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Passive-Aggressive/Ways To Fire Your Employees?/Try A Text Haiku!

Carol Bartz was unceremoniously fired by the chairman of Yahoo's board via a phone call. In 2006, a well-known national electronics retailer created some less than favorable PR when the company fired hundreds of employees through e-mail. What's next? Text! A humorous look at how to can employees in 17 chilly syllables. READ»

Please Mr. Scandinavian Postman: Text Me!

Messages to replace stamps in Denmark and Sweden. What will stamp collectors there do now? (Probably find another hobby.)READ»

Text to Change Takes on Child Trafficking

The mobile for health industry in Africa continues to expand. "We can teach larger organizations a lot," the group's founder tells us. "We move really fast."READ»

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The Key to HIV Treatment: Text Messaging

A new study published online in The Lancet shows that simply checking in via SMS can be enough to encourage adherence to a drug regimen.READ»

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Mobile Companies Open the Floodgates to Allow Text Message-Based Donations

Obopay and Benevity partner up to allow any registered charity to receive text message-based donations.READ»

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Who's That Texting Your Kids in Class 66% of the Time? Parents

A new survey by textPlus reveals that texting in the classroom is more rampant than ever--for both students and parents.READ»

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Tween Girls Blaze Through 100 Texts a Day: Pew Internet Report

Texting is the preferred method of communication between American teenagers, the latest Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project report has found--and they're sending and receiving thousands a month. Eight hundred ...READ»

Why Publish Emergency Room wait times?

written by Jennifer Reynolds Here are 4 facts on why hospitals are increasingly marketing their ER wait times via text and other advertising vehicles. If you have an ED to promote, the evidence is overwhelmingly ...READ»

ER Wait Times: To Text or Not to Text?

That is the question and the answer is very simple. If your hospital is focusing on ER admissions and generating ER wait times under the staggering national average of 4 hours, then yes, by all means, let people know about it. ...READ»

Marketing Emergency Medical Services

ER Texting, Inc., a Miami-based healthcare technology company today announced the launch of its ER Texting services for hospitals nationwide. Using ER Texting, patients can send a text message to a dedicated number (4ER411) and ...READ»

How Effective is it to Text for Local ER Wait Times?

The buzz on using SMS text messages to receive local ER wait times has hit many states around the US. Billboards all over south Florida show just how big the market has grown for hospitals in advertising their ER wait times. ...READ»

Technology: The Law of Unintended Consequences

I've been called a skeptic, an alarmist, and a doomsayer because the focus of most of my technology blogging is on the risks of and what's wrong with technology. I realize that I may sound like a Luddite despite the fact that I'm actually an early adapter and readily admit that I couldn't function in my work without the plethora of technology that is currently at our fingertips. I guess the reason I come across as such a downer at times is that I assume that we all know about the incredible benefits that technology has to offer us; it's not worth repeating what we all know to be true. At the same time, I recognize that, with the rapid advancements in computer and communication technology in the last decade, we haven't had to time consider how these developments will shape our individual and collective lives.READ»

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Ask Dan Heath: The Scared Straight Approach to Teens, Texting, and Driving

Dear Dan, My daughter turned 16 about six months ago, so naturally I am terrified of her getting in a wreck. To make matters worse, I rode with her recently and she started texting while she was driving! I gave her an earful but ...READ»

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Nonsense At Work

Trust in paint for protection from stupid texters:Let me tell you about one of the most amazingly powerful things found in our modern society.  No, no, it’s not technology or weaponry.  It’s something that has been ...READ»

Texting Etiquette: Avoid the Winky Face

What signal does using smiley-face emoticons send to others? We offer up a new rule for texting.READ»

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Google Brings Texting Services to Africa

Many residents of African countries can't afford a computer, but the continent has the world's highest cell phone growth rate, with one-third of the population already owning a mobile phone. That's why Google unveiled its Google ...READ»

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The 10 Commandments, in TXT Spk: #3: No OMGs

The wits at McSweeney's just posted a list of the 10 Commandments in text speak. RT@theLORD:READ»