Archive for the 'text messaging' Category

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 |

What is UR txt msg str@tegy?

Monday, September 8th, 2008

In order to communicate effectively with customers, you may need to demonstrate your mastery of master mobile messaging, says SoundBite Communications’ Alan Berrey. And here’s how. Two years ago my daughter, Anna, sent me her first text message. She borrowed her older brother?s mobile phone and composed…
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0 comments | Text Message, Channel, Consideration, Proficiency, Alan Berrey, text messaging, mobile phone, Mobile, Consumer electronics, Cellular Phones, Online Communications, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Personal Technology |

California to drivers: Drop the cell phone, dude

Friday, June 27th, 2008

Next week a California law will require the use of hands-free phones and ban cell phones entirely for drivers under 18–but there’s a loophole that allows texting while driving. LOS ANGELES–Next week California will try to wrest cell phones from the hands of drivers, telling everyone from movie starlets…
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0 comments | Democratic Lawmaker, cell phones, legal, hands-free, text messaging, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer electronics, Reuters, Phone, Cell Phone, California, Personal Technology |