Topic: Texting and MMS

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

• Can ChaCha's Humans Compete with Google's Algorithms?
• Search Engine Showdown

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»

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»

Mac Rumors Live Hacked During Apple Keynote (NSFW)

Mac Rumors, among the most popular and best-known websites covering Apple, was hacked during its live coverage of today's MacWorld keynote presentation. Readers were shocked when one of the liveblog's auto-updating text messages said: ...READ»

Texters Anonymous

The Priory, a Betty Ford-like clinic in the UK has started treating obsessive SMS message senders. The first recorded SMS addict almost went bankrupt because of his 200-message-a-day habit, and some compulsive texters send SMS ...READ»

New Technology Helps Police Take a Byte Out of Crime

Last week, a pedestrian walking through Times Square in New York stumbled upon the monthly Critical Mass demonstration, where legions of cyclists take to the streets en masse to raise awareness about transportation alternatives. ...READ»

Send This to Your Kids: Horrifying PSA About Texting While Driving.

Britain tackles the texting-while-driving phenomenon by screening a disturbing PSA around the country.READ»

"Sexting": Why Worry?

Reports of "sexting"--or teens sending each other homemade pornographic images using their phones--have exploded in recent weeks. Schools and parents are outraged and terrified, and lawyers are confused, because most child ...READ»

Mobile Marketing: It's Here and It's Real

Peter Fuller is the executive director of the Mobile Marketing Association. Carrie Himelfarb works as VP of sales for Vindigo. Nihal Mehta is president of ipsh! Mike Troiano is senior vice president of business development for ...READ»

Yakety-Yak – Texting Deaths on the Increase

Police blotter statistics are showing an increase in the number of deaths due to texting while driving.READ»

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»

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»

Success and Attending to Others

Interpersonal competence is one of the keys to success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success.  If you want to become interpersonally competent, you need to do three things.  1) Get to know yourself.  Use this self knowledge ...READ»

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Interactive advertising lights up the Great White Way. READ»

In Today's Papers

From the reading pile: After Decades, A Solar Pioneer Sees Spark in Sales "Mr. Ovshinsky's Roofing Can Generate Electricity; Other Ideas Lose Money" Books That Analyze Secrets of Success, Current and Historical Leading reads, ...READ»