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I Have Been Sexted

Apparentlysexting (orteens sending each other homemade pornographic images using their phones) hasbecome a viral practice. I would like to share something with you:I have been sexted.While I have never sexted, I havegotten the ...READ»

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Why Your Start-Up Needs Texting

As new technology gains widespread publicity among the general public, the business applications it has grows immensely. A clear cut example of this is the recent popularity of text messaging. A recent survey showed that teenagers in America were sending and receiving as much as an average of 80 text messages a day. Hence, it is no surprise that businesses from restaurants to retail establishments are trying to find ways to integrate this technology into their business practices and marketing plans.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»

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Multi-personality Disorder

People’s personality changes between various telecom platforms. Email, Social Networks, Instant Messenger (IM), SMS text. I see dry email humour, cute SMS messages, cheeky Facebook posts, and nerdish IM abbreviations from people ...READ»

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No Text Messaging in America

Americans have been far slower to take to text messaging than Europeans and Asians. Having lived in India until about six months ago I would regularly send about half a dozen text messages a day. On some days that number exceeded a ...READ»

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Scores of Teens Get Sexts, but Who's Sending?

Fifteen percent of teens in a new Pew Internet survey of 800 say they've received sexually suggestive or nude images or videos from others. But far fewer say they’ve sent them.READ»

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Should you try Mobile Advertising?

If you sell to anyone under about 30 years old (and that number gets bigger every year) you must start looking at mobile advertising. Mobile advertising is placing your message on mobile phones. It can be as simple as sending ...READ»

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Going Mobile

Having only recently signed an 18-month contract on a Sony Ericsson P990i smartphone, I spent much of last week kicking myself. I wanted a slim black Apple iPhone, not the silver brick weighing down my jacket pocket. But this week, ...READ»

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Texting While Driving a Major NO NO

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that texting while driving a vehicle is a remarkably bad idea.READ»

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Is 3jam Better Than Google Voice?

You've probably heard a lot about Google Voice since Apple punted it from the iTunes App Store: It's a free telephony service that allows one phone number to ring all your phones. It also lets you receive and send SMS messages on your ...READ»

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Is Your Smartphone Possessed?

How today's sophisticated phones can be easily hacked to send your documents, calls, and text messages to prying hackers -- and how to keep your device safe.READ»

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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»

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Mobile Marketing MOBILE MARKETING BENEFITS

If you’re a business owner with a product or service… and would like to increase your business. http://www.efuturetel.com/adcalls_mmta/start.html   Mobile Marketing MOBILE MARKETING BENEFITS Mobility Delivery ...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»

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Sexting, Cyberbullying "Over The Line," Say Users of MTV's Online Morality Meter

"Someone made an AIM account and posed as me. They were telling everyone I was a lesbian!" "Me and my friends Photoshopped our other friend to make it seem like he had man-boobs." "My boyfriend texts other girls all the time and ...READ»

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Getting it Right for Gen Z

Some simple, yet effective, ways to engage GenZ customers.READ»

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The NYT Makes Late Realization: Text Messages Are A Rip-Off

The New York Times has a piece online that's making some waves: A blasting of cellphone operators for ripping off consumers with text messaging charges. It is, indeed, true. But it's also late: lawmakers in Europe--where texting has ...READ»

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ChaCha's Mobile Text Search on AT&T One-Ups Google's

ChaCha's text search for mobile is set to debut on AT&T, and while the kinks definitely need working out its results are superior to Google's similar service. But it'll never replace texting your friends.READ»

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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»

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Mobile Tech’s Influence in a Network Society

Do you remember life before Facebook or Twitter or your Blackberry? In the past few years, we have moved beyond chat rooms and community forums to life-casting platforms that can be updated via your mobile phone. You can upload your son’s 1st soccer goal on YouTube, before the game is over. As we move forward...READ»

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Should you try Mobile Advertising?

If you sell to anyone under about 30 years old (and that number gets bigger every year) you must start looking at mobile advertising. Mobile advertising is placing your message on mobile phones. It can be as simple as sending text ...READ»

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Are Your Interns Saving the World? IBM's Are

Let's play word association: intern + texting = ____. Setting up a date? Skipping out on work? Sexting? At IBM, how about saving millions of lives? A new initiative called SMS for Life, born from the minds of a group of IBM's Extreme ...READ»

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So How Do You Actually Use Your Cellphone?

In the past few years cell phone manufacturers have dazzled us with an amazing array of features. Basic games and simple text messaging are now passé. Cameras were once considered a big deal. Now, the latest models come with music ...READ»

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Gettin' QWERTY With It: Six Tips From the World's Fastest Texters

We caught up with six champion texters at yesterday's LG Mobile Worldcup, including Guinness record-breaker Predo Matis, 27, who typed a 264-character message in 1 minute, 59 seconds. Here, they share their SMS secrets.READ»