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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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12/22/2009 Maine
Looking to Implement Cellular Cancer Warning |
Maine legislator wants to make the state the first
to require cell phones to carry warnings that they
can cause brain cancer, although there is no consensus
among scientists that they do and industry leaders
dispute the claim.
The now-ubiquitous devices carry such warnings in
some countries, though no U.S. states require them,
according to the National Conference of State Legislators.
A similar effort is afoot in San Francisco, where
Mayor Gavin Newsom wants his city to be the nations
first to require the warnings.
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12/22/2009 Cellular
Searches |
Police officers must obtain a search warrant before
scouring the contents of a suspects cell phone unless
their safety is in danger, a divided Ohio Supreme
Court ruled Tuesday on an issue that appears never
to have reached another state high court or the U.S.
Supreme Court.
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12/21/2009 Sexting
Study |
A small fraction of teens have engaged in sexting,
according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project,
which spoke to 800 teens around the country. The nonprofit
research group found that 15 percent of teens who
own cell phones have received these messages, and
four percent have actually sent them. Sexting is jargon
for the practice of sending nude or sexually suggestive
text messages.
The results skew slightly lower than past studies
from other groups, but those studies also included
e-mail or other means of communication. I will not
get into all the previous numbers -- you can read
Pews full summary online - but the only group that
found significantly higher sexting incidents was the
National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy,
whose study said 19 percent of teens used technology
to send sexually suggestive photos or videos, and
31 percent had received such materials.
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12/16/2009 Wireless
Messaging Glossary |
Terminology and definitions of words related to wireless
messaging - wireless
messaging glossary.
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12/15/2009 Google
Android |
Google employees are testing a new mobile device
that runs on the companys Android operating system,
as the search giant continues its push into the wireless
market and toward more direct competition with Apple
Inc. iPhone.
In a blog post Saturday, Google said the new device
combines hardware built by an unnamed partner with
its Android software. The free software is crucial
in Googles efforts to make its search engine and other
services as accessible on cell phones as they already
are on personal computers.
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12/14/2009 PageGate
with Solar Winds Orion |
I thought I would share this forum post:
Using Solar Winds Orion with PageGate
1) Install PageGate application on your Orion Server.
2) From the PG Admin screen, Go to the Registration
page and enter your Registration Key. Also check the
GetAscii check-box on the Registration Page.
3) Open the Program/Settings page and check
the GetAscii check-box under run on this
server:.
4) Open the Interfaces/GetAscii/Settings page
and check the Enabled check-box. Select a path
for the Polling Directory. Apply the settings.
5) Right-click on the Interfaces/GetAscii object
and select "Start".
6) Open the Interfaces/GetAscii/Status page
to verify that the status is running. Click refresh
several times until you see it running.
7) Right click the Carriers object and select
Add. Create a profile for your paging service
using the appropriate protocol, i.e. TAP, SNPP, SMTP
etc.
8) Right click the Recipients object and select
Add. Create a profile for a paging recipient.
Check the GetAscii check-box. Select the Carrier
profile created in step 7. Enter the paging device
phone number in the ID/PIN field. change the
Max Chars to the appropriate number, i.e 160
chars. Repeat as necessary to create multiple paging
recipients.
9) optional Right click the Groups object
and select Add. Fill out the Description
and Group name fields. Check the GetAscii
checkbox under Enabled Services. Click on Apply.
Select the Groups//Email
page and create a Mailbox Name. Select the
Groups//Members page
and add recipients to the Members box and click
Apply.
10) Right-click a recipient or group object and select
Send Message". Fill out the message form and
click Send to test your configuration. If your
texts make it to your phone, you should be able to
create Orion alerts at this point.
11) Open Orion System Manager and create an Alert.
Under the Trigger Actions page, Add an Action
and select Dial Paging or SMS Service. Click
the ellipsis button next to the Page Recipient
and you should be able to select from the list of
Recipients and or Groups you created in PageGate.
Type the SMS message to be delivered in the Message
to Send box, using the Insert Variable
button to add the Orion Macros to customize the message.
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12/09/2009 Boston
Text Ban |
A Boston city councilor is hoping his proposal to
ban drivers from sending text messages will spur a
statewide ban on a practice most consider dangerous.
John Tobin says he expects his fellow councilors to
sign off on the proposal and send it to the mayor
by Dec. 16. Mayor Tom Menino, who has already barred
city workers from texting while driving, supports
the measure.
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12/08/2009 Banning
Texting in Missouri |
First Missouris youngest drivers were told to quit
sending cell phone text messages, and now lawmakers
are going after everybody else.
Lawmakers have filed several bills for the 2010 session
that would extend a ban on texting while driving to
all motorists. Last year, the Legislature barred just
those 21 years old and younger from sending electronic
messages.
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12/07/2009 FCC Asks
Verizon Wireless to Explain |
The Federal Communications Commission on Friday asked
Verizon Wireless why it recently doubled the fees
it charges customers when they break their contracts
on smart phones.
In November, the carrier hiked the maximum early contract
termination fee for smart phones to $350 from $175.
Like other carriers, Verizon subsidizes the cost of
the devices for contract-signing customers, then expects
to make that money back in service fees over the term
of the contract.
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12/01/2009 Cell Phone
Etiquette |
Todays society is all about being connected 24-7.
Cell phones now provide instant access to anyone and
everyone, from corporate executives to housewives
and children alike. While cellular connectivity is
a comfort to some, it can be rude and disruptive to
others. You may wish to be available at all times,
but there are some times when it is simply not appropriate
to use your cell phone.
Also, cell phones should not be treated as status
symbols, and should not be paraded out simply to impress
others. Regardless of how new and impressive your
cell phone may be, dragging it out in a public setting
is seldom going to win you any fans.
Follow these simple cell phone guidelines to strike
a balance between accessibility and consideration
for others...
Cell
Phone Etiquette
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11/30/2009 GPS Cell
Phones are an Added Value |
The growth of cell phones with global-positioning
technology is making life uncertain for the makers
of personal navigational devices that help drivers
figure out where they are and where to go.
Manufacturers of standalone GPS products will have
to move quickly and smartly to transform their dumb
map readers into intelligent devices that can provide
a host of services such as traffic avoidance.
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11/27/2009 Video
Tutorials for Sending SMS Messages |
In order to assist customers and prospective customers
we have created a series of Text
Messaging Video Tutorials. The video tutorials
walk users through a series of setup scenarios in
NotePager Pro and PageGate.
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11/24/2009 Skype
Sale |
Online auction giant eBay announced it had completed
its sale of Skype to an investment group that includes
the two founders of the Web communications company.
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11/24/2009 One Forth
of Teens Text While Driving |
One-fourth of US teenagers aged 16 and 17 have sent
text messages while driving and over 40 percent have
had a cellphone conversation while behind the wheel,
according to a study published on Monday.
Twenty-six percent of teenagers aged 16 and 17 have
texted while driving, according to the survey by the
Pew Internet and American Life Project -- about the
same rate as found in separate studies conducted among
adults.
The survey found boys and girls were equally likely
to text while driving.
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