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01/27/2010 Hands
Free |
A bill that would impose a fine on motorists in Pennsylvania
who use a cell phone without a hands-free device easily
cleared a hurdle Monday in the state House of Representatives.
The House gave preliminary approval to the bill, 156-40.
A final vote on the bill could happen as early as
Tuesday.
Under the bill, a $50 fine would be imposed on anyone
talking or sending text messages on a cell phone,
or otherwise using an electronic device for most other
purposes. Using an electronic navigation system would
remain legal, as would calling 911 while driving.
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01/25/2010 SMS Learning
Center |
NotePage has recently introduced an SMS learning
center to assist customers in sending text messages
to mobile phones and wireless devices. The SMS and
text messaging center includes interactive video tutorials,
educational articles and support resources all pertinent
to the sending of text and SMS messages. NotePage,
Inc. has long been a leader in wireless communication
and the SMS learning center expands on their commitment
to educate users about messaging technologies, procedures
and protocols.
The SMS learning center and videos are freely available,
and no login is required. Additional details can be
found at: https://www.notepage.net/learning-center/notepage-learning-center.htm
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01/21/2010 China
Restores Texting Capabilities |
China has restored mobile text message services in
a Western province where they were suspended for months
following unrest. Limited Internet access is also
returning to the region.
Residents in the Xinjiang region, which is home to
Chinas Uighur ethnic minority, can now send up to
20 text messages a day but are still barred from making
international phone calls unless they register with
authorities, the official China Daily newspaper said
Monday. China cut off virtually all Internet, text
message and international call services in the region
after deadly ethnic riots there claimed nearly 200
lives last July.
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01/20/2010 Mobile
Price Wars |
The two largest U.S. wireless carriers, Verizon and
AT&T, cut their rates on Friday, escalating a
price war that began with smaller carriers.
Verizon Wireless, the biggest U.S. mobile service,
said it would cut prices 30 percent for voice customers.
It was followed by similar price cuts from its main
rival, AT&T Inc.
Mobile
Price Wars
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01/19/2010 Texting
Raised 11 Million for Haiti |
Cellphone users in the United States have contributed
more than $11 million to Haitian earthquake relief
through text messages in what is being hailed as an
unprecedented mobile response to a natural disaster.
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01/17/2010 Technology
Helping Haitians |
Online maps, mobile phone donations, wikis and a
slew of websites are being deployed as telecoms firms,
technology giants and startups set aside their rivalries
and put the latest tools to work to help earthquake-ravaged
Haiti.
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01/18/2010 Text Messaging
Resumed |
Text messaging services restarted with some restrictions
Sunday for cell phone users in far western China,
more than six months after deadly ethnic rioting prompted
the government to shut them down.
Users are once again able to send text messages throughout
China, but sending texts to overseas numbers remains
prohibited, a staffer with the information office
of the Xinjiang provincial government said. She declined
to give her name as is customary.
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01/13/2010 Mobile
Phones May Help Alzheimers! |
Long suspected of causing brain tumors, mobile phones
are now being eyed as key allies in the fight against
Alzheimers disease, US researchers said in a study.
Researchers at the University of South Florida found,
to their surprise, that 96 mice they zapped twice
daily for an hour each time with electromagnetic waves
similar to those generated by US mobile phones benefited
from the exposure.
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01/13/2010 Apple
Buys Quattro Wireless |
Apple has acquired Quattro Wireless, according to
an item posted Tuesday on the mobile advertising companys
blog.
Quattro has an ad serving, tracking and analytics
platform to help advertisers engage with mobile consumers.
Its Q Elevation platform can be used to target ad
campaigns based on consumer demographics, location,
time of day and other factors.
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01/12/2010 Taser
Goes Mobile |
Stun gun maker Taser wants to help parents, not with
jolts of electricity but with a tool which allows
parents to effectively take over a childs mobile phone
and manage its use.
Taser
Goes Mobile
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01/11/2010 Developing
Nations |
Nokia chief executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo praised
the mobile phone on Friday as a history-changing tool
and challenged developers to create programs for poor
countries.
These little devices have done more to improve
peoples lives than perhaps any technology in history,
the head of the Finnish mobile phone giant said in
a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show.
