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Message mobiling service. it lets text messaging for free across different smartphone platforms. no comments so far from google or whats app on the rumored deal. americans will no longer corner the market on sending creepy facebook messages to strangers. the social media site is going global with a trial program that lets users send direct messages outside of their network of friends and family. the program got started in the u.s. last year but is now expanding to 40 countries around the world...

hello everyone. imfredric imfredrickahere in the "cnn newsroom." we begin in cairo, egypt. live pictures from tahrir square at nightfall. watching the crowd go by the hour all day long. demonstrators started gathering this morning right after an egyptian judge sentenced former president hosni mubarak to life in prison for his role in killing hundreds of anti-government protesters last year. lets bring in cnns ben wedeman who joins us now from the balcony overlooking tahrir square. ben ...