Concerns have been raised that an explosion in the use of “textisms” like “CUL8R” and “wot u doin 2nite?” could be damaging children’s reading and spelling ability. From New Scientist. To investigate, Beverly Plester and her colleagues at Coventry University in the UK asked 88 children aged 10 to 12 to write text messages describing [...]
Three foundations have announced their intention to join in a “mobile health” effort to use mobile technology to provide better healthcare worldwide. The UN, Vodafone, and the Rockefeller Foundation’s mHealth Alliance aims to unite existing projects to improve healthcare using mobile technology. The alliance will guide governments, NGOs, and mobile firms on how they can [...]
A study on “Marriage and divorce amongst Muslim women in India”, undertaken by Sahiba Hussain, highlights that more and more men are divorcing via SMS and e-mail. adnkronos Interntional reports. Where women do not have access to mobile phones or computers, men use landline phones to pronounce the divorce declaration. “From 15 divorces that we [...]
mEt agnt mtard in Moscow w microcs! (Translation: Meet Agent Mustard in Moscow with the microchips!) This fall, Hasbro’s classic game of murderous mayhem will take an international twist as the iconic characters from CLUE embark on a globetrotting adventure to foil the plans of the Criminal League for Ultimate Espionage (C.L.U.E.) in CLUE: Secrets [...]
Fake Text allows iPhone users to show off text messages on their iPhone screen seemingly sent from someone (famous or not) who didn’t actually send it.In their own words: “Type in someone’s name and a message, and Fake Text will show a realistic-looking SMS text message from that person. – Pretend to get texts from [...]
The police force covering the UK’s City of London has launched an SMS service, which will allow people in the City to use their mobile phones to contact the police in non-emergency situations. The SMS service is aimed mainly at people that have hearing or speech impediments but it is available to all City residents. [...]
It was Britain’s first digital big freeze. Mobile phone networks reported a huge leap in text and picture messages yesterday as Britons contacted bosses, family and friends to tell them they had been snowed in/failed to catch that train/been unable to start the car. Vodafone saw a 58% leap in texts to well over 30m, [...]