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01/07/2010 Medication
Reminders by Text |
Text messaging has been blamed for all sorts of woes
in recent years, from distracting drivers and walkers
to causing chronic pain and promoting less personal
communication. But a pediatrician now suggests that
these quick messages have a bright side: They can
remind us to take our medication.
Research has shown that up to half of patients may
fail to take their daily medication properly, with
forgetfulness being a top reason for non-adherence.
So at least in some cases, sending a text message
reminder may be all that a patient needs, said Robotham,
who has encouraged the use of appropriate texting
among doctors at her hospital.
Texting
to Remind You to Take Your Medication
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01/05/2010 2009 Reflections
and 2010 Predictions |
Another year has rolled by marked by miracles, political
milestones and tragedies alike. 2009 was the year
of financial uproar with bailouts and ponzi schemes
dominating the news on a regular basis. Chrysler and
GM stalwart car giants struggled to survive. Bernie
Madoffs financial pyramid came tumbling down, taking
average citizen's retirement plans with it, emptying
the coffers of trusting non-profits and celebrities
alike.
The United States democratically dominated political
landscape juggled health care reform, accusations
of death boards, raucous town hall meetings and tea
parties from coast to coast. The Swine Flu was quickly
renamed H1N1 so that the pork industry would not suffer,
and the politicized name change did little to calm
pandemic worries.
2009 was also marred by a number of notable deaths.
Farrah Fawcett, the charming Charlies Angel, battle
with cancer came to an end. The controversial but
talented Michael Jackson succumbed to what appeared
to be a fatal drug cocktail. Eunice Kennedy Shriver,
known for the creation of the Special Olympics, passed
on. Ted Kennedy, the patriarch of the Kennedy clan,
and another controversial and historic figure, succumbed
in his battle against a brain tumor. Walter Cronkite,
the most trusted voice in America, died, bringing
about the end of an era in journalism. Patrick Swayze
who danced his way into our hearts, left us with nothing
but sadness over his untimely death.
Some may see, the most noticeable death, as the death
of capitalism. The bailouts, the governments role
in the car companies, big government and what some
seem to feel are steps toward socialism, have caused
an unprecedented divide in the US.
2009
Reflections, 2010 Predictions
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01/04/2010 Mobile
Phones in Prison A Security Concern |
Mobile phones smuggled into British prisons could
be used by Islamist militants to spread their extremist
ideology and threaten national security, Conservatives
claimed today.
Tory security spokeswoman Baroness Neville-Jones quoted
official Justice Ministry figures which show that
more mobile phones and SIM cards than ever are being
secretly brought into jails, despite a ban on their
use.
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12/30/2009 Drivers
Who Text |
People who send text messages while driving are six
times more likely to crash, a new study finds.
The research adds to a mountain of evidence showing
that texting or talking on mobile phones while driving
is dangerous. Texting seems to be the worst.
The new study was done in a driving simulator, however,
so it's not known exactly how the results would translate
to the road. Still, the results were stark.
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12/29/2009 Texting
Growth Surging |
Americans punched out more than 110 billion text
messages in December 2008, double the number in the
last month of 2007, as the shorthand communication
becomes a popular alternative to cell phone calls.
The nations 270 million cell phone subscribers each
sent out an average of 407 text messages in December
2008, according to government statistics released
Tuesday by the Census Bureau. That is more than double
the 188 messages sent by the average cell subscriber
during the same period in 2007. The figures did not
break down the texting by age, but the overall numbers
understate the thousands of texts sent each month
by many teens — balanced out by older
folks who don't text as much.
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12/29/2009 Allied
Wireless |
A wireless company that will serve more than 800,000
former Alltel Corp. subscribers announced Tuesday
it will locate its corporate headquarters in Little
Rock and hire more than 200 workers.
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12/28/2009 Blackberry
Outage |
For the second time in a week, BlackBerry users found
themselves without e-mail and Internet service, refreshing
their screens in futility on Tuesday night as they
languished in an agonizing information vacuum.
Some BlackBerry users continued to experience intermittent
service disruptions on Wednesday after a major failure
shut down the popular wireless e-mail service throughout
North and South America.
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