News tagged with text
Texting, tweeting ought to be viewed as GR8 teaching tools, scholar says
Dec 10, 2009 |
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The impact of text messaging on the decline of formal writing among teens has been debated in pedagogical circles ever since cell-phone ownership became an adolescent rite of passage in the mid-2000s. But ...
Researchers examine correlation between political speeches, voting
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Although politicians are often criticized for making empty promises, when it comes to their voting records, their words may carry more weight than previously thought, according to findings by two Penn State information technology ...
Swipe Your Credit Card on a Cell Phone
Dec 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With a small card reader that attaches to a cell phone, a new company is making it easier for small businesses and even individuals to accept credit card payments. The San Francisco start-up, ...
'Digging into Data Challenge' grant awarded
Technology / Computer Sciences
Dec 04, 2009 |
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A professor at Tufts University will lead a team of international researchers to explore how humanities scholars can use data analysis to track topics about the Greco-Roman world as they appear in a million documents, spanning ...
Researchers create cell phones for sign language
Dec 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers and colleagues have created cell phones that allow deaf people to communicate in sign language, the same way hearing people use phones to talk.
Text-a-Tip programs allow tipsters to help police
Nov 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A mother in Boston tells police her 8-year-old boy was shot to death in their apartment by gunmen in hooded sweat shirts during a home invasion.
Wikileaks releases pager intercepts from 9/11
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Whistleblower website Wikileaks began publishing on Wednesday what it said were hundreds of thousands of pager messages from the day of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.
S.Korea halves ceiling on text messages to fight spam
Nov 25, 2009 |
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South Korean authorities on Wednesday halved the daily limit on text messages sent out by mobile phones as part of a campaign against spam, officials said.
Friends go online at Foursquare to meet offline
Nov 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Laura Fitton's ascent has been staggering: In less than a year, she's become mayor of nine different places in several different states, all without giving any speeches or kissing any babies.
Mobile multimedia revenues tipped to dethrone text
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Multimedia services will surpass text messaging this year as the main source of mobile operators' non-voice revenue in the Asia-Pacific region, industry analyst IDC said Monday.
Review: New BlackBerry Storm improves on original
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The first touch-screen BlackBerry phone, the Storm, got a few things right, but generally it was a chore to use.
T-Mobile says phone service outage resolved (Update)
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Wireless provider T-Mobile USA Inc. says it has cleared up service problems that were interfering with calls and text messaging for about 5 percent of its customers.
Google Voice 'light' works with existing cell phone numbers
Oct 30, 2009 |
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Google Voice, the service that can route calls to multiple phone numbers and access voice mail, is now available on users' existing cell phone numbers.
States weigh campaign rules for the Internet age
Oct 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- To promote his recent campaign for mayor of St. Petersburg, Fla., Scott Wagman bought an ad that popped up online when anyone ran a Google search for his opponents' names.
New 'consumer-intelligence' technology will compile detailed profiles
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Buying Huggies at Target the other evening -- size N, for newborn -- I noticed that the back of the receipt was printed with a coupon for infant formula. Cash registers are so clever these days. Target, I've been told, is ...
