As U.S. regulators step up scrutiny of the dangers of texting while driving, software makers are scrambling to develop cellphone applications that block texts or minimize the distraction of texting. Texting is wildly popular: the number of monthly text messages has increased more than tenfold in the past three years to 110.4 billion in December [...]
The Central Office of Information (COI), the UK’s biggest advertiser, has called for industry bodies to offer guidelines on advertising in mobile apps as the format becomes increasingly popular. Mad.co.uk reports. It comes after advertisers expressed concern that ads in iPhone apps which link to sites not optimised for mobile could damage brands’ reputations.Last month [...]
Seeking. You can’t stop doing it. Sometimes it feels as if the basic drives for food, sex, and sleep have been overridden by a new need for endless nuggets of electronic information. We are so insatiably curious that we gather data even if it gets us in trouble. Google searches are becoming a cause of [...]
Article from: The Australian THEY may or may not like to “phone home” — but if there are aliens living on the planet Gliese 581d, they are soon to be bombarded with text messages from Science Minister Kim Carr. Senator Carr will today send an interstellar SMS to the planet, which at a distance of [...]
A new library service named My Info Quest (www.myinfoquest.info) claims to be the first collaborative text messaging reference service of its kind. The Alliance Library System (www.alliancelibrarysystem.com) in East Peoria, Ill., has partnered with about 50 participating libraries; Altarama Information Systems (www.altarama.com); and WebClarity Software, Inc. (www.webclarity.info), developers of PeopleWhere (www.peoplewhere.com), to build this new [...]
Well it’s often said trends of today become the norm of tomorrow and there’s no further proof than An emergency call center in Waterloo, Iowa, became the first in the country to accept “911″ emergency text messages and even reply back, too. While the move may seem frivolous and even foolish since typing a text [...]
The first study of drivers texting inside their vehicles shows that the risk sharply exceeds previous estimates based on laboratory research — and far surpasses the dangers of other driving distractions The new study, which entailed outfitting the cabs of long-haul trucks with video cameras over 18 months, found that when the drivers texted, their [...]
TEXT, a teen horror movie, tells the story of high-school senior Sarah Madison (Hall) as she frantically searches for answers, after the inexplicable deaths of her best friends; each killed shortly after receiving a mysterious text message on their cell phone. TEXT features original music from Best High School New Artist Beau Osland, VH1′s Rock [...]
