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Findings from the Dulce Digital study suggest that a text message-based self-management intervention improves glycemic control in high risk Latinos with type 2 diabetes.

Researchers recruited 126 Latinos with type 2 diabetes and HbA1c greater than 7.5% from federally-qualified health centers (FQHCs) that serve disadvantaged populations to investigate the impact of a diabetes self-management intervention delivered via mobile text messaging. Cell phones were provided to patients who did not have them, along with text messaging instructions.

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When a young Malaysian woman, Xin-Ci Chin, was attacked by two men as she entered her car in Kuala Lumpur two years ago, she barely escaped an unknown fate by fighting her abductors and jumping from a moving vehicle.

The episode, which she detailed in a harrowing Facebook post, had a silver lining. At a point in her career where she was looking for new opportunities anyway, it led her to team with a friend, James Khoo, and create a simple but ingenious app that could help other women in the same situation.

Since launching a year ago on iOS and Android, Watch Over Me has attracted 140,000 users all over the world, with the majority so far located in Southeast Asia.

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It is not surprising that many teachers, parents, and young people themselves feel concerned about this constant exposure to non-standard written English. It seems quite plausible that frequently seeing to - too written as 2, or people written as ppl, might mean that these kinds of spellings could start to creep into students formal writing.

Fortunately, in recent years, the research has returned a fairly robust conclusion.

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Here are just some of the new features and enhancements found in PageGate v7

- Brand new powerful message templating system.
- Priority settings for recipients and carriers.
- New PageGate load-balancing module option.
- SMTP SSL/TLS and STARTTLS now supported for SMTP connections.
- Carrier level default domain for the SMTP protocol.
- Dynamically updated DNS servers.
- SMTP relay servers settable on a by-carrier basis.
- New HTTPGET and HTTPPOST delivery protocols.
- Support for setting small delays between messages.
- Improved Fax Capabilities, including MS Fax service support.
- Improved support for the latest Windows operating systems.
- Smoother installs, uninstalls, upgrades, and day to day operations.

Learn Details about PageGate version 7

Text messaging is unequivocally the No. 1 communication tool for the younger generation. According to the Nielsen consumer research group, teenagers send an average of 114 text messages per day. Meanwhile, 39 percent make or receive voice calls daily, and only 6 percent of teens use e-mail daily, according to Pew Research. For this reason, it makes sense that more organizations are realizing the powerful potential of text messaging to reach teens and young adults as a positive influence in the healthcare sector.

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Text messages providing tips, reminders and advice can help smokers quit, according to a new study.

Researchers found that this type of cellphone program doubles the chances that a smoker will kick the habit.

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Customer service technology provider In The Chat today launched a new text message tool that routes text message queries from customers to an appropriate agent within one second of a text being sent, according to the vendor’s founder and CEO John Huehn. Not only does that allow a retailer to take advantage of one of the most ubiquitous communication channels among mobile phone owners, it will speed call center response times enough to cut costs by 25%, Huehn predicts.

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The National Institutes of Health has spent nearly half a million dollars text messaging alcoholics to encourage them to stop drinking.

Dr. Frederick Muench, an assistant professor in Columbia Universitys psychiatry department, is leading the $480,500 study aimed to reduce problem drinking.

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We are very pleased to announce the release of PageGate v7. The new version of PageGate has a variety of new features you can see a list of What is New in Version 7 at https://www.notepage.net/pagegate-v7-whats-new.htm

In the Central African Republic capital of Bangui, residents have been using SMS text messages to incite violence.

This has prompted the government to ban text messages to help alleviate security concerns.

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More than 11 percent of smokers who used a text- messaging program to help them quit did so and remained smoke free at the end of a six- month study as compared to just 5 percent of controls, according to a new report by researchers at Milken Institute School of Public Health at the George Washington University.

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Video tutorial that explains step by step setting up the TAP interface in PageGate

With the overwhelming number of communication channels available to businesses, figuring out the best way to reach clients can be tricky. While you want to make sure your customers get the message, you also do not want to annoy them with too much contact.

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iPhone owners are reportedly finding that they no longer receive text messages  after switching to an Android or other device. This is due to an old bug in Apples iMessage service. The problem is caused by the way Apples iMessage has been developed. It is a separate messaging system unlike any other SMS app and Apple uses end-to-end encryption, which means it is totally secure. When a user signs up for iMessage, their number is stored in a separate database that is accessed when another iDevice wants to ping them with a message. So your contacts device knows the other person is using iMessage and does not send an SMS but an iMessage IM. For numbers not in the database, an SMS is sent, which would entail carrier charges.

However, the problem arises when switching to another device. When your contacts with iMessage send you a message, it keeps looking for your Apple device ID, as it had been registered in the past. So it keeps trying to send you an iMessage IM instead of an SMS. The SMS is never delivered and naturally, the iMessage is not either.

This has led to a new class action lawsuit in Federal District initiated by Adrienne Moore who switched from an iPhone to a new Samsung Galaxy S5. Moores suit sought class action status for all users who may be in a similar situation, which could end up running into thousands of potential victims. It asks for Apple to fix iMessage so that users can exit the ecosystem without any issues and has asked for punitive damages to the affected class members.

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Step by step video tutorial for setting up SNPP, TAP, and WCTP Recipients.

Huge list of settings for SNPP Carriers

Video tutorial that explains how to setup an SNPP Carrier in PageGate