apps.
These days, for example, movie watchers are often treated to pre-show messages reminding them to turn off their phones.
Since Thanksgiving, Mr. Schweitzer said, CBS has also been showing messages to troops -- taped by ordinary Americans at Circuit City stores across the nation -- between programs.
Interactive services: Fig. 3 shows messages flow in a mobile EEG service.
The "Welcome" dashboard shows messages, invitations, and "updates" from the people that matter to users most.
There appears to be no "retention period" for normal users' messages, as my inbox shows messages from as early as 2005.
In the screenshots, Hangouts is depicted as showing messages clearly sent "via SMS," as well as being able to "Send an SMS message" in the existing compose screen.
Fire up the app, and you'll see that you can browse through messages using three modes: Nearby (which, as you'd expect, shows messages in the immediate vicinity), the 25 nearest messages (which should show messages around the city), and then a global stream of messages displaying all content submitted to the service.
"We don't show message films, or get involved with scolding polemic," said George Motz, director of events like the Charleston Food Film Festival, which is taking place this weekend in South Carolina.
