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Survey shows risky use of mobile e-mail devices

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Many Americans send and receive text messages on mobile e-mail devices in dangerous situations, according to a new survey released. NEW YORK–A California train engineer who was sending and receiving text messages was blamed last month for causing one of the worst railroad crashes in U.S. history that killed…
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0 comments | IM, text messaging, Mobile E-mail, Mobile E-mail Device, E-mail, Survey, Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Marketing Research, Reuters |

Mozilla launches Snowl messaging prototype

Friday, August 8th, 2008

The prototype Firefox extension will bring unified messaging to the open-source browser, if early experiments are promising. Mozilla has launched a prototype messaging Firefox extension that it says could eventually enable users to keep track of all of their electronic communications, including email, RSS, social networks and…
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0 comments | IM, Mozilla, Messaging, message, Snowl, Mozilla Corp., Tom Espiner ZDNet.co.uk, Web Browser, Online Communications, Web Browsers, Communications, Instant Messaging, Internet |

So you think SMS is dying? Think again.

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

SMS messaging is approaching antiquity, but Brenda Suarez of Airline Solutions says it’s so entrenched that it won’t be replaced with a newer service that costs less and allows even faster and more on-demand contact. Commentary–In a world where technology is obsolete almost the moment…
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0 comments | Messaging Revenue, SMS Messaging, SMS, Messaging, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Instant Messenger, Airline Solutions, Brenda Suarez, mobile communications, IM, ZDNet, Networking, Wireless, Consumer electronics, Internet, Cellular Phones, Online Communications, Instant Messaging, Telephony, Service, Personal Technology |